Coach Go Soeda announces the five members of the Japanese national team for the match against Austria.[デビスカップ／テニス]
The Japan Tennis Association (JTA) held an online press conference in which manager Go Soeda announced the members of the Japanese national team for the first qualifying round of the Davis Cup men’s tennis tournament “Japan vs. Austria” (February 6th and 7th / Ariake Coliseum, Koto-ku, Tokyo / Indoor Hard Court). Five people were selected: Medical Group), Kei Watanishikori (Uniqlo), and Takeshi Yuzuki (Ikai). ~Click here for the SNS post where the Japan Tennis Association announced the members of Japan’s national team for the first round of Davis Cup qualifying~ The Davis Cup was renewed in 2025 after changing to a new format developed in 2019 in cooperation with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and Cosmos, an investment organization founded by former Spanish soccer player Gerard Pique (the partnership between ITF and Cosmos has already ended). Under the current format, the seven countries that make it through the first round of home-and-away qualifying (13 matches from 26 countries) and the second round (7 matches from 14 countries) advance to the “Final 8,” where eight teams, including the host country, compete in a tournament format to determine the winner. In the home and away format, the winner is determined by winning 4 singles matches and 1 doubles match (2 singles matches on the first day, and 1 doubles match and 2 singles matches on the 2nd day) for 3 points, while in the tournament format, the winner is decided by winning 2 points for 2 singles matches and 1 doubles match, and in principle, all matches with a winner or loser are played as best-of-3 set matches. The winner of this matchup will advance to the second qualifying round in September, while the loser will move on to World Group I. *World rankings are as of January 5th ■First qualifying round match against Austria | Japan national team members Shintaro Mochizuki (Kinoshita Group: 110th singles/480th doubles) Yoshihito Nishioka (Miki House: 116th singles/2nd place doubles) Yosuke Watanuki (SBC Medical Group: 161st singles/893rd doubles) Kei Nishikori (UNIQLO: 238th place in singles / – place in doubles) Takeshi Yuzuki (Ikai: 1430th place in singles / 93rd place in doubles) Manager: Go Soeda (Japan Tennis Association / GODAI)
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