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PARIS, June 8 (Reuters) - Dragging the Davis Cup out of financial doldrums after the termination of its $3 billion agreement with Von Arnim will challenge incumbent president David Haggerty of the United States in the election to be held on Sept. 24 at the ITF's Annual General Meeting in Cancun, Mexico for a four-year term starting in 2024. The 63-year-old Von Arnim, the chief of the German Tennis Federation, could face an uphill task if he is elected after the ITF That deal was unveiled in 2018 amid fanfare over promises to deliver "long-term benefits" for fans and all stakeholders, but its "Where can we find new revenue streams inside the ITF? We have the Davis Cup where we have an economically ... unhappy situation at the moment," Von Arnim, who announced his candidacy last week, told Reuters at the French Open. "It (the Kosmos deal) was guaranteeing the ITF money and this money is gone now, so we have a real problem. "So when we talk about innovation, it means investment as well. And then we have to think about digitalisation. This is one of the revenue streams which at the moment is too small." CONTINGENCIES IN PLACE The ITF said earlier this year it had in place financial contingencies and would operate the 2023 Davis Cup qualifiers and finals as scheduled, with the Final 8 taking place in Malaga, Spain, in November. The Kosmos agreement had led to the revamp of the men's team competition, which was founded in 1900. The usual home-and-away ties played over a few week...

Contents • 1 Davis Cup Finals • 1.1 Seeds • 1.2 Qualifying round • 1.3 Group stage • 1.4 Knockout stage • 2 World Group I • 2.1 Qualifying round • 2.2 Knock-out round • 3 World Group II • 3.1 Qualifying round • 3.2 Knock-out round • 4 Americas Zone • 4.1 Group III • 5 Asia/Oceania Zone • 5.1 Group III • 5.2 Group IV • 6 Europe Zone • 6.1 Group III • 6.2 Group IV • 7 Africa Zone • 7.1 Group III • 7.2 Group IV • 8 References • 9 External links Main article: Date: 25 November–5 December 2021 Venue: Surface: Hard court (indoor) 18 nations took part in the finals, formerly known as World Group. The qualification was as follows: • 4 semifinalists of the previous edition • 2 wild card teams (announced by ITF on 23 November 2019 as France and Serbia) • 12 winners of a qualifier round, in March 2020 H = Host nation, TH = Title holder, WC = Wild card Participating teams Seeds The seedings were based on the #: Nations ranking as of 9 March 2020. Seeded teams • • • • • • • • • • • • Unseeded teams: • • • • • • • • • • • • Home team Score Away team Location Venue Surface Ref. Hard (i) Clay (i) Palacio de los Deportes Clay (i) Hard (i) Hard Circolo Tennis Cagliari Clay Castello Düsseldorf Hard (i) Hard (i) Clay (i) Steiermarkhalle Schwarzlsee Hard (i) Bourbon Beans Dome Hard (i) Hard (i) Group stage Qualified for the Eliminated T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets Group Winner Runner-up Third Nation T M S Nation T M S Nation T M S 2–0 5–1 11–5 1–1 4–2 9–7 0–2 0–6 4–12 2–0 5–1 10–5 1–1 4–2 9–...

Davis Cup 2023: Full schedule and how to watch the Qualifiers Casper Ruud will bid to send Norway into a first Davis Cup Finals against a Serbia side missing Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic. Dominic Thiem returns as Austria take on top seeds Croatia, while Tommy Paul leads USA in Uzbekistan. Davis Cup Finals places are up for grabs in the Qualifiers taking place from 3-5 February. There are 12 matches with the 12 winners joining reigning champions Canada, 2022 runners-up Australia, hosts Spain and wildcards Italy in September's Finals group stage. World number four Casper Ruud is the highest-ranked player in the Qualifiers and will hope to lead Norway to victory over Serbia and into their first Finals appearance. The Serbs are missing recent Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic with world number 33 Miomir Kecmanovic leading the side. Top seeds Croatia, who have played in every edition of the Davis Cup Finals and reached last year's semi-finals, go up against Austria. Croatia are without Marin Cilic who underwent knee surgery ahead of the Australian Open, but Borna Coric is fit with Olympic gold medallists Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic a formidable doubles pairing. Austria are sweating on the fitness of Dominic Thiem who hopes to make his first Davis Cup appearance since 2019. The 2020 US Open champion has slipped to 95 in the world after a number of injuries, and he is currently recovering from a rib muscle problem sustained at the Australian Open. Second seeds F...

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