ITF determined who will replace suspended Russia and Belarus in team tournaments
The International Tennis Federation has named the teams that will play instead of Russia and the Belarus season in team tournaments
Recall that the ITF condemned military aggression Russia, which it backs with the support of Ukraine, has unleashed on the territory and suspended these countries from participation in all team tournaments in 2022.
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In the women’s team tournament, the FTR team, as the champion of the last season, automatically took a place in the final tournament. Now they will be replaced by last season’s highest-ranked semi-finalist Australia. Thus, the Australians will not play in the qualifying matches on April 15-16, and their rivals, the Slovakian team, automatically qualify for the final tournament. Also, the Estonian team, which was supposed to take place with Belarus on April 15-16, will automatically play in the final tournament.
Thus, Australia, Slovakia and Belgium join the finalists of last year’s tournament – the national team and await the winners of the seven remaining matches, as well as the country that will host the final tournament (to be announced later).
Recall that the national team of Ukraine on April 15-16 will play in qualifying against Team USA.
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The RTF team, last year’s Davis Cup champion, will replace the highest-ranked semi-finalist, the Serbian team. Serbs previously received a wild card to play in the final tournament, the Davis Cup organizing committee will later announce the country that will pass this invitation. It is known that she was selected from 12 countries that lost on March 4-5 in qualifying matches.
The Belarus national team has already received a forfeit defeat in the World Group Loss playoff match against the Mexican team.
A source:
itftennis.com