(Madrid) Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic are among the squads announced Monday by Spain and Serbia, respectively, for the group stage of the Davis Cup.
Alcaraz beat Djokovic in the Wimbledon final in July.
The Spaniard is world number 1, one rank ahead of Djokovic.
Spain and Serbia will play in the same group as the Czech Republic and South Korea.
The matchups will take place September 12-17 in Valencia, Spain.
Group stage matches will also be played in Bologna, Italy, Manchester, England and Split, Croatia.
The top two teams from each group will advance to the final in Malaga, Spain in November.
Alcaraz will lead a Spanish team which will also include Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Roberto Bautista Agut and Marcel Granollers.
Djokovic sera épaulé par Laslo Djere, Miomir Kecmanovic, Dusan Lajovic and Hamad Medjedovic.
Nine of the world’s top 20 players will be in the first phase: Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti for Italy, Frances Tiafoe and Tommy Paul for the United States, Alex de Minaur for Australia, Cameron Norrie for Great Britain and Borna Coric for Croatia.
Andy Murray will also play for Great Britain, who will face Australia, France and Switzerland in Manchester.
The Swiss will count on Stan Wawrinka, while France will have Adrian Mannarino and Nicolas Mahut in their ranks.
Leo Borg, son of 11-time Grand Slam champion Bjorn Borg, has been included in Sweden’s squad to face Canada, Italy and Chile in Bologna.
Mackenzie McDonald, Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram will also be part of the USA team against the Netherlands, Finland and Croatia in Split.