Photo: SMP ImagesRoger Federer (SUI)
The ITF has announced the official team nominations for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round ties, to be played on 10-12 February.
Spain v Kazakhstan
Venue: Palacio Municipal de los Deportes
Location: Oviedo, Spain
Surface: Indoor clay
Spain
Nicolas Almagro
Marcel Granollers
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Marc Lopez
Alex Corretja (captain)
Kazakhstan
Mikhail Kukushkin
Andrey Golubev
Yuriy Schukin
Evgeny Korolev
Yegor Shaldunov (captain)
Austria v Russia
Venue: Arena Nova
Location: Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Surface: Indoor hard
Austria
Jurgen Melzer
Andreas Haider-Maurer
Alexander Peya
Olivier Marach
Clemens Trimmel (captain)
Russia
Alex Bogomolov
Mikhail Youzhny
Nikolay Davydenko
Igor Kunitsyn
Shamil Tarpischev (captain)
Canada v France
Venue: Thunderbird Sports Centre
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Surface: Indoor hard
Canada
Milos Raonic
Vasek Pospisil
Frank Dancevic
Daniel Nestor
Martin Laurendeau (captain)
France
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Gael Monfils
Julien Benneteau
Michael Llodra
Guy Forget (captain)
Switzerland v USA
Venue: Forum Fribourg
Location: Fribourg, Switzerland
Surface: Indoor clay
Switzerland
Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka
Marco Chiudinelli
Michael Lammer
Severin Luthi (captain)
USA
Mardy Fish
John Isner
Ryan Harrison
Mike Bryan
Jim Courier (captain)
Czech Republic v Italy
Venue: CEZ Arena
Location: Ostrava, Czech Republic
Surface: Indoor hard
Czech Republic
Tomas Berdych
Radek Stepanek
Lukas Rosol
Frantisek Cermak
Jaroslav Navratil (captain)
Italy
Simone Bolelli
Daniele Bracciali
Andreas Seppi
Potito Starace
Corrado Barazzutti (captain)
Serbia v Sweden
Venue: Hala Cair
Location: Nis, Serbia
Surface: Indoor hard
Serbia
Janko Tipsarevic
Viktor Troicki
Ilija Bozoljac
Nenad Zimonjic
Bogdan Obradovic (captain)
Sweden
Michael Ryderstedt
Carl Bergman
Filip Prpic
Robert Lindstedt
Thomas Enqvist (captain)
Japan v Croatia
Venue: Bourbon Beans Dome
Location: Hyogo, Japan
Surface: Indoor hard
Japan
Kei Nishikori
Go Soeda
Tatsuma Ito
Yuichi Sugita
Eiji Takeuchi (captain)
Croatia
Ivan Dodig
Ivo Karlovic
Antonio Veic
Lovro Zovko
Zeljko Krajan (captain)
Germany v Argentina
Venue: Stechert Arena Bamberg
Location: Bamberg, Germany
Surface: Indoor clay
Germany
Florian Mayer
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Petzschner
Tommy Haas
Patrik Kuhnen (captain)
Argentina
Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Monaco
David Nalbandian
Eduardo Schwank
Martin Jaite (captain)
The official team nominations for the upcoming Zone Group I and II ties have also been announced. Among the players scheduled to compete are Australia's Bernard Tomic and Cyprus' Marcos Baghdatis.
- Zone Group team nominations