Rubin Statham has been given the role of New Zealand's second singles player against Uzbekistan at TECT Arena.
However Statham, who has a 19-4 singles record for New Zealand and is ranked at 554, has the tough task of player current world No 58 Denis Istomin.
The clash will start the tie at 3pm with Kiwi No1 Michael Venus second on court against Uzbek No 2 Farrukh Dustov.
With crowd numbers steadily growing for the 2000 plus seats at the Arena, the Kiwis are hoping that home advantage will help them through the Asia/Oceania Group 1 round 1 tie.
"It's great to be able to play at home and to know your friends and family can watch. It really helps and it's such a rarity to play at home. I think it can really give you a good advantage," says Venus.