The “World Cup of Tennis” is returning to Delray Beach and expecting top players from all around the world to show out.
On Sept. 12 and 13, the Delray Beach Tennis Center is set to host the second round of the Davis Cup Qualifier, and Team USA will take on Czechia in a highly anticipated match.
Starting on 6 p.m Friday, grunts, pops, and thwacks will be heard as two singles matches begin the weekend festivities. Following, Saturday’s matches begin at 2 p.m and consist of one doubles match and two singles matches. Advancing is not a given here, as the first team to win three out of five matches will move onto the Davis Cup Final 8, hosted in Bologna, Italy in November.
This year Team USA will be led by Hall of Famer Bob Bryan, and although official rosters will not be announced until Aug. 15, expect top Americans like Tommy Paul, Ben Shelton, Taylor Fritz, and Frances Tiafore. Team USA has not won a Davis Cup since 2007. However, for this round, luck may be in their favor as many consider this match to be a home-court advantage situation as all of the players are connected to Florida somehow: Tommy Paul and Frances Tiafore live in Boca Raton, Ben Shelton went to University of Florida and Taylor Fritz lives in Miami.
This men’s competition started off as a match between the USA and Great Britain. However, it has blossomed into the sports world’s largest annual competition. The tournament hosts more than 150 nations and many refer to it as the World Cup of Tennis. Some recent legends that have participated in this event include phenoms such as Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and many more.
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