DAVIS CUP BY RAKUTEN 2021WORLD GROUP I AND WORLD GROUP II
WORLD GROUP I Bolivia (c)* v Belgium (s) Dates: Saturday 18-Sunday 19 September Venue: Rakiura Resort, Asuncion, Paraguay** Surface: clay, outdoors Head-to-head: first meeting Argentina (s) (c)* v Belarus Dates: Saturday 18-Sunday 19 September Venue: Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires Surface: clay, outdoors Head-to-head: tied 1-1 Uruguay (c) v Netherlands (s) Dates: Saturday 18-Sunday 19 September Venue: Carrasco Lawn Tenis Club, Montevideo Surface: clay, outdoors Head-to-head: Netherlands leads 1-0 Slovakia (c) v Chile (s) Dates: Friday 17-Saturday 18 September Venue: NTC Arena, Bratislava Surface: hard, indoors Head-to-head: tied 1-1 Finland (c)* v India (s) Dates: Friday 17-Saturday 18 September Venue: Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo Surface: hard, indoors Head-to-head: first meeting Norway (c)* v Uzbekistan (s) Dates: Friday 17-Saturday 18 September Venue: Oslo Tennis Arena, Oslo Surface: hard, indoors Head-to-head: first meeting Lebanon (c)* v Brazil (s) Dates: Saturday 18-Sunday 19 September Venue: Automobile & Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh Surface: clay, outdoors Head-to-head: first meeting New Zealand (c) v Korea, Rep. (s) Dates: Friday 17-Saturday 18 September Venue: International Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport, RI, USA** Surface: grass, outdoors Head-to-head: New Zealand leads 8-4 Romania (c) v Portugal (s) Dates: Saturday 18-Sunday 19 September Venue: Sala Sporturilor Horia Demian, Cluj-Napoca Surface: hard, indoors Head-to-head: tied 1-1 Peru (c)* v Bosnia and Herzegovina (s) Dates: Friday 17-Saturday 18 September Venue: Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposicion, Lima Surface: clay, outdoors Head-to-head: first meeting (s) = seed; (c) = choice of ground; * choice of ground was decided by lot; ** played on neutral ground WHAT’S AT STAKE IN WORLD GROUP I THIS WEEKEND? Of the 12 ties in World Group I, 10 are taking place this weekend, with the other 2 ties having been held in March. From the 12 ties in World Group I this year: • The top 8 highest-ranked winning nations will compete in the 2022 Davis Cup Qualifiers • The 4 other winning nations will contest 2021 Davis Cup World Group I Knock-outs in November – the 2 winning nations from these ties will compete in the 2022 Davis Cup Qualifiers; the 2 losing nations from these ties will compete in the 2022 Davis Cup World Group I Play-offs • The 12 losing nations will compete in the 2022 Davis Cup World Group I Play-offs The Davis Cup World Group I Knock-outs (due to be played on either 26-27 November or 27-28 November) have been arranged to facilitate the transition from 18 teams at the Davis Cup Finals in 2021 to 16 teams at the Davis Cup Finals from 2022 onward

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