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Davis Cup highlight: the boys clean up

Without Djokovic, Team Serbia still looks pumped in Bangalore. (Zimonjic Twitter feed)
Without Djokovic, Team Serbia still looks pumped in Bangalore. (Zimonjic Twitter feed)

Most of the time, you see tennis players when they're tense, hot and sweaty as they ply their trade.

But Davis Cup, in addition to providing great team bonding amongst countryman who compete against each other the rest of the year, offers another opportunity: matching suits.

And you know the players love to look good, because they're Tweeting and Instagramming photos of themselves in their official dinner garb all over the place.

As the action gets under way around the planet Friday (it's already started down in Australia), here are some examples. Can you pick the best-dressed?

Above is team Serbia, taken by Nenad Zimonjic. Clearly they're surviving without Novak Djokovic.

The U.S. team, as is often the case, is a tad underdressed - even captain Jim Courier, who is tied and tucked even on court during matches, downshifted a bit. (Hey, Sam, tuck it!)

Team Canada does it right:

Someone's missing in Team Switzerland (Stanley?) - but it wasn't the guy who supplied the hair product. We're thinking Armani or Hugo Boss here; Fed's not going to wear off-the-rack.

Team France - spectacular as always.

We concur with Jürgen Melzer's assessment of Team Austria:

Team Australia has some big lads.

Team Italy - they have to play Fed and Wawrinka, but at least they look good:

Team Belgium forgot their ties, but maybe they headed to Ukraine by mistake; the tie was moved to Estonia.

Team Colombia is a little mismatched. But still all good.

The Argentines can be forgiven the lack of ties. They're in South Florida to face the "home-team", Israel.

Team India is natty (the double-breasted jacket is a nice touch):

 

Team Spain looks good, although a lot of people (Rafa, Daveed, Fernando, Feli) are missing: