There are some huge names this weekend!
Qualifiers for the Davis Cup finals might be held on February 3-5. Germany will face Switzerland on Friday and Saturday. A complete of 24 nations will compete in twelve video games. The respective winners will qualify for the finals in September. Also this yr, among the very best gamers might be answerable for their nations.
SPORT BILD introduces you to the celebs of the Davis Cup qualifiers.
Stefanos Tsitsipas (24, Greece)
The Australian Open finalist will take to the court docket days after dropping to Novak Djokovic. The world No. 3 workforce will play Ecuador in Athens.
Greece misplaced to Novak Djokovic 3-6, 6-7, 6-7 within the closing of the Australian Open.
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Kasper Ruud (24, Norway)
Kasper Ruud will certainly need to present a unique face after his early exit in Melbourne (second spherical: 1-3 towards Jenson Brooksby). Norway is the world’s fourth-ranked participant towards Serbia, who might be with out celebrity Novak Djokovic.
Casper Rude is presently ranked fourth on this planet
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Holger Runa (19, Denmark)
The present world quantity 9 fell brief within the spherical of 16 towards Russia’s Andrey Rublev on the Australian Open in an actual thriller. Denmark will face India at Hillerod.
At the age of 19, Holger Ruhn is already within the high 10 of the world
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Alexander Zverev (25, Germany)
The German nationwide workforce will meet Switzerland in Trier. Germany’s greatest tennis participant may also be there. Alexander Zverev, who’s now 14 years outdated on this planet, returned from a critical harm in the beginning of the yr. At the Australian Open, it was clear that he was not enjoying at his earlier stage once more. In the second spherical, he performed towards the American Michael Mmoh (1:3). “I believe he is loads increased than Australia,” German workforce boss Michael Kohlmann stated of Zverev.
Alexander Zverev desires to return to the highest ten of the world
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Stan Wawrinka (37, Switzerland)
Switzerland will depend on their veteran Stan Wawrinka towards Germany. The three-time Grand Slam winner might want to use his expertise to assist his workforce attain the Davis Cup closing. “Having him within the workforce is an enormous win,” Swiss coach Severin Lüthi stated in Trier on Tuesday. “I hope the younger gamers particularly will ask Wawrinka loads of questions and use his expertise,” Luthi stated.
Stan Wawrinka’s final Grand Slam win was on the 2016 US Open
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