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**sXVUOUVC** · 09-21-2011, 04:00 PM

Media Release:

CANADA TO PLAY FRANCE IN DAVIS CUP BY BNP PARIBAS WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND
Team Canada will host France at home for the tie from February 10-12, 2012
Toronto, September 21, 2011 – The draw for the 2012 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group was held on Wednesday at the International Tennis Federation AGM in Bangkok, Thailand. The Miele Canadian Davis Cup team will play a home tie versus France from February 10-12, 2012 in the first round of the World Group.

“France is a very tough team, but we are now amongst the best in the world so every team is going to be tough and we think we are tough too,” said Canada’s captain Martin Laurendeau. “We earned our way here and we are going to prepare over the next few months to prove that we belong. We are so excited to finally have a home tie after being on the road all year. It will be really nice to have our home fans behind us and we are really looking forward to February.”

France is the seeded team with a Davis Cup world ranking of No. 4. They were also the Davis Cup runners-up in 2010 falling to Serbia in the final. Canada is ranked No. 14 in the world. France holds a 1-0 advantage over Canada with the only meeting between the two teams being a 5-0 French victory in 1966. Since there is no history between the teams from after 1970, the choice of ground was decided by lot. Tennis Canada will determine the location and venue for the tie at a later date.

To reach the World Group, Canada was victorious at three road ties this year against Mexico (4-1), Ecuador (3-2) and most recently Israel (3-2) in last weekend’s World Group play-off.

The winner of this tie in February will move on to the World Group quarter-finals and will also be assured of their spot in the World Group for the following year. The losing nation will be forced to play a World Group play-off tie to keep their spot in the elite level for 2013. The last time Canada was in the World Group was 2004 when they fell to the Netherlands 4-1 in the first round.

Davis Cup by BNP Paribas is the largest annual international team competition in sport with more than 130 nations competing. Only 16 countries entered in Davis Cup competition qualify for the World Group each year.

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sXVUOUVC Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 346 Senior Member	Media Release: CANADA TO PLAY FRANCE IN DAVIS CUP BY BNP PARIBAS WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND Team Canada will host France at home for the tie from February 10-12, 2012 Toronto, September 21, 2011 – The draw for the 2012 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group was held on Wednesday at the International Tennis Federation AGM in Bangkok, Thailand. The Miele Canadian Davis Cup team will play a home tie versus France from February 10-12, 2012 in the first round of the World Group. “France is a very tough team, but we are now amongst the best in the world so every team is going to be tough and we think we are tough too,” said Canada’s captain Martin Laurendeau. “We earned our way here and we are going to prepare over the next few months to prove that we belong. We are so excited to finally have a home tie after being on the road all year. It will be really nice to have our home fans behind us and we are really looking forward to February.” France is the seeded team with a Davis Cup world ranking of No. 4. They were also the Davis Cup runners-up in 2010 falling to Serbia in the final. Canada is ranked No. 14 in the world. France holds a 1-0 advantage over Canada with the only meeting between the two teams being a 5-0 French victory in 1966. Since there is no history between the teams from after 1970, the choice of ground was decided by lot. Tennis Canada will determine the location and venue for the tie at a later date. To reach the World Group, Canada was victorious at three road ties this year against Mexico (4-1), Ecuador (3-2) and most recently Israel (3-2) in last weekend’s World Group play-off. The winner of this tie in February will move on to the World Group quarter-finals and will also be assured of their spot in the World Group for the following year. The losing nation will be forced to play a World Group play-off tie to keep their spot in the elite level for 2013. The last time Canada was in the World Group was 2004 when they fell to the Netherlands 4-1 in the first round. Davis Cup by BNP Paribas is the largest annual international team competition in sport with more than 130 nations competing. Only 16 countries entered in Davis Cup competition qualify for the World Group each year.
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