Britain clash with Canada in 2017 Davis Cup

ByReuters

Published 22/09/2016 at 15:42 GMT

Britain will travel to Canada in the first round of the 2017 Davis Cup, while the United States host Switzerland, after the draw was made on Thursday.

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Britain's reign as champions ended with a 3-2 defeat by Argentina in the semi-finals last week.

Britain and Canada have clashed just once in the Davis Cup -- in 1967 -- and the tie is likely to pit three-times grand slam champion Andy Murray against Canada's world number six Milos Raonic, in a repeat of this year's Wimbledon final.

The United States, Davis Cup champions 32 times, face Switzerland, who won the tournament for the first time in 2014 with a team including this year's U.S. Open winner Stan Wawrinka and 17-times grand slam champion Roger Federer.

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The draw for the World Group also gave world number one Novak Djokovic's Serbia a home clash with Russia, with Australia taking on 2012 and 2013 winners Czech Republic.

Croatia, who beat France in the other semi-final of this year's tournament, host Spain, while Argentina clash with Italy. Kei Nishikori's Japan face nine-times winners France.

The first round ties will be played from Feb. 3-5.

First round ties (home teams named first):

Argentina v Italy

Germany v Belgium

Australia v Czech Republic

United States v Switzerland

Japan v France

Canada v Britain

Serbia v Russia

Croatia v Spain

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