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Even with a record turnout a few years ago in , Alabama for the Davis Cup tie between the U.S and Switzerland and complete coverage by the Tennis Channel of this week?s tie between Serbia and the U.S., I can guarantee you that, aside from real die-hard fans, few in the U.S. will pay attention […]

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Champions Porsche, an authorized Porsche dealer located in Pompano Beach, Florida, has signed on to sponsor the International Tennis Championships for another five years.
The Delray Beach event, an ATP World Tour 250 points series tournament, was won this year by .
The young Latvian defeated No. 2 seed 6-2, 6-3 for […]

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The World Economic Forum, a Geneva based non-profit organization which aims at improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas, has picked as one of its ?Young Global Leaders? for 2010.
Federer, along with Twitter CEO Evan Williams and singer Wyclef Jean, were one […]

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Sean Randall makes his pick for the 2010 Davis Cup.

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The ATP World Tour 250 event held in , California announced today that SAP, a German business software company will continue its sponsorship of the tournament for the next three years.
The 2010 edition of the event featured Spaniard defeating 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 for the first time since 2006 at the […]

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The first Masters event of the year in , California will be without world No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro and former finalist .
Del Potro remains hindered by a right wrist injury he sustained last fall, while Gonzalez has opted to miss the event in order to aid with relief […]

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Agustin Calleri, center, who announced his retirement from tennis after elimination from the first round of Wimbledon last June, is honored in a career celebration at the Copa Telmex in Argentina yesterday. The other tennis players in attendance are, from left to right, Juan Mónaco, José Acasuso, Mariano Zabaleta, and Juan Ignacio Chela. I’m not sure who the first two men are, but I would imagine the man on the far left is tournament director and former Top-10 player Martin Jaite.

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Agassi and Nadal may have something in common but what’s not common is brutal for Agassi. Sure the two played in an era dominated by the two masters across the net, but Nadal can still hold his head high compared to a pathetic side kick persona Agassi will carry into the match.
The rivalry Sampras and […]

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A little bit of nostalgia — Is this the greatest tennis EVER played?

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Second-seeded Daniela Hantuchova and fourth-seeded Dominika Cibulkova — both of Slovakia — have reached the quarterfinals of the Monterrey Open.

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Fifth-seeded Agnes Szavay of Hungary reached the quarterfinals of the Monterrey Open, defeating Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-1.

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, 17, will become the second youngest Davis Cup player in history to play for Australia when he takes on Taiwan’s in Margaret Court Arena in on Friday. (Tomic is 42 days younger than John Alexander when he made his Davis Cup debut in 1968.)
Having defeated Yang during the 2008 Australian […]

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Current world No. 11 told the official Davis Cup site on Thursday that he had lost seven pounds while battling a stomach ailment two weeks ago in Marsielle.
Participating in this weekend?s Davis Cup first-round against Germany, Tsonga will battle on Friday.

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The president of the International Tennis Federation, Francesco Ricci-Bitti, reiterated his comments of earlier in the week when he suggested that tennis should go to shorter sets for Davis Cup.
Ricci-Bitti told L?Equipe that he believes tennis in ?general? should go to shorter sets.
?Personally I think that tennis would gain something by switching to short sets […]

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Former world No. 4 and finalist Thomas Enqvist will make his debut as Swedish Davis Cup captain this weekend against Argentina.
Enqvist?s decision of picking injury prone to play singles against the Argentine squad may prove to be beneficial considering the fast indoor court in .
Winning 17 singles titles during his 15-year-career, […]

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Current world No. 6 could miss the upcoming and events with a lingering left wrist injury.
Suffering a fall during the event in early February, Davydenko injured his wrist while losing to eventual champion in the semifinals.
Missing both events States side last year, Davydenko would not lose any […]

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Current world No. 6 could miss the upcoming and events with a lingering left wrist injury.
Suffering a fall during the event in early February, Davydenko injured his wrist while losing to eventual champion in the semifinals.
Missing both events States side last year, Davydenko would not lose any […]

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World No. 3 and defending champion confirmed on Thursday that he will return to the event in California next week.
Sidelined with a right knee injury since his quarterfinal loss to at the , Nadal has spent the last six weeks recovering in his hometown of Mallorca.
Speaking on his […]

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World No. 3 and defending champion confirmed on Thursday that he will return to the event in California next week.
Sidelined with a right knee injury since his quarterfinal loss to at the , Nadal has spent the last six weeks recovering in his hometown of Mallorca.
Speaking on his […]

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It’s Davis Cup weekend, and although it hasn’t started well for the U.S. men, who are trailing Serbia 2-0 after the first day, there is a great deal of excitement in countries all over the world. Although I find the “Groups” and the calendar rather confusing, there’s no question that every country, from Sri Lanka to Spain, wants to win its tie. For a complete list of the teams playing this weekend, see daviscup.com.After reading the story that the commenter from Virginia provided about Sanam Singh and Julen Uriguen being unavailable for Sunday’s Texas match because they were

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Here is the quarterfinal draw for the Open: vs. vs. vs. Dominka Cibulkova vs. Sevastova, Cornet, Zakopalova, and King are all unseeded.

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After all the fuss surrounding ’s appointment to Australia’s Davis Cup team, the young Australian helped Australia get off to a great start, destroying 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 in their third career meeting and first time against each other outside a juniors event. Tomic has won all of their previous meetings.A rain delay meant a later start for the Davis Cup newcomer but he seemed unworried by the situation. The rain forecast was the reason he got to play the singles rubber with John Fitzgerald saying he didn’t want to have to play 2 games in

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propsed to his American girlfriend, Andra Kucerak, back in November on a trip to New York. The happy couple have just celebrated their engagement with a purple and silver themed party that included a spot of ping pong.Guccione, who has been off injured since playing doubles with in late last year, has said of his time off; “I got engaged and my fiancee is out here now for another few weeks, so I’m doing a bit of training in the gym at the moment and enjoying my time with her. But I can’t wait to

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Mark Philippoussis and Jennifer Esposito have been photographed together for the first time in New York walking their dogs. The images surface after rumours flew that the relationship was on the rocks after the pair announced that they were postponing wedding plans. The wedding was originally penned for May or June this year.Esposito had said, about two weeks ago, that the pair were focusing on Mark’s return to tennis, which as previously reported, was not going particularly well. She also said “We’re just trying to get through every day as a couple. We’re enjoying ourselves, and a wedding takes time

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With Nadal’s recovering knees having two more hard court Masters 1000 events to survive, and to help him find some rhythm, you’d have to assume a return to Europe’s clay court will be Rafa’s salvation. Last year, despite having pain in his knees that made him take daily anti-inflammatorys, Rafa dominated the early clay court season winning and for the 5th consecutive year. He also won and was runner up in .Nadal was clearly not moving as well as he normally does from the very beginning of the clay court season but he looked distinctly jaded

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Things were looking bad for Agentina’s Davis Cup dreams when Juan Martin del Potro announced he had a wrist injury and would be off the tour for 4 weeks. Their rays of hope were and , who was returning to play after a length injury period following his surgery last year. Then Nalbandian got a small tear in his adductor (inner thigh) muscles that saw him conceed his quarterfinal match just a few weeks ago in . He was not expected to make the Davis Cup tie, that starts today, against the Swedes, but at least

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Their top 3 players may be down and out for the count, but the Spaniards have nothing to fear from Switzerland in their Davis Cup tie. (knee), (injured nerve in leg) and (knee) are all out of the first tie injured but will be replaced by , , , and last years finals hero, . Luckily for Spain their current generation of tennis players is so strong that captain Albert Costa frequently has to turn away top 20 players.As Costa says “Normally, it’s very difficult to pick between the

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With the first-round of the 2010 Davis Cup beginning on Friday, the ITF has released the singles and doubles matchups for the respective eight ties.
Spain vs. Switzerland: In Spain
Friday?s singles: vs. ; vs.
Saturday?s doubles: and vs. Yves Allegro and Stanislas Wawrinka
Sunday?s reverse singles: David […]

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With the first-round of the 2010 Davis Cup beginning on Friday, the ITF has released the singles and doubles matchups for the respective eight ties.
Spain vs. Switzerland: In Spain
Friday?s singles: vs. ; vs.
Saturday?s doubles: and vs. Yves Allegro and Stanislas Wawrinka
Sunday?s reverse singles: David […]

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Pictures from the Davis Cup tie between Great Britain and Lithuania

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The coin-flip and Match Preview are up for tomorrow’s live Photographic Exhibition Match. Huzzah.

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The latest scores from the first round of the Davis Cup World Group.

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upset a few people in last week as he confirmed that his season was solely based on big performances in the Grand Slams when admitting that he was only using the Dubai Open as a training exercise.
Murray, runner-up in the to , fell in the second round of the event to to leave sponsors, who had also parted with a decent appearance fee to the Scot, open mouthed.
Murray claimed that his performance levels against the tricky Serbian player, who beat him 7-6 4-6 6-4, would have been different had it been

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upset a few people in last week as he confirmed that his season was solely based on big performances in the Grand Slams when admitting that he was only using the Dubai Open as a training exercise.
Murray, runner-up in the to , fell in the second round of the event to to leave sponsors, who had also parted with a decent appearance fee to the Scot, open mouthed.
Murray claimed that his performance levels against the tricky Serbian player, who beat him 7-6 4-6 6-4, would have been different had it been

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Currently sidelined from the ATP World Tour, six-time Grand Slam champion recorded yet another first in his successful life earlier this week.
Already achieving a great deal of success in the tennis world, Nadal can now add a No. 1 Billboard music video to his resume.
Shakira?s new sultry music video Gypsy, was voted No. […]

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Currently sidelined from the ATP World Tour, six-time Grand Slam champion recorded yet another first in his successful life earlier this week.
Already achieving a great deal of success in the tennis world, Nadal can now add a No. 1 Billboard music video to his resume.
Shakira?s new sultry music video Gypsy, was voted No. […]

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Despite the controversies and suggestions about changing Davis Cup, I’ve always enjoyed the unique features Davis Cup brings to tennis.

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Despite the controversies and suggestions about changing Davis Cup, I’ve always enjoyed the unique features Davis Cup brings to tennis.

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German tennis ace has begun rehab on his injured hip after enduring surgery last Friday.
Haas, who realized last week in that the pain in his hip was not subsiding, decided that surgery was the only option.
Having the surgery in Colorado, Haas began stationary bike treatment earlier this week, before deciding weather […]

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German tennis ace has begun rehab on his injured hip after enduring surgery last Friday.
Haas, who realized last week in that the pain in his hip was not subsiding, decided that surgery was the only option.
Having the surgery in Colorado, Haas began stationary bike treatment earlier this week, before deciding weather […]

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In light if the recent earthquake in Chile, tennis star has sent a heart felt message to his countrymen regarding the looting that has occurred.
?There are more important things than to go looting, we should all be united,? said Gonzalez.
Since the 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chile on Saturday, looting has tremendously risen in […]

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In light if the recent earthquake in Chile, tennis star has sent a heart felt message to his countrymen regarding the looting that has occurred.
?There are more important things than to go looting, we should all be united,? said Gonzalez.
Since the 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chile on Saturday, looting has tremendously risen in […]

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Jonathan Overend says Britain’s Davis Cup losing streak must end in Lithuania

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John Isner of the United States will make his Davis Cup debut against Viktor Troicki in the first round against Serbia on Friday. The draw on Thursday pits Sam Querry against second-ranked Novak Djokovic for the second singles. In doubles Saturday, top-ranked Bob and Mike Bryan will face Nenad Zimonjic and Janko Tipsarevic.

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Heather Watson takes her biggest scalp yet in senior tennis, beating former world number seven Nicole Vaidisova in the Tangipahoa Tennis Classic.

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Chile?s top ranked player may skip next week?s event in California to raise funds for the earthquake victims of his country.
“What I want is to help, and I?m looking at the possibility of not going to play at Indian Wells and to stay in Chile to help,” said Gonzalez.
“I have several […]

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