Davis Cup: Croatia vs Czech Republic Live World Cup Live Semi Final online on 18-09-09

Croatia Official Team Nominations Marin CILIC Ivo KARLOVIC Roko KARANUSIC Lovro ZOVKO Team Captain Goran PRPIC Official Team Nominations Czech Republic Radek STEPANEK Tomas BERDYCH Jan HERNYCH Lukas DLOUHY Team Captain Jaroslav NAVRATIL View TV Schedule

World Group, 2009 Semifinal Sportska dvorana ''ZATIKA'', Porec, Croatia Stadium Capacity: 4,500 18 September - 20 September 2009 Day 1: 1400 hrs (1200 hrs GMT) Day 2: 1500 hrs (1300 hrs GMT) Day 3: 1300 hrs (1100 hrs GMT) Surface: Clay (Red Clay) - Indoors Ball Type: Head ATP TIE PREVIEW Croatia and Czech Republic meet for the first time in Davis Cup. Both nations are former Davis Cup champions, Ivan Lendl led the Czechs to their sole triumph in 1980, when the nation competed as Czechoslovakia, while Ivan Ljubicic and Mario Ancic combined to win the title for Croatia in 2005. This is just the 2nd time that Croatia has reached the semifinals. The nation has won its last 4 ties, having won promotion from Europe/Africa Group I last year and defeated Chile and USA in this year's World Group competition. It has also won 11 of its last 12 home ties. Czech Republic is in the semifinals for the first time since 1996, having defeated France and Argentina in this year's competition. ALL TIME TEAM HEAD TO HEAD 0 Total 0 0 Clay 0 0 Grass 0 0 Hard 0 0 Carpet 0 0 Unknown 0 0 Indoors 0 0 Outdoors 0