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shall consist of two singles and one doubles played in one day. Each match shall be played the best of three tie-break sets. 3. SEEDING Teams will be seeded by the Fed Cup Committee in accordance with the most recent Fed Cup Nations Ranking. When drawing the Nations into two round-robin groups the highest seeded Nation shall be placed in one group and the second seeded Nation shall be placed in the other group. Thereafter the remaining Nations shall be drawn in pairs according to the Nations Ranking. If more round-robin groups are used the same principles shall be followed. Where there are pools of different numbers of teams, the highest seeded teams will be placed in the pool with the least number of teams; the second seed will be placed in the pool with the second least number of teams, and so on until all the seeds are placed. 4. ORDER OF PLAY The order of play in each Tie must be as follows: Number Two vs Number Two Number One vs Number One Doubles Match When a result has been obtained after the singles matches, the doubles match must still be played to obtain the full score, unless otherwise decided by the Referee. When a knock-out format is used, the Referee may decide, after taking into account such factors as weather, spectators and television, to cancel the doubles match if the Tie has already been decided. 5. TEAM NOMINATIONS Each competing Nation shall, no less than twenty-eight (28) days before the Monday of the week fixed for the commencement of the event, nominate in order of merit to the Fed Cup Executive Director a team consisting of either: i) 3 players including a playing Captain, or ii) 3 players plus a playing or non-playing Captain, or iii) 4 players plus a non-playing Captain. Two (2) nominations may be changed up until one hour before the Captains' Meeting to be held on the day prior to the start of the Competition. In addition, the nomination of a non-playing Captain may be changed at any time before the commencement of the Event. The order of merit shall be based on the computer singles rankings accepted by the ITF as at the time of the team nominations. Players with no computer ranking shall be ranked for the entire event based on national ranking, where available, by their respective Captain. 6. NOTIFICATION OF SINGLES AND DOUBLES PLAYERS Each Captain shall give to the Referee the names of the two (2) singles players and the doubles team, no later than sixty (60) minutes before the 30

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