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Novak Djokovic (Getty Images)

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16 teams will play next weekend in the first round of the Davis Cup world group.

Here are the team nominations for the upcoming first round world group Davis cup ties, which takes place on the 3rd-5th of February:

  • Argentina (1) v Italy – Buenos Aires, Clay – Top seeds and defending champions Argentina start the defence of their title at home to a clay court based Italian team. Daniel Orsanic has chosen Diego Schwartzman, Horacio Zeballos, Guido Pella and Leonardo Mayer to play the Italians. Italy have chosen a team boasting Paolo Lorenzi, Fabio Fognini, Andreas Seppi and Simone Bolelli to travel to Buenos Aires. The two sides have met three times, with Argentina leading 2-1. The last meeting was last year, where Argentina won 3-2.
  • Germany v Belgium (7) – Frankfurt, Indoor Hard – Germany who fought off Poland in the world group play offs will host seventh seeds and 2015 runners up Belgium. Germany have chosen Alexander Zverev, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Mischa Zverev and Jan-Lennard Struff. Whilst Belgium have a strong team with David Goffin, Steve Darcis, Ruben Bemelmans and Joris De Loore. Germany have won all eight of their previous meetings.
  • Australia v Czech Republic (4) – Melbourne, Hard – Australia will host former champions Czech Republic at the famous Kooyong tennis club. Australia have gone with a strong lineup lead by the erratic Nick Kyrgios he will play alongside Jordan Thompson, Sam Groth and John Peers. Czech Republic have a weakened team as they will miss the likes of Tomas Berdych and Lukas Rosol. Their team is Jiri Vesely, Radek Stepanek, Jan Satral and Zdenek Kolar. Australia lead the head to head 7-1.
  • USA v Switzerland (5) – Birmingham, Alabama, Indoor Hard – A strong USA team will play a weak Switzerland team. USA will of course be without the Bryan brothers who have just retired from Davis Cup. The Americans will play John Isner, Jack Sock, Sam Querrey and Steve Johnson. The 2014 champions will be without Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka, who lead their triumph three years ago. Instead the Swiss will play with Marco Chiudinelli, Henri Laaksonen, Adrien Bossel and Antoine Bellier. The Americans lead the head to head. 2-1.
  • Japan v France (6) – Tokyo , Indoor Hard – Japan will face last year’s semifinalists France in Tokyo at the Ariake Colosseum. Japan will be without Kei Nishikori for the tie against the French. As a result they will have Yoshihito Nishioka, Yuichi Sugita, Taro Daniel and Yasutaka Nishioka. While favourites France have gone for Richard Gasquet, Gilles Simon, Pierre-Hughes Herbert and Nicolas Mahut. France lead the head to head 3-0.
  • Canada v Great Britain (3) – Ottawa, Indoor Hard – The Canadians will have serving machine Milos Raonic at their disposal when they face 2015 champions Great Britain. Vasek Pospisil, Denis Shapovalov and Daniel Nestor will join Raonic in Ottawa. Great Britain will miss world number one Andy Murray for the tie but have a strong line-up in Dan Evans, Kyle Edmund, Dominic Inglot and Jamie Murray. Great Britain lead the head to head 1-0.
  • Serbia (8) v Russia – Nis, Indoor Hard – Former champions Serbia will hope to advance to the quarterfinals when they play Russia in Nis. World number two Novak Djokovic will lead the line, he will partner up with Viktor Troicki, Dusan Lajovic and Serbia’s new captain Nenad Zimonjic. Russia will hope to pull of the upset when they have Andrey Kuznetsov, Karen Khachanov, Daniil Medvedev and Konstatin Kravchuk at their disposal. Russia lead the head to head 1-0.
  • Croatia (2) v Spain – Osijek, Indoor Hard – Second seeds and defending runners up Croatia will have their hands full when they face a returning Spain. Croatia will have four doubles specialists at their disposal in Osijek, when Franko Skugor, Nikola Mektic, Ante Pavic and Marin Draganja take to court. While Spain will have 14 time Rafael Nadal leading the line. He will be joined by Roberto Bautista Agut, Pablo Carreño Busta and Marc Lopez in Croatia. Spain lead 1-0 in the head to head.

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Jannik Sinner reaches his fourth semifinal of the year in Miami

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This year’s Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner converted four of his eleven break points in his 6-4 6-2 win over Tomas Machac in 91 minutes to reach his fourth semifinal of the season at the Miami Open. 

Sinner has claimed a tour-leading 20th match win this season to reach the Miami Open semifinal for the third time. The world number 3 finished runner-up to Hubert Hurkacz in 2021 and Danil Medvedev in 2023 in his finals in Miami. 

Sinner started the match with an immediate break in the first game to take a 1-0 lead. Machac, who beat Andrey Rublev and Andy Murray on his way to the quarter final in Miami, broke straight back to draw level to 1-1. Sinner earned his second break in an eight-minute seventh game to take a 4-3 lead. The Italian star held on his next two service games to close out on his first set point. 

Sinner earned two break points on each of Machac’s first three service games. He broke twice in the third and fifth games to open up a 5-1 lead and served out the win on his second match point. Sinner dropped just three points on serve in the second set. 

Sinner will face the winner of the quarter final match between Danil Medvedev and Nicolas Jarry. 

“I did not exactly know what to expect today. The first games I was looking a little bit what kind of tactics could work or not. Today I played especially in the important moments of the match. I am really happy to play again in the semifinals here. Machac has an incredible talent to play this sport. He is super fast also physically . He is in great shape. I feel good. I am just happy to compete. We practise very hard to be in these positions and I am really happy I can play once again in the semifinals at this special tournament. I made my first Masters 1000 final here. I am really happy to be back in the semifinals ”, said Sinner. 

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Danielle Collins beats Caroline Garcia to reach the second semifinal of her career in Miami

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Danielle Collins beat Caroline Garcia 6-3 6-2 in 80 minutes to reach her second semifinal at the Miami Open. Collins became the first qualifier to reach the semifinal in the history of this tournament. 

Collins achieved her third win against a seeded player in five matches over the past seven days. 

Collins dropped just 11 points in nine service games against Garcia and hit 22 winners to Garcia’s 12. 

Collins earned a break in the eighth game and held serve to seal the first set 6-3. The US player broke serve in the third game of the second set and never looked back to close out the match in 1 hout and 19 minutes. 

Collins has extended her record to 4-0 in her head-to-head matches against Garcia and has not lost a set to her French opponent. 

Collins set up a semifinal match against the winner of Wednesday night’s match between Jessica Pegula and Elena Alexandrova, who beat world number one player Iga Swiatek in the fourth round.  

Collins won two WTA titles in Palermo and San José in 2021 but she has not reached a WTA Tour level final since losing to Ashleigh Barty in Melbourne in 2022. 

“I think Caroline Garcia comes out here and fights her butt off. She hits some really strong shots. I don’t think the set scores are a reflection of how close the match really is”, said Collins. 

Garcia beat Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff to reach the quarter finals in Miami for the first time in her career. The French player was troubled by an injury to her right shoulder and received treatment early in the second set. 

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Alexander Zverev beats Karen Khachanov to reach the quarter final for the fourth time in his career in Miami

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Alexander Zverev beat Karen Khachanov 6-1 6-4 without facing any break points in a re-match of the Olympic final in Tokyo 2021 to reach back-to-back quarter finals after advancing to the last eight at Indian Wells. Zverev is aiming to win his first Masters 1000 title since Cincinnati in 2021. 

Zverev dropped just nine points on serve in the whole match and fired nine aces. The German player converted three of his four break points. 

Zverev broke twice in the fourth and sixth games to win the first set 6-1. The German player earned another break in the third game. He held on his next service games and sealed the win on his first match point. Zverev leads 4-2 in his six head-to-head matches against Khachanov. The German player reached the quarter final for the fourth time in his career in Miami and the last eight in a Masters 1000 tournament for the 27th time in his career. 

Zverev set up a quarter final match against Hundary’s Fabian Maroszan, who upset Alex De Minaur 6-4 1-6 6-1. The first set went on serve until the 10th game when Maroszan earned a break to win the first set 6-4. De Minaur broke three times to take a bagel win in the second set forcing the match to the decider. Maroszan broke twice in the fourth and sixth games and served out the win on his third match point. 

Maroszan reached his second Masters 1000 quarter final after advancing to the last eight in Shanghai in 2023. Maroszan has a record of four wins to just 1 defeat against top 10 players and 14 wins to just 3 defeats at Masters 1000 tournaments. De Minaur was looking to become the first player to reach 20 wins this season. 

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