London: Serbia did just fine without Novak Djovokic in the Davis Cup, while Russia's shorthanded team was surprisingly eliminated by Austria on Sunday. Serbia swept the reverse singles against Sweden to complete a 4-1 victory at home and set up a quarter-final against the Czech Republic, with Janko Tipsarevic clinching the win by beating Michael Ryderstedt of Sweden 6-2, 7-6 (5), 7-5. Dusan Lajovic then defeated Sweden's Filip Prpic 6-4,...
10:07 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Madrid: Rafael Nadal says he underwent a surprise doping test toward the end of a week in which the Spaniard was at the center of jokes made by a French TV programme about his country's alleged ties to doping. Nadal wrote on his Twitter account on Saturday: "8:30 in the morning!!!Just finished passing a surprise antidoping test...it was expected after everything...but I'm happy it's like this!" The Spanish sports ministry...
06:04 PM, Feb 12, 2012
London: Roger Federer suffered defeat for the second day in succession as United States completed a surprisingly comfortable victory over Switzerland in the Davis Cup World Group first round in Fribourg on Saturday. Former world number one Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka needed to win the doubles to keep the tie alive after Friday's two singles went to the US, but after a good start the Swiss pair lost 4-6, 6-3,...
11:50 AM, Feb 12, 2012
Madrid: John Isner shocked Roger Federer in four sets to secure a 2-0 lead for the United States away to Switzerland in Davis Cup World Group action on Friday while holders Spain carved out the same advantage over Kazakhstan in their first-round tie. Big-serving Isner beat Federer 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-2 to end his opponent's 15-match unbeaten run in Davis Cup singles rubbers and described it as the greatest win...
08:45 AM, Feb 11, 2012
Belgrade: Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic will not play in Serbia's Davis Cup tie against Sweden this month. Serbia captain Bogdan Obradovic said he decided to let the top-ranked Djokovic rest after he beat Rafael Nadal in a gruelling five-set final in Melbourne. Obradovic told The Associated Press that "we want to spare Djokovic to help him remain the world's No 1 player and win gold at the Olympic Games...
12:55 PM, Feb 02, 2012
London: Australian Open quarterfinalist Tomas Berdych and doubles winner Radek Stepanek will lead the Czech Republic against Italy in next week's first round of the Davis Cup in Ostrava. Berdych lost to Rafael Nadal in the quarters while Stepanek won his maiden Grand Slam title when he teamed with Leander Paes of India to beat Bob and Mike Bryan of the U.S. in the doubles final. Lukas Rosol and doubles...
12:53 PM, Feb 01, 2012
London: Andy Murray will miss Britain's Davis Cup match against Slovakia next month after sustaining "a few injuries" during his run to the Australian Open semifinals. The fourth-ranked Murray, who lost to eventual winner Novak Djokovic in a five-set match in Melbourne, says it is "probably a sensible decision" to pull out of the zonal group matches ahead of a busy year that also includes the London Olympics. With Britain's...
12:44 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Santander: Spain will begin their Davis Cup defence against Kazakhstan with a new-look team that is lacking Rafael Nadal. New captain Alex Corretja included 11th-ranked Nicolas Almagro, Marcel Granollers, former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero and Marc Lopez in the team for the February 10-12 series. Nadal, David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco all made themselves unavailable for the first-round match-up in Oviedo after leading Spain to their fifth...
08:41 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Buenos Aires: The coach of Juan Martin Del Potro says the former US Open champion will skip Argentina's Davis Cup series next month in Germany. Franco Davin told Friday's La Nacion newspaper that Del Potro, plagued by injuries the last several years, was bowing out because of concern over the physical effects of playing on the clay surface selected by Germany. Argentina lost to Spain in last month's Davis Cup...
10:07 AM, Jan 07, 2012
Karachi: Pakistan has lost an appeal to host their Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group two tie against Lebanon in Lahore early next year. The International Tennis Federation rejected the appeal by the Pakistan Tennis Federation insisting that while it realised the need to host international tennis ties here but the present security situation was still not feasible enough for foreign teams. "We are disappointed at our appeal being rejected but we...
02:22 PM, Dec 31, 2011
Barcelona: New Spain captain Alex Corretja is hopeful that Rafael Nadal will be available to the Davis Cup champions despite the second-ranked Spaniard announcing he won't compete in the event in 2012. Corretja said on Wednesday that neither Nadal nor David Ferrer have told him personally that they will be unavailable for the five-time winners, so the newly-appointed captain plans to speak to the pair at the Australian Open to...
12:32 AM, Dec 30, 2011
Madrid: Alex Corretja will be Spain's new Davis Cup team captain for the next two years, the country's tennis federation (RFET) said in a statement on Tuesday. The former world number two and twice French Open finalist replaces Albert Costa who stepped up into a director's role at the federation after leading Spain to Davis Cup final victories over Czech Republic in 2009 and Argentina in 2011. "I am absolutely...
07:10 PM, Dec 28, 2011
Bern: Roger Federer has committed to play for Switzerland against the United States in the first round of the 2012 Davis Cup. The Swiss tennis federation says Federer confirmed on Wednesday that he intended to play in the February 10-12 series in Fribourg, Switzerland. The 16-time Grand Slam singles champion has not played a first-round match since 2004. He said last month he helped to choose the clay court surface...
01:25 PM, Dec 08, 2011
Seville: Fresh from helping Spain win their fifth Davis Cup, Rafael Nadal revealed that he won't play in the event next year and will instead focus on defending his gold medal at the London Olympics. Nadal rallied to beat Juan Martin del Potro 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (0) on Sunday to give Spain a 3-1 victory over Argentina and his third Davis Cup title after first winning it in 2004....
04:21 PM, Dec 05, 2011
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