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Milos Raonic leads Canadian Davis Cup squad, to face Japan in Vancouver March 6-8
As long as everyone plays, Canada has a strong Davis Cup team.
And unlike a year ago in Tokyo when Milos Raonic, Vasek Pospisil and later Frank Dancevic were felled by injury, the Canadians should have a full squad for the home rematch against Japan in Vancouver March 6-8.
Raonic, Pospisil, Dancevic and doubles star Daniel Nestor will be the favourites against Japan, which boasts emerging star and Raonic rival Kei Nishikori, but no other players at the top of the game.
The Japanese squad will be Nishikori, currently ranked No. 5, along with Go Soeda (No. 83), Tatsuma Ito (No. 91) and Yasutaka Uchiyama (No. 282).
Here's the press-release quote from captain Martin Laurendeau, who didn't have to make any tough calls on the selection.
“All of our team members have been playing great tennis to open the season and we are looking forward to coming together for another Davis Cup tie and trying to make the quarter-finals once again. We definitely know from recent experience how dangerous an opponent Japan can be. But unlike last year we are at home, with a healthy team, and back in familiar confines where we have had a lot of recent success. So, we feel confident and will be ready to go out there and fight for a win.”
Pospisil was just taking the court in Dubai against world No. 1 Novak Djokovic when the nominations were announced Tuesday morning. Raonic will be well-rested; he suffered an unexpectedly early loss in Marseille last week and is not playing the tournament in Dubai as he prepares for the tie, which will take place at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre.
The same venue hosted previous ties against France, Spain and Italy over the last few years.
Doubles specialist Adil Shamasdin, who is having a good start to the season, and youngster Filip Peliwo, a Vancouver native, will be part of the squad as practice partners.
Peliwo, 21, probably should be playing tournaments to get his ranking up from its current No. 335 rather than give up two weeks of competition (and potential ranking points) to be there. But that's not how these things seem to work.
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