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scheduled start of play each day. The doubles team can be changed until fifteen (15) minutes after the conclusion of the preceding singles match. If, between the nomination/change of nomination dead-line and start of play one of the players, in the opinion of the Referee, is ill or injured, the Referee may sanction the substitution of that player/team by another player/team nominated for the tie. 7. INTERVAL BETWEEN MATCHES There shall be an interval of thirty (30) minutes between the second singles match and the doubles match unless otherwise decided by the Referee. 8. RELOCATION OF THE DOUBLES MATCH The Referee has the discretion to transfer a doubles match to another court. 9. CAPTAINS' MEETING AND DRAW The Referee shall call a meeting of all the Captains, to take place on the day before the start of the Event. The Draw shall take place following the Captains' Meeting unless otherwise decided by the ITF. Player attendance is not obligatory. 10. WITHDRAWALS All teams shall abide by the rules for entries set forth in the Regulations and any National Association withdrawing from the Competition after submitting its entry form in writing shall be subject to Regulation 12 of Section III (Penalties and Arbitration). 11. METHOD OF DETERMINING PLACES IN THE ROUND ROBIN Each Tie will consist of three matches, two singles and one doubles. The Nation that wins the majority of matches in the Tie shall be declared the winner and shall be awarded one point. i) If two Nations score an equal number of points, the head-to-head result between these nations shall decide the winner. ii) If three or more Nations score an equal number of points the following procedure shall be used: - The number of matches won shall decide the winner. - If matches won are equal, the percentage of sets won of sets played against all teams in the pool shall decide the winner. - If the percentage of sets won is equal, the percentage of games won of games played against all teams in the pool shall decide the winner. When three or more Nations are tied head-to-head results are never used to determine the positions in the pool. If any match is stopped and not completed for reasons of injury, etc, the full score shall be recorded. Example: Player A leads over Player B by 6-1, 2-0 31

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