Novak Djokovic of Serbia serves to Malek Jaziri of Tunisia during their match at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on February 24. Photo: IC Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray can set up a Davis Cup quarterfinal blockbuster if they successfully pilot Serbia and defending champions Great Britain through the first round.
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World No.1 Djokovic saw his streak of 17 successive finals come to an end in Dubai last week when an eye infection forced a quarterfinal retirement.
Murray, meanwhile, hasn't hit a ball in anger since losing to old rival Djokovic in the Australian Open final almost five weeks ago.
The 28-year-old took February off after his wife Kim gave birth to their first child, Sophia.
Djokovic led Serbia to the 2010 Davis Cup title.
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Djokovic and world No.23 Viktor Troicki will play singles for the Serbs in Belgrade while Kazakhstan's top player is Mikhail Kukushkin, the world No.79.
Murray, who led Great Britain to their first Davis Cup title in 79 years in November, said being a new father has not affected his sleep patterns.
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The key clash in Birmingham could come on Sunday when Murray takes on Japan's top player, Kei Nishikori, the world No.6.
Murray holds a 5-1 career advantage over Nishikori ahead of the first Davis Cup clash between the two nations since 1931.
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Hewitt plays it again
Should Serbia and Britain emerge victorious, they will clash in the UK from July 15 to 17 for a place in the semifinals with Murray already revealing that he intends to play.
In Melbourne, former world No.1 and two-time major winner Lleyton Hewitt could be drafted into action as a playing captain in the clash with the United States after Nick Kyrgios was ruled out through injury.
It's a matchup between the tournament's two most successful nations but the United States won the last of their 32 titles in 2007. Australia captured their 28th and most recent crown in 2003.
In a shock move late Wednesday, Hewitt replaced Kyrgios in the squad despite having retired as a player after the Australian Open.
The 35-year-old is now ranked 301 in the world but boasts a formidable Davis Cup record of 42-14 in singles.
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The winner of the tie will take on either last year's runners-up Belgium or 2005 champions Croatia who meet in Liege, Belgium.
No Federer, Wawrinka for Swiss
Switzerland Superme x Nike Air Max 98 Svart Guld , the champions in 2014, go to Pesaro to face Italy without Roger Federer, who is recovering from knee surgery, and the resting Stan Wawrinka.
Instead their hopes will be spearheaded by 34-year-old Marco Chiudinelli whose ranking is a lowly 146.
The Poles are in the World Group for the first time while Argentina, runners-up three times since 2006, are in the elite section for a 15th consecutive year.
The South Americans will be -favorites to progress with two -players - Leonardo Mayer and Guido Pella both in the top 50. Poland's top singles player is Jerzy Janowicz ranked at 96.
Yannick Noah begins his second spell in charge of France in the Caribbean where Guadeloupe hosts the tie against Canada.
Nine-time champions France can count on top-10 stars Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Richard Gasquet while Canada are reeling after world No.13 Milos Raonic withdrew with an adductor injury suffered at the Australian Open.
They meet in Hanover with world No.7 Tomas Berdych making his 30th Davis Cup appearance for the Czechs.
HONG KONG, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on Wednesday delivered his policy address for the year of 2015 at Hong Kong's Legislative Council. The 65-page policy address highlighted social concerns including constitutional development, housing and land as well as youth education and development.
Leung underlined rule of law in the policy address titled " Uphold the rule of law. Seize the opportunities. Make the right choices." It is his third policy address since he was sworn in on July 1 Herr Nike Air Max 270 Flyknit Svart Vita Sverige , 2012.
CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The chief executive said that the substantive power to decide on constitutional development rests with the central authorities.
Leung said the slogan of "Hong Kong shall resolve Hong Kong's problems" does not conform with constitutional arrangements.
He said that the Basic Law clearly stipulates that the power to nominate candidates of the chief executive election rests only with the nominating committee.
"Over the past year, the central authorities and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Government have repeatedly pointed out that 'civic nomination' does not comply with the Basic Law," he noted.
Leung called on Hong Kong people to make good use of the second round public consultation on the method for selecting the chief executive by universal suffrage.