2003 Australian Open
2017 DAVIS CUP BY BNP PARIBAS WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS & PLAY-OFFS 15-17 SEPTEMBER – TIE PREVIEW NOTES WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS Belgium (s) (c) v Australia – Brussels, BEL – clay (indoors) France (s) (c) v Serbia (s) – Lille, FRA – clay (outdoors) WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS Kazakhstan (c) v Argentina (s) – Astana, KAZ – hard (indoors) Colombia (c)* v Croatia (s) – Bogota, COL – clay (outdoors) Switzerland (s) (c) v Belarus – Biel, SUI – hard (indoors) Netherlands (c) v Czech Republic (s) – The Hague, NED – clay (indoors) Portugal (c)* v Germany (s) – Oeiras, Lisbon, POR – clay (outdoors) Japan (s) (c)* v Brazil – Osaka, JPN – hard (outdoors) Hungary (c) v Russia (s) – Budapest, HUN – clay (outdoors) Canada (s) (c)* v India – Edmonton, CAN – hard (indoors) (s) = seed, (c) = choice of ground, * = choice of ground decided by lot Belgium will hope to reach the Davis Cup Final for the 2nd time in 3 years when it takes on Australia in Brussels. The Belgians are the only one of the 4 semifinalists to have never won the competition, while Australia stands in 2nd place on the list for most Davis Cup titles, behind USA, having won the competition 28 times. The Australians, however, will be wary of the threat posed by Belgium, which has won the nations’ 2 most recent meetings and must adapt quickly to clay having not played a Davis Cup tie on the surface since 2014. Around 100km away in Lille, France take on Serbia in a repeat of the 2010 Davis Cup Final. Serbia won on that occasion with Viktor Troicki winning in a decisive 5th rubber – but both Troicki and Novak Djokovic are missing this time round due to injuries.
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