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Davis CupThere are lots of current and former college players representing their respective countries in Davis Cup action this weekend. Doubles specialists Joran Vliegen (ECU) and Sander Gille (ETSU) will make their Davis Cup debuts for Belgium in the tie against the United States. The duo has already captured one Challenger doubles title this year after winning six titles last year of which four were Challengers. John Isner (UGA) will play in his 16th tie with Team USA while Steve Johnson (USC) will play his fifth. Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Okla St) will appear in his 10th tie for Kazakhstan while Tim Puetz (Auburn) will play in his third tie for Germany.
Below is a list of players with college ties that I saw – if I’ve left anyone off please let me know and I’ll get them added. To follow along check out the Davis Cup scoreboard. Group 3 round robin pool play is already underway while Group 1 and 2 get started on Friday.
World Group Quartefinals
United States vs. Belgium – John Isner (Georgia ’07) and Steve Johnson (USC ’12) are representing USA; Joran Vliegen (East Carolina ’14 and Sander Gille (East Tenn St ’12) are representing BEL
Germany vs. Spain – Tim Puetz (Auburn ’11) is representing GER.
Kazakhstan vs. Croatia – Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma State ’10) is represented KAZ
Group 1 Americas 2nd Round
Colombia vs. Brazil – Robert Farah (USC ’10) is representing COL.
Group 1 Americas Relegation Play-Off
Dominican Republic vs. Barbados – Roberto Cid (South Florida ’16) is represent DOM.
Group 1 Europe/Africa 2nd Round
Sweden vs. Portugal – Robert Lindstedt (Pepperdine ’98) is representing SWE.
Group 2 Americas 2nd Round
Mexico vs. Peru – Jerry Lopez (TCU ’17) and Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (Texas ’09) are representing MEX; Nicolas Alvarez (Duke Sr) is representing PER.
Group 2 Americas Relegation Play-Off
Guatemala vs. El Savador – Marcelo Arevalo (Tulsa ’11) is represent ESA; Wilfredo Gonzalez (Miami ’15) is representing GUA.
Puerto Rico vs. Bolivia – Boris Arias (LSU ’16) is representing BOL; Jorge Ortiz-Garcia (Bryant Sr) and Jorge Isaias Ortiz-Garcia (Bryant Soph) are representing PUR.
Group 2 Asia/Oceania 2nd Round
Lebanon vs. Hong Kong – Giovani Samaha (Troy ’16) and Hady Habib (Texas A&M ’17*) are representing LEB; Skyler Butts (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps ’16) is representing HKG
Philippines vs. Thailand – Francis Alcantara (Pepperdine ’14) is representing PHL
Group 2 Asia/Oceania Relegation Play-Off
Chinese Taipei vs. Iran – Jason Jung (Michigan ’11) is representing TPE.
Group 2 Europe/Africa 2nd Round
Romania vs. Morocco – Dragos Dima (Cornell ’12*) is representing ROU
Zimbabwe vs. Poland – Benjamin Lock (Florida State ’16) is representing ZIM; Marcin Matkowski (UCLA ’03) is representing POL.
Group 2 Europe/Africa Relegation Play-Off
Luxembourg vs. Georgia – Alex Knaff (Florida State Soph) is representing LUX.
Slovenia vs. Turkey – Blaz Rola (Ohio State ’13) is representing SLO.
Ireland vs. Norway – Julian Bradley (North Florida ’16) is representing IRE.
Tunisia vs. Estonia – Moez Echargui (Nevada ’15) are representing TUN.
Group 3 Europe – Pool Play
Petros Chrysochos (Wake Forest Jr) is representing CYP
Rrezart Cungu (Wake Forest Fr) is representing MNE
Vasko Mladenov (St. John’s ’13) is representing BUL
Group 3 Asia/Oceania – Pool Play
Abdullah Maqdes (USC ’09) is representing KUW
Ammar Alhaqbani (Virginia Fr) is representing KSA
Colin Sinclair (Cornell ’17) is representing POC
Jabor Al-Mutawa (Coastal Carolina ’16) is representing QAT
The year listed beside the college name is the last year the player played college tennis.
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