※ 引述《zerkchu (zerkchu)》之銘言： : World Group and Zone Group I & II Seedings Announced : The ITF’s Davis Cup Committee today announced the seedings for the 2004 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas ahead of the Draw for next year’s competition, which will take place tomorrow, Thursday 25 September, at 11:30am BST at the London headquarters of BNP Parib: as. : The draw will be available here on www.daviscup.com as it happens tomorrow. : Criteria for seeding selection includes the ITF Davis Cup Nations Ranking, previous performance in the competition, the rankings of players likely to participate, experience on different surfaces, experience in doubles and other pertinent criteria. : The Davis Cup Committee has as its Chairman ITF Executive Vice President Juan Margets (ESP). The members of the Committee are Neale Fraser (AUS), Jean-Paul Loth (FRA), Harry Marmion (USA) and Nelson Nastas (BRA). : Davis Cup by BNP Paribas is the largest annual international team competition in sport with 142 nations having entered in 2003. The title sponsor is BNP Paribas, the Official Bank of Davis Cup. International sponsors are Adecco (Recruitment), Kia Motors (: Automobiles) in Europe/Africa, Hugo Boss (Men’s Fashion) and Ajilon (IT Recruitment and Managed Services). Wilson Sporting Goods is an official partner and produces the Official Ball of Davis Cup, while COLT Telecom is the Official Managed Hosting : Partner of www.daviscup.com. : The seedings are as follows: : World Group : 16 Nations/8 Seeds : 1 - Australia : 2 - Spain : 3 - France : 4 - Russia : 5 - Argentina : 6 - Switzerland : 7 - USA : 8 - Netherlands : Europe/Africa Zone Group I : 10 Nations/4 Seeds : 1 - Germany : 2 - Slovak Republic : 3 - Belgium : 4 - Great Britain : Asia/Oceania Zone Group I : 8 Nations/4 Seeds : 1 - Thailand : 2 - India : 3 - Uzbekistan : 4 - Japan 沒想到DC排名較高的紐西蘭被日本擠下去今年沒排上種子,對我們來說是一大利空... 明年的籤表明天就要出來了... 第一輪就是種子和非種子的對決,所以中華隊會對上泰國,印度,烏茲別克,日本這四隊. 場地方面,對上泰國或日本將依照上一次交戰這次在台灣舉行, 而對上印度或是烏茲別克,則因為以前沒交手過,所以要靠抽籤決定... 依照實力分析,四隊都很難打. 對上烏茲別克可能是最好的如果能在台灣舉行的話,否則在烏茲別克打,應該會選在紅土 球場進行,加上對手都是老將,主場優勢對我們會不利... 第二好打的應該是泰國或是印度(在台灣打的話), 泰國雖有Srichaphan,但第二點單打Udomchoke偏弱,王盧兩人也常和他一起比賽球路很熟 悉,有拼贏兩點的機會尤其又是在台灣舉行主場優勢之下.至於雙打,Srichaphan一向都 不太注重雙打而且也可能不上陣所以也是有機會五五波. 至於印度,如果是在印度的草地球場舉行,那可能就沒什麼機會了... 但如果到我們這裡硬地來打,除了雙打對上印度兩位雙打名將應該是沒機會,單打對上印 度年輕好手(Paes不知到時身體復原了沒...),應該也是有機會力拼... 對上日本會是最差的籤表...王盧兩人在國際賽沒有贏過日本兩位主力老將鈴木貴男和本 村剛一,而場地方面,雖然會是在台灣打,可以選日本人最不擅打的紅土,不過盧彥勳也不 擅長紅土,所以還是會很艱苦,同樣情形對上泰國也是,不過日本球員實力比較平均所以 更難打... 至於另外三隊非種子,紐西蘭,印尼,巴基斯坦,實力和王盧還是有一段差距,而且主場權都 會在台灣所以後年中華隊要續留在亞太區第一級的機會是蠻大的... 另外,如果要提升球迷到場看球的人數帶動網球氣氛,泰國小子Srichaphan來台的幫助是 會比較大的... --

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