Davis Cup competition in Hoffman Estates

The United States Tennis Association and U.S. Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier have announced that the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates has been selected as the site for the 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoff between the United States and Slovakia, Sept. 12 to 14. Tickets will go on sale in mid-July. For more information, fans can visit usta.com/daviscup or call (888) 484-USTA (8782). The best-of-five match series begins Friday, Sept. 12, with two singles matches featuring each country's No. 1 player against the other country's No. 2 player. Founded in 1900, Davis Cup is the world's largest annual international men's team competition with 130 nations competing in 2014.