Djokovic, absent from Serbia, Thiem returns and Zverev leads Germany

Novak Djokovic will not play with the Serbian national team in the tie against Norway, in Oslo, in the qualifying phase of Davis Cup 2023scheduled for the first week of February, just after the Australian Open.

The number one of the Balkan team was left out of the list made public this Friday by captain Viktor Troicki, who a few days ago expressed his confidence to count on Djokovic for the clash scheduled for February 3 and 4 at the Oslo Tennisarena.

The Serbian quintet consists of Miomir Kecmanovic, Filip Krajinovic, Laslo Djere, Hamad Medjedovic and Nikola Cacic.

The Balkan team will play a pass in the 2023 Finals against Norway, led by Casper Ruudthe third player in the world, who led the call for Anders Haseth and was completed by Viktor Durasovic, Andreja Petrovic, Lukas Hellum Lilleengen and Herman Hoeveraal.

however, Alexander Zverev He is part of the Germany team that will play against Switzerland in Trier. The tennis player from Hamburg, who is currently in twelfth place in the world rankings, returned to the team after a year and is the main asset of Michael Kohlmann’s team. He intends to regain Zverev’s tone after missing half of last season due to an ankle injury he suffered at Roland Garros.

Back to the Davis Cup Dominic Thiem for the first time since 2019. The former world number three leads the Austrian team that will play in Rijeka against Croatia, which includes Marin Cilic and Borna Coric.

Francisco Cerúndolo is number one in the Argentina team due to the absence of Diego Schwartzman in the team announced by Guillermo Coria and will play against Finland at the Espoo Metro Arena.

Colombia is looking to return to the Davis Cup Finals. As a local in a tie held at the Pueblo Viejo Country Club in Cota with Daniel Elahi Galán as the main argument, they received Great Britain, without Andy Murray but with Cameron Norrie and Daniel Evans as the first swords.

Chile has a good chance to be among the best in the Davis Cup. The qualification was played at home, at the Campus Trentino de La Serena against Kazakhstan. Cristian Garin, Alejandro Tabilo, Nicolas Jarry, Gonzalo Lama and Tomas Barrios Vera make up the quintet called by Nicolas Massu and will face the team led by Alexander Bublik.

Twenty-four teams are part of twelve matches where the group stage members of finals of the contest to be played again in Malaga from November 21 to 26.

The twelve classifieds will join the finalists of the last edition, Canada and Australia, and Spain and Italy, with a guaranteed place thanks to an invitation from the organization. These sixteen teams will form the poster for the 2023 Davis Cup Finals.

Qualifying round matchups and teams:

+ CROATIA – AUSTRIA Sportska Dvorana Zamet, Rijeka

Croatia: Marin Cilic, Borna Coric, Borna Gojo, Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic

Captain: Vedran Martic

Austria: Dominic Thiem, Jurij Rodionov, Dennis Novak, Lucas Miedler and Alexander Erler; Captain: Jurgen Melzer

+ HUNGARY – FRANCE Tatabánya Arena, Tatabánya

Hungary: Marton Fucsovics, Zsombor Piros, Fabian Marozsan, Mate Valkusz and Peter Fajta; Captain: Zoltan Nagy

France: Arthur Rinderknech, Adrian Mannarino, Benjamin Bonzi, Nicolas Mahut

Captain: Sebastien Grosjean

+ UZBEKISTAN – UNITED STATES Olympic Tennis School, Tashkent

Uzbekistan: Sergey Fomin, Denis Istomin, Khumoyun Sultanov, Sanjar Fayziev

Captain: Denis Istomin

United States: Tommy Paul, Jenson Brooksby, Mackenzie McDonald, Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek;

+ GERMANY – SWITZERLAND Arena Trier, Trier

Germany: Alexander Zverev, Oscar Otte, Jan-Lennard Struff, Tim Puetz

Captain: Michael Kohmann

Switzerland: Marc-Andrea Huesler, Dominic Stricker, Leandro Riedi, Alexander Ritschard and Henri Laaksonen; Captain: Severin Luthi

+ COLOMBIA – GREAT BRITAIN Pueblo Viejo Country Club, Cota

Colombia: Daniel Elahi Galan, Nicolas Mejia, Nicolas Barrientos, Juan-Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah. Captain: Alejandro Falla

Great Britain: Cameron Norrie, Daniel Evans, Jack Draper, Neal Skupski and Joe Salisbury. Captain: Leon Smith

+ NORWAY – SERBIA Oslo Tennisarena, Oslo

Norway: Casper Ruud, Viktor Durasovic, Andreja Petrovic, Lukas Hellum Lilleengen and Herman Hoeyeraal; Captain: Anders Haseth

Serbia: Miomir Kecmanovic, Filip Krajinovic, Laslo Djere, Hamad Medjedovic and Nikola Cacic. Captain: Viktor Troicki

+ CHILE – KAZAKHSTAN Campus Trentino, La Serena

Chile: Cristian Garin, Alejandro Tabilo, Nicolas Jarry, Gonzalo Lama and Tomas Barrios Vera. Captain: Nicolas Massu

Kazakhstan: Alexander Bublik, Timofei Skatov, Mikhail Kukushkin, Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Andrey Golubev; Captain: Yuriy Schukin

+ REPUBLIC OF KOREA – BELGIUM Olympic Tennis Court, Seoul

Korea: Soonwoo Kwon, Hong Seong Chan, Nam Jisung, Song Minkyu; Captain: Park Seung-kyu

Belgium: David Goffin, Zizou Bergs, Kimmer Coppejans, Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen; Captain: Johan van Herck

+ SWEDEN – BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA The Royal Tennis Hall, Stockholm

Sweden: Mikael Ymer, Elias Ymer, Karl Friberg, Leo Borg and Andre Goransson

Captain: Johan Hedsberg

Bosnia Herzegovina: Damir Dzumhur, Nerman Fatic, Mirza Basic, Andrej Nedic, Tomislav Brkic; Captain: Zoran Zrnic

+ NETHERLANDS – SLOVAKIA MartiniPlaza Groningen, Groningen

NETHERLANDS: Botic van de Zandschulp, Tallon Griekspoor, Tim van Rijthoven, Wesley Koolhof AND Matwe Middelkoop; Captain: Paul Haarhuis

SLOVAKIA: Alex Molcan, Norbert Gombos, Lukas Klein, Jozef Kovalik and Igor Zelenay; Captain: Tibor Toth

+ FINLAND – ARGENTINA Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo

Finland: Emil Ruusuvuori, Otto Virtanen, Eero Vasa, Harri Heliovaara and Patrik Niklas-Salminen; Captain: Jarkko Nieminen

Argentina: Francisco Cerundolo, Pedro Cachin, Andres Molteni, Maximo Gonzalez

Captain: Guillermo Coria

+ PORTUGAL – CZECH REPUBLIC Tennis da Maia Municipal Complex, Maia

Portugal: Joao Sousa, Nuno Borges, Frederico Ferreira Silva, Gastao Elias and Francisco Cabral; captain: Rui Machado

Czech Republic: Jiri Lehecka, Tomas Macac, Vit Kopriva, Jakub Mensik and Adam Pavlasek; Captain: Jaroslav Navratil. EFE