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20 ITFWORLD SPRING 2014 The first round of the 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas featured all four Grand Slam nations among the 16-nation elite World Group, and they all played each other. While Great Britain and France progressed — with France going on to the semis — USA, Australia and the other six losing nations from the first round will fight to retain their World Group status in the World Group play-offs, to be held the same weekend as the semifinals on 12-14 September. Five continents will host World Group play-off ties with the line-up being as follows, host nations first: India v Serbia, Brazil v Spain, Israel v Argentina, Canada v Colombia, USA v Slovak Republic, Australia v Uzbekistan, Netherlands v Croatia, Ukraine v Belgium. In total 122 nations are involved in this year's Davis Cup competition. DAVIS CUp BY BNp pARIBAS Stanislas Wawrinka and Roger Federer before facing Serbia Dutch fans in Ostrava for the fi rst round Juan Monaco couldn't prevent Argentina's fi rst round loss Kei Nishikori celebrating Japan's victory over Canada Tomas Berdych won all three of his matches in Czech Republic's defeat of Netherlands Frank Dancevic won Canada's only point in the fi rst round 20 ITFWORLD SPRING 2014