Japan names squad for Davis Cup tie against Pakistan on 5th March

Japanese authorities have informed the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) that they will be sending a 20-member touring party for the upcoming the World Group I Davis Cup tie, will be played on 5th and 6th March.

This includes five players, a non-playing captain, three coaches, one hitting partner, a doctor, two physios, stringer, analyst, and two managers.

This tie will decide which team will go on to play World Group play-off against the best of the world.

The third seed Japanese campaign will be led by 22-year old world No 269 Yosuke Watanuki. Other members of the team are Kaichi Uchida (317), Yuta Shimizu (338), Shintaro Mochizuki (639) and Kaito Uesugi (1444). Satoshi Iwabuchi will be the non-playing captain of the team.

Japan has no less than five players amongst the top 200 ATP ranking.

It will be after almost 18 years that Pakistan will be playing against Asia’s best team in Davis Cup tie.