From 16 to 18 September in Osaka tennis teams of Japan and Ukraine will compete for a spot in the playoffs of the World group of the Davis Cup.
Captains Minoru Ueda and Mikhail Filima surprised each other with the application on the first day – the Japanese are not suddenly put on Friday alone, the strongest tennis player of Asia kei nishikori and Ukraine decided to dispense with Sergiy Stakhovsky, which will replace the 321-ranked Artem Smirnov.
The schedule of the Davis Cup match between Japan and Ukraine:
Friday, 16 September, (the start of the game day at 05:00 Kyiv time):
Taro Daniel (Japan) – Artem Smirnov (Ukraine)
Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan) – Ilya Marchenko (Ukraine)
Saturday, September 17 (the start of the game day at 05:00 Kyiv time):
Kei Nishikori/ Yuichi Sugita (Japan) – Daniel Ex/Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine)
Sunday, 18 September, (the start of the game day at 05:00 Kyiv time):
Taro Daniel (Japan) – Ilya Marchenko (Ukraine)
Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan) – Artem Smirnov (Ukraine)
The team captains no later than one hour before the start of the match you can make substitutions in his compositions.
