Men Tennis News Update - Davis Cup Thursday, January 31, 2013
epa03543791 Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina hits a backhand during his 3rd round match against Jeremy Chardy of France at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 19 January 2013. EPA/Dennis Sabangan |
Davis Cup
No new withdrawals that we’ve heard of. But we thought we’d do a casual list of players who aren’t present on the various initial team lists. Note that we didn’t attempt to make this comprehensive; we just looked at the teams and said, “Who should be there?” And there are probably others who won’t in fact play but are listed as being on their teams.
Argentina: Juan Martin del Potro
Czech Republic: Radek Stepanek
Germany: Tommy Haas
Spain: David Ferrer, Rafael Nadal, Nicolas Almagro
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