Will Federer and Wawrinka play vs Kazakhstan in Davis Cup tie?

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Team Switzerland announced its nominations for the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Kazakhstan, Kazinform has learnt from Sports.kz.

Henri Laaksonen (world №118), Adrian Bodmer (world №467), Marc Andrea Huesler (world №601), Antoine Bellier (world №704) and Luca Margaroli (world №846) were nominated for the first round ties vs Kazakhstan in Astana.

Captain of Kazakhstan Dias Doskarayev nominated world №69 Mikhail Kukushkin, world №234 Alexandr Nedovyesov, world №248 Dmitry Popko, world №711 Roman Khassanov and world №783 Timur Khabibulin for the Davis Cup clash.

That means that Astana tennis fans won't see top Swiss players Roger Federer (world №2) and Stan Wawrinka (world №8) playing in Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan will take on Switzerland in the Davis Cup ties on February 2-4 in Astana. 

Representing the #Securitas Swiss @DavisCup team to face Kazakhstan in the 1st round from 2-4 Feb in Astana: Henri #Laaksonen, @adibodmer, Marc Andrea #Huesler @antoine_bellier & Luca #Margaroli #SupportTheSwiss pic.twitter.com/FeSVhM38Bq

— Swiss Tennis (@swiss_tennis) 23 января 2018 г.

🇰🇿 Kazakh captain Dias Doskarayev nominates Mikhail Kukushkin, Aleksandr Nedovyesov, Dmitry Popko, Roman Khassanov and Timur Khabibulin for the 2018 #DavisCup World Group first round clash with 🇨🇭 Switzerland! https://t.co/lHJseWHU8T pic.twitter.com/kMLQjrOJTf

— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) 23 января 2018 г.