LONDON — Ukraine’s Davis Cup qualifying matches towards america might be performed in Lithuania on Feb. 1-2 due to the continuing warfare in Ukraine.
The opposite matches on this spherical of the lads’s staff tennis competitors are scheduled for Feb. 2 or Feb. 3, or Feb. 3-4. The latter dates embody Lithuania internet hosting Georgia on indoor exhausting courts on the identical enviornment in Vilnius as U.S.-Ukraine.
Ukraine was purported to host the U.S. staff for the best-of-five collection, however combating continues within the warfare that started when Russia invaded in February 2022.
U.S. captain Bob Bryan introduced Friday that his roster will embody Taylor Fritz, Sebastian Korda, Christopher Eubanks, Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram. Fritz is the highest-ranked American man at No. 10 on this week’s ATP rankings.
Vitaliy Sachko, who’s ranked No. 169, is the highest Ukrainian staff member. He’s joined by Oleksii Krutykh, Viacheslav Bielinskyi, Vladyslav Orlov and Illya Beloborodko.
The 12 winners from this spherical of qualifiers will advance to the 2024 Davis Cup finals, together with reigning champion Italy, 2023 runner-up Australia, and wild-card entries Britain and Spain.
Different matchups: Slovakia at Serbia (which might be with out No. 1 Novak Djokovic); South Korea at Canada; Belgium at Croatia; Germany at Hungary; Switzerland at Netherlands; Israel at Czech Republic; Portugal at Finland; France at Taiwan; Kazakhstan at Argentina; Brazil at Sweden; and Peru at Chile.
The Davis Cup matches come lower than per week after the tip of the yr’s first Grand Slam event, the Australian Open, which runs Jan. 14-28.
