ADVISORY/The Tennis Channel's Team Cup Season Begins Feb. 5-8 With First-Round Davis Cup Action.

Sports Editors/Tennis, TV & Cable Writers

ADVISORY...Thursday-Sunday (Feb. 5-8)

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  Network's Live Telecasts Feature 2003 Davis Cup Champion Australia,
                            Runner-Up Spain

WHAT:   Live, complete coverage of opening-round Davis Cup play on
        The Tennis Channel. Three-day, best-of-five ties kick off
        International Tennis Federation's prestigious annual
        tradition: Davis Cup by BNP Paribas.

WHEN:   Feb. 5-8, 2004

        Complete live coverage, Sweden at Australia

        Feb. 5 -- 7:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. (two singles matches)

        Feb. 6 -- 7:30 p.m.-10 p.m. (doubles match)

        Feb. 7 -- 7:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. (two reverse singles matches)

        Complete live coverage, Spain at the Czech Republic

        Feb. 6 -- 8 a.m.-1 p.m. (two singles matches)

        Feb. 7 -- 8 a.m.-10:30 a.m. (doubles match)

        Feb. 8 -- 7 a.m.-noon (two reverse singles matches)

WHO:    Sweden: Jonas Bjorkman, Thomas Enqvist, Robin Soderling and
        Joachim Johansson. Team Captain: Mats Wilander

        Australia: Lleyton Hewitt (former No. 1, Wimbledon, U.S. Open
        winner), Mark Philippoussis, Wayne Arthurs and Todd
        Woodbridge. Team Captain: John Fitzgerald

        Spain: Tommy Robredo, Rafeal Nadal, Alberto Martin and
        Feliciano Lopez. Team Captain: Jordi Arrese

        Czech Rep.: Jiri Novak, Tomas Berdych, Radek Stepanek and
        Martin Damm. Team Captain: Cyril Suk

WHERE:  Sweden vs. Australia, Memorial Drive, Adelaide, Australia

        Spain vs. Czech Republic, Brno Exhibition Center, Hall B,
        Brno, Czech Rep.

MORE:   Davis Cup information, including event alerts and updates,
        can be accessed at http://www.daviscup.com/. Visit the site
        and sign up for the newsletter at the bottom of the page
        (http://www.daviscup.com/registration/). Similar news for Fed
        Cup and Hyundai Hopman Cup (both exclusive to The Tennis
        Channel) can be found at www.itftennis.com

MEDIA:  Video, audio and still images from The Tennis Channel's
        exclusive U.S. coverage of these Davis Cup ties will be made
        available to the press.