Astana – The Italian team taking part in the Davis Cup includes Fabio Fognini, Andreas Seppi, Simone Bolelli and Paolo Lorenzi, and Luca Vanni as fifth man. The team is in Astana, weathering cold temperatures (below -10°) and a lot of snow during the weekend. Italy is getting ready to face Kazakhstan in the first round of the World Group. On Wednesday they will continue training, on Thursday the draw ceremony will decide the names of the single players and define the order of the meetings. The real sporting event begins on Friday. (9Colonne)
