Davis Cup Venues Announced
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Davis Cup Venues Announced
Sebastien Grosjean By Tennis Week
12/22/2004
Davis Cup tradition comes to court whenever Sweden and France meet. The two
countries have combined to claim 16 Davis Cup championships, but one nation's
hopes for the 2005 Davis Cup will be history after they face off in in the
first round.
The International Tennis Federation has posted the venues for the 2005 Davis
Cup opening-round ties and the France-Sweden showdown is one of the most
intriguing match-ups of the eight first-round clashes.
France, the 2001 Davis Cup champion, which fell to eventual-champion Spain in
September's semifinals, will host Sweden on red clay at the 6,000-seat Hall
Rhenus Sport in Strasbourg, France, March 4-6th.
Sweden has not lost an opening-round World Group tie since 1999 when it fell
to the Slovak Republic, 3-2. A year ago, Sweden upset defending Davis Cup
champion Australia, 4-1, in Lleyton Hewitt's hometown of Adelaide on the
strength of two singles wins from Thomas Enqvist. Jonas Bjorkman, who
partnered with Joachim Johansson to beat Wayne Arthurs and Todd Woodbridge in
doubles, defeated Mark Philippoussis in straight sets to seal Sweden's
victory.
Swedish captain Mats Wilander may look to his younger players — Robin
Soderling and Johansson — to play a bigger role against France. The last
time the two nations met in Davis Cup competition, Arnaud Boetsch rallied
from a two sets to one deficit to score a dramatic 7-6(2), 2-6, 4-6, 7-6(5),
10-8 victory over Sweden's Nicklas Kulti to lift France to a 3-2 victory over
host Sweden in the 1996 final.
Other compelling opening-round ties include Chile against host Russia in
Moscow; Croatia against the host United States in Carson, California and the
Slovak Republic hosting defending Davis Cup-champion Spain in Bratislava.
For a complete list of first-round match-ups and venues, please visit this
2005 Davis Cup opening-round ties link.
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