Borna Coric and Marin Cilic are two of the best tennis players from Croatia. They are 20th and 22nd respectively in the world ranking. The American team is believed to be led by Taylor Fritz, the world No. 10. Emil Rossovori, ranked 54th in the world, is the best Finnish tennis player.
“It’s a very tough draw. America is the strongest in Pot 3, and we’re going to meet them. It’s going to be a big job to get the top two and we’ll have to put in an absolute team performance,” said Captain Paul Harhuis. . “In Glasgow we showed last year that everything is possible with this team, so we are striving for it. We are playing in Croatia and it would be great if many Dutch fans would come to support us. In Glasgow and Malaga we saw again how nice this support is.”
The sixteen countries that qualified for the group stage of the Finals are divided into four groups of four countries. The first two countries qualify for the knockout stage, which will take place from 21 to 26 November in Malaga. The draw took place in the latter city on Wednesday afternoon.
The other three groups will be played in Bologna, Manchester and Valencia. All duels are played on a hard indoor court.
The Netherlands reached the knockout stage of the Davis Cup Finals last year. In the group stage, Harroes’ team was too strong for the United States, among others. Earlier this year, tennis players once again qualified for the finals by defeating Slovakia in Groningen.
Canada won the Davis Cup last year. The defending champions are drawn into Group A with Italy, Sweden and Chile. The other two groups consist of Australia, Great Britain, France and Switzerland (Group B) and Spain, Serbia, Czech Republic and South Korea (Group C). If Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic participate in the final battle for the country’s championship, they will meet.
This is the last time the Davis Cup will be played in this format. At the beginning of this year it was announced that the ITF and investor Kosmos would end their collaboration after this edition.
