Davis Cup: India seeded No. 1 in Asia/Oceania Group 1
India, on the basis being seeded No. 1, will get a bye in the first round of the 2016 season. Uzbekistan are seeded No. 2.
India have been seeded No.1 in the Davis Cup Group 1 Asia/Oceania zone despite losing their World Group Play-off against the Czech Republic here last weekend. (Yuki Bhambri loses to Rosol)
Uzbekistan have been seeded second in the zone and the two countries will get first round byes, to be held in March, in 2016. The draws for next year will be announced on Wednesday, in Santiago, on the conclusion of the International Tennis Federation's (ITF) Annual General Meeting (AGM). (Somdev stuns Vesely)
The other teams in Group 1 Asia/Oceania zone, apart from India and Uzbekistan, are China, South Korea, New Zealand and Pakistan. World No.21 India and No.25 Uzbekistan were also the two seeded teams of the zone in 2015. (India fail to qualify for World Group)
The Anand Amritraj-led Indian team lost their World Group Play-off to World No.1 Czech Republic 1-3 at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) complex on Sunday, following which they will remain in Group 1. A win would have elevated India to the elite-16 nations of the World Group.
Meanwhile, current season's finalists Great Britain and Belgium head the seedings of the 2016 World Group as No.1 and No.2. According to Davis Cup regulations, the two finalists are seeded No.1 and 2 in the World Group for the following year and will be drawn in opposite halves.
Belgium will host Great Britain in the Davis Cup final to be held from November 27 to 29. Davis Cup is the World Cup of tennis. With 126 nations participating in it, the competition is 115 years old, having been first been held in 1900.