Men’s national teams of Ukraine and Japan on tennis next week will compete for a place in the World group of the Davis Cup.
The captain of the national team of Ukraine Mikhail Filima in the match with Japan is counting on Ilya Marchenko, Sergei Stakhovsky, Artem Smirnov and Daniel Ex.
Former 13-th issue of the ATP ranking Alexander Dolgopolov will not play against Japan because of injury. Ukrainian withdrew from the match of the first round at the U.S. Open, his last victory in the ATP tour Dolgopolov won a month and a half ago.
Japan put on a match of the playoffs of the World group of the Davis Cup in their strongest team at the helm with the seventh racket of the world, kei nishikori, a company that make up Yuichi Sugita, Yoshihito Nishioka and Taro Daniel.
Note that Nishikori continues at the US Open in the quarterfinals of the strongest tennis players of Asia will fight with the second racket of the world Andy Murray.
The draw for the match Japan – Ukraine will be held on September 15. The meeting will be held from 16 to 18 September in Osaka.