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The Group 1 promotion matches are on Friday and Saturday. The matches with current rankings are :

Czech Rep. 14 vs Israel 25
Sweden 30 vs Portugal 26
Slovakia 24 vs Bosnia/Herzegovina 37
Russia 20 vs Austria 34

Argentina 2 vs Chile 23
Colombia 22 vs Brazil 18

China PR 27 vs India 21
Pakistan 32 vs Uzbekistan 29

The winners will join the World Group Round 1 losers in the World Group Play-Offs in September ( for whatever we are playing off for next year ).

Great Britain 4
Australia 6
Switzerland 7
Serbia 8
Canada 15
Netherlands 16
Japan 17
Hungary 19

Safe to assume that GB will be one of the 8 seeded teams in the play-offs even on revised updated rankings.

No, I cannot tell you who we would be home or away to. I'm not Steven. Haste ye back.



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After Day One in Europe and Asia

Czech Rep. 2-0 Israel
Sweden 1-1 Portugal
Slovakia 1-1 Bosnia/H
Russia 1-1 Austria

China PR 2-0 India
Pakistan 1-1 Uzbekistan

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All level in the Americas.

Argentina 1-1 Chile
Colombia 1-1 Brazil

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I hadn't spotted that all these ties not only are 3 sets but finish today as well, two day matches.so just like the Fed Cup...and worse for it!

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India and Uzbekhistan get the Asian slots - we would be away to India, don't think we have played Uzbekhistan before

Czech Rep through in Europe and will probably be seeded.

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Russia, with Rublev and Medvedev, lose 3-1 at home to Austria.

Rublev lost to Dennis Novak then didn't appear for the supposed 1 vs 1 match, having also lost in the doubles earlier in partnership with Khachanov. Donskoy and Jurgen Melzer came in and 36 yo Melzer prevailed.

Though he's a mere youngster compared to 44 yo Leander Paes who in partnership with 38 yo Bopanna began the India fightback vs China. They won the last 2 sets ( ie sets 2 and 3 ) on tiebreaks. So incidentally clearly final set TBs are in at that level as well as being best of 3.

Edit : actually final set TB are in at world group level too. Something at the back of my mind said they might be and I checked back to World Group R1 and indeed there were at least a couple of 5th set 7-6 scores. That's OK, it's the not being 5 sets that is my gripe ( well, one of them ).



-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 7th of April 2018 08:58:09 PM

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Czech Rep. 3-1 Israel
Sweden 3-2 Portugal
Slovakia 2-3 Bosnia/H
Russia 1-3 Austria

China PR 2-3 India
Pakistan 1-4 Uzbekistan



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If Argentina win, Japan could get ousted from the seedings and be a possible opponent, and away from home. Rest don't look too daunting to be honest but Japan away I wouldn't fancy. Brazil as well, if they get through, would be home or away.

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With the results in, looks like the likely unseeded nations will

Colombia
India
Uzbekistan
Sweden
Bosnia
Austria
Japan
Hungary


Japan and Hungary should be unseeded as Argentina and Czech will become seeds.

Not sure of our history with these in terms of home and away, I think India, Sweden, Austria and Japan Gb all played at home.last time they played, so we will be away to them. Colombia, Uzbekistan and Bosnia I think will be toss of coin, possibly Hungary also. Looks like odds will be on an away tie, probably clay again....

 

Edit - Gb also would play Hungary away as we last played them in 2011 in Glasgow! 



-- Edited by JonH on Sunday 8th of April 2018 10:07:34 PM

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Ps that's all guesswork.

Pps it might mean we have seen the last ever home Davis cup tie played in the UK if itf plans go ahead

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indiana wrote:

Czech Rep. 3-1 Israel
Sweden 3-2 Portugal
Slovakia 2-3 Bosnia/H
Russia 1-3 Austria

China PR 2-3 India
Pakistan 1-4 Uzbekistan

Argentina 3-2 Chile

Colombia 3-2 Brazil



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Some tough ties away there if these seedings come to pass.
I guess if we're out of the WG Jon then we will still get home ties as part of qualification process. ITF vote on this in August at the annual shin dig I hear.


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Smudge226 wrote:

Some tough ties away there if these seedings come to pass.
I guess if we're out of the WG Jon then we will still get home ties as part of qualification process. ITF vote on this in August at the annual shin dig I hear.

 and Hungary would also be away as we last played them at home in 2011! 

Tough draw ahead 



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Seedings confirmed. GB seeded 2 after Argentina. Japan and Czech Republic are both seeded as well

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Yes, Japan and Colombia overtook the Netherlands in the rankings with Japan taking the final seeding slot and now out of the equation.

Our choice is: Colombia, Netherlands, Hungary, India, Sweden, Austria, Uzbekistan, Bosnia/H. No advantage in a particularly high seeding, it is a lucky ( or unlucky ) dip of the 8 unseeded teams.

Draw proceedings commence tomorrow, the 10th, at 10 am BST in London.



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