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Looks as though Blake will not be playing.

From the ITF-team nominations:

The ITF has announced the team nominations for the 2008 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Semifinals, World Group Play-offs and 8 Zonal ties to be played on 19-21 September. The zonal ties consist of the four Group I Second Round relegation play-offs, the losers of which will be relegated to Group II in 2009 and the four Group II Third Round ties, the winners of which will promoted to Group I in 2009.



WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS


ARGENTINA v RUSSIA
Venue: Estadio Parque Roca, Buenos Aires (clay - outdoors)

Argentina
David Nalbandian
Juan Martin Del Potro
Agustin Calleri
Guillermo Canas
Captain: Alberto Mancini

Russia

Nikolay Davydenko
Igor Andreev
Dmitry Tursunov
Igor Kunitsyn
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev

SPAIN v USA
Venue: Plaza de Toros Las Ventas, Madrid, Spain (clay - outdoors)

Spain
Rafael Nadal
David Ferrer
Fernando Verdasco
Feliciano Lopez
Captain: Emilio Sanchez

USA
Andy Roddick
Sam Querrey**
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
Captain: Patrick McEnroe
**awaiting confirmation of eligibility


WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS

Winners advance to World Group in 2009


CHILE v AUSTRALIA
Venue: Estadio Militar Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile (clay-outdoors)

Chile
Fernando Gonzalez

Nicolas Massu
Paul Capdeville
Hans Podlipnik
Captain: Hans Gildemeister

Australia
Chris Guccione
Peter Luczak
Carsten Ball
Samuel Groth
Captain: John Fitzgerald

GREAT BRITAIN v AUSTRIA
Venue: The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, Wimbledon (grass-outdoors)

Great Britain
Andy Murray
Alex Bogdanovic
Jamie Murray
Ross Hutchins
Captain: John Lloyd

Austria
Jurgen Melzer
Alexander Peya
Martin Fischer
Julian Knowle
Captain: Gilbert Schaller

SWITZERLAND v BELGIUM

Venue: Centre Intercommunal de Glace Malley, Prilly (Lausanne), Switzerland (hard – indoors)

Switzerland
Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka
Stephane Bohli
Yves Allegro
Captain: Severin Luthi

Belgium

Steve Darcis
Olivier Rochus
Kristof Vliegen
Christophe Rochus
Captain: Julien Hoferlin

CROATIA v BRAZIL
Venue: Sportski Centar Visnjik, Zadar (hard – indoors)

Croatia

Ivo Karlovic
Marin Cilic
Mario Ancic
Roko Karanusic
Captain: Goran Prpic

Brazil

Thomaz Bellucci
Thiago Alves**
Marcelo Melo
Andre Sa
Captain: Francsico Costa
**awaiting confirmation of eligibility

ISRAEL v PERU

Venue: Israel Tennis Center , Ramat Hasharon (hard – outdoors)

Israel
Dudi Sela
Harel Levy
Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram
Captain: Eyal Ran

Peru

Luis Horna
Ivan Miranda
Matias Silva
Mauricio Echazu
Captain: Jaime Yzaga

NETHERLANDS v KOREA, REP

Venue: Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn (clay – indoors)

Netherlands

Robin Haase
Jesse Huta Galung
Thiemo De Bakker
Peter Wessels
Captain: Jan Siemerink

Korea, Rep.
Hyung-Taik Lee
Jae-Sung An
Woong-Sun Jun
Kyu-Tae Im
Captain: Nam-Hoon Kim

ROMANIA v INDIA

Venue: Clubul Sportiv Progresul, Bucuresti (clay-outdoors)

Romania
Victor Hanescu
Victor Crivoi
Adrian Cruciat**
Horia Tecau
Captain: Florin Segarceanu
**awaiting confirmation of eligibility

India
Prakash Amritraj
Somdev Devvarman
Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes
Captain: Shiv Prakash Misra

SLOVAK REPUBLIC v SERBIA
Venue: Sibamac Arena, Bratislava (hard – indoors)

Slovak Republic

Lukas Lacko
Dominik Hrbaty
Filip Polasek
Michal Mertinak
Captain: Miloslav Mecir

Serbia

Novak Djokovic
Janko Tipsarevic
Viktor Troicki
Nenad Zimonjic
Captain: Bogdan Obradovic

AMERICAS ZONE GROUP I - SECOND ROUND PLAY-OFF
Losing nation relegated to Group II in 2009


MEXICO v URUGUAY
Venue: Domo de la Feria de Leon, Leon, Guanajato, (carpet-indoors)

Mexico
Bruno Rodriguez
Miguel Gallardo
Victor Romero
Daniel Garza
Captain: Jorge Lozano



Uruguay

Pablo Cuevas
Marcel Felder
Federico Sansonetti
Ariel Behar
Captain: Jose Luis Damiani



ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I - SECOND ROUND PLAY-OFF
Losing nation relegated to Group II in 2009



KAZAKHSTAN v PHILIPPINES
Venue: The National Tennis Centre, Astana City (clay – indoors)

Kazakhstan
Yuriy Schukin

Mikhail Kukushkin
Andrey Golubev
Alexey Kedryuk
Captain: Yegor Shaldunov

Philippines

Cecil Mamiit
Patrick Tierro
Johnny Arcilla
Captain: tbc

EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP I - SECOND ROUND PLAY-OFF
Losing nations relegated to Group II in 2009


ITALY v LATVIA
Venue: Sporting Club Montecatini, Montecatini (clay – outdoors)


Italy

Andreas Seppi
Simone Bolelli
Fabio Fognini
Potito Starace
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti

Latvia

Ernests Gulbis
Andis Juska
Denniss Pavlovis
Karlis Lejnieks
Captain: Girts Dzelde

BELARUS v GEORGIA
Venue: Republic Olympic Training Center for Tennis, Minsk (acrylic – outdoors)

Belarus

Max Mirnyi
Uladzimir Ignatik
Andrei Karatchenia
Dzmitry Zhyrmont
Captain: Vladimir Voltchkov




Georgia

Irakli Labadze
Lado Chikladze
Nodar Itonishvili
George Khrikadze
Captain: Vladimer Gabrichidze

AMERICAS ZONE GROUP II FINAL
Winning nation promoted to Group I in 2009


PARAGUAY v ECUADOR
Venue: Polideportivo de la Cooperativa Lambare, Lambare (hard – indoors)


Paraguay

Ramon Delgado
Gustavo Ramirez
Juan-Carlos Ramirez
Nicolas Salama
Captain: Victor Pecci


Ecuador
Nicolas Lapennti
Julio-Cesar Campozano
Carlos Avellan
Ivan Endara
Captain: Raul Viver

ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP II FINAL
Winning nation promoted to Group I in 2009

NEW ZEALAND v CHINA, P.R.
Venue: TSB Stadium, New Plymouth (hard – indoors)

New Zealand
Daniel King-Turner
Jose Statham
G.D. Jones
Adam Thompson
Captain: James Greenhalgh

China, P.R.
Shao Xuan Zeng
Xin Yuan Yu
Peng Sun
Yan Bai
Captain: Zhao Xie

EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE GROUP II THIRD ROUND
Winning nations promoted to Group I in 2009



MONACO v SOUTH AFRICA
Venue: Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune Cap Martin (clay – outdoors)




Monaco

Jean-Rene Lisnard
Benjamin Balleret
Clement Morel
Guillaume Couillard
Captain: Emmanuel Hessner

South Africa

Kevin Anderson
Rik De Voest
Izak Van Der Merwe
Jeff Coetzee
Captain: John Laffnie de Jager

UKRAINE v PORTUGAL
Venue: Megaron Tennis Club, Dnipropetrovsk (hard – indoors)

Ukraine

Sergiy Stakhovsky
Illya Marchenko
Ivan Sergeyev
Sergei Bubka
Captain: Orest Tereschuk

Portugal

Federico Gil
Rui Machado
Leonardo Tavares
Joao Sousa
Captain: Pedro Cordeiro