{"id":33953,"date":"2026-02-03T12:40:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tennis.uz\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33953"},"modified":"2026-02-03T13:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:15:10","slug":"the-uzbekistan-men-s-team-went-to-nigeria-for-the-davis-cup-match","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/tennis.uz\/en\/news\/the-uzbekistan-men-s-team-went-to-nigeria-for-the-davis-cup-match\/","title":{"rendered":"The Uzbekistan men&#8217;s team went to Nigeria for the Davis Cup match."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Uzbekistan men&#8217;s tennis team has went to Nigeria to participate in the Davis Cup World Group II playoff match.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As part of the competition, Uzbek tennis players will play matches against the Nigerian team. The match will take place in Lagos on February 7-8 and will be a key stage of this season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The match is of great importance: the winner of the confrontation will earn the right to compete in the Davis Cup World Group I next year, while the team that loses this match will retain its place in World Group II.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Uzbekistan national team:<\/p>\n<p>Khumoyun Sultanov<br \/>\nIlya Ignatov<br \/>\nAbdulaziz Usmonjonov<br \/>\nSukhrob Saidov<br \/>\nPlaying captain: Denis Istomin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Nigerian national team:<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Adeoye<br \/>\nKanis Aboua<br \/>\nMichael Emmanuel<br \/>\nChenna Oparoj<br \/>\nAbubakar Yusuf<br \/>\nCaptain: Benson Achie Isicheli<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Press service of the Uzbekistan Tennis Federation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33950,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"class_list":["post-33953","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Uzbekistan men&#039;s team went to Nigeria for the Davis Cup match. - UZBEKISTAN TENNIS FEDERATION<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tennis.uz\/en\/news\/the-uzbekistan-men-s-team-went-to-nigeria-for-the-davis-cup-match\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Uzbekistan men&#039;s team went to Nigeria for the Davis Cup match.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Uzbekistan men&#8217;s tennis team has went to Nigeria to participate in the Davis Cup World Group II playoff match. &nbsp; As part of the competition, Uzbek tennis players will play matches against the Nigerian team. 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