September 16^th to the 18^th will be the World Group Playoffs with a total of sixteen nations competing, as well as two World Group Semifinals matches. Belgium and Austria are two of the nations that will be playing in the playoff round and these two nations have met four times in the past in the Davis Cup. The Austrians won every single head to head match. Belgium arrived at this point in this competition by playing Spain, losing to Nadal and the Spaniards. Austria got here by losing in the first round to France with a final score of 3 to 2.

Xavier Malisse is going to be leading the Belgium team as they face Austria. He has a singles ranking of 50. Olivier Rochus is also on the Belgian side, along with Steve Darcis and Ruben Bemelmans with Johan Van Herck as the team captain. Jurgen Melzer and Andreas Haider Maurer are representing Austria along with Olivier Marach and Alexander Peya. The team captain is Gilbert Schaller. Watch live Davis Cup action right from your computer or mobile device anywhere in the world and have an all access pass to streaming tennis all year long.