Tennis Canada – Brayden Schnur to open the tie for Canada on Friday followed by Denis Shapovalov
– Tickets for all three days are still available for purchase at Ticketmaster for as low as $25
– Matches to be broadcast across Canada on Sportsnet and TVA Sports

Edmonton, September 14, 2017 – The official draw for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-off tie between Canada and India was held on Thursday at Edmonton City Hall, and determined the match-ups for the upcoming weekend’s action. Canada and India will square off on an indoor hard court at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton from September 15-17, with the winner competing in the World Group for 2018, and the losing nation to be relegated to its respective zonal group.
 
The Canadian Davis Cup team consisting of Daniel Nestor (Toronto), Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver), Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, Ont.), and Brayden Schnur (Pickering, Ont.) will take on India in two singles matches on Friday, a doubles match on Saturday, and two reverse singles matches on Sunday. At the helm for Team Canada is longtime Canadian Davis Cup team captain Martin Laurendeau.  
 
Shapovalov and Schnur were selected by Laurendeau to play singles, while Indian team captain Mahesh Bhupathi nominated Ramkumar Ramanathan and Yuki Bhambri. The doubles teams will be Nestor and Pospisil for Canada, and Rohan Bopanna and Purav Raja for India. Bhupathi made one nomination change to his originally-named team, replacing Saketh Myneni with Raja.

Today’s draw produced the following weekend match-ups:
 

Event	Representing Canada	Representing India
1st Singles Rubber – Friday, September 15 – 3 p.m. MT	Brayden Schnur (world No. 202)	Ramkumar Ramanathan (world No. 154)
2nd Singles Rubber – Friday, September 15	Denis Shapovalov (world No. 51)	Yuki Bhambri (world No. 157)
Doubles Rubber – Saturday, September 16 – 1 p.m. MT	Daniel Nestor (world No. 43) / Vasek Pospisil (world No. 111)	Rohan Bopanna (world No. 19) / Purav Raja (world No. 56)
3rd Singles Rubber – Sunday, September 17 – 1 p.m. MT	Denis Shapovalov (world No. 51)	Ramkumar Ramanathan (world No. 154)
4th Singles Rubber – Sunday, September 17	Brayden Schnur (world No. 202)	Yuki Bhambri (world No. 157)

 
“After today’s draw ceremony and a solid week of preparation, we are excited to kick off the weekend of tennis,” said Laurendeau. “India will provide us with a tough challenge but we feel ready and with Daniel and Vasek leading the team and providing their veteran experience to Denis and Brayden, paired with the support of the Edmonton crowd, it should be a fantastic weekend.”
 
A victory would see Canada remain in the prestigious World Group for a seventh straight year in 2018, while a loss would send Canada down to Americas Zone Group I. The team has been a member of the upper echelon of Davis Cup play for the past six years, a Canadian record, making the semifinals in 2013 and quarter-finals in 2015.

Click here to access the Davis Cup preview notes from the ITF.

The opening ceremonies will take place at 2:45 p.m. MT on Friday, September 15 to be followed by two singles matches. The doubles match will take place Saturday, September 16 at 1 p.m. MT and the remaining two singles matches will be on Sunday, September 17 at 1 p.m. MT. All matches will be best-of-five sets, with the exception of Sunday’s matches if the tie has already been decided.

Tickets are still available for purchase for all three days of the tie and start as low as $25. They are available online at Ticketmaster, or in person at the box office at Northlands Coliseum.
 
The matches will be broadcast on Sportsnet and TVA Sports. Please check local listings for the full schedule.

About Davis Cup

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About Tennis Canada

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