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Andy Murray has never been a fan of anybody who makes ludicrous remarks simply for effect. In fact he downright treats them with total derision and so when he insists Britain’s Davis Cup team have now set their sights on winning the trophy for the first time since 1936, it’s time to take notice.
From a British perspective, the captaincy of Jim Courier in the United States’ humiliating home Davis Cup defeat at the hands of Andy Murray and the rest of the British team, left a lot to be desired.
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Despite a brave effort from Sam Querrey, No. 6 Andy Murray clinched Great Britain’s first Davis Cup Quarterfinals appearance since 1986 on Sunday, beating the 49th-ranked American, 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-3, on red clay at Petco Park in San Diego.
Was it Kei Nishikori, or was it the Tennis Gods? Consider this: Canada's three top singles players all went down in the Davis Cup tie with Japan. Milos Raonic wasn't even with the team due to an ankle injury. Vasek Pospisil had to pull out of the doubles with a back injury. That left singles duty to Frank Dancevic
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The United States’ Bob and Mike Bryan gave their country a chance at an historic Davis Cup rally by beating Great Britain’s Colin Fleming and Dominic Inglot, 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, in Saturday’s doubles match on red clay at Petco Park.
The #1 way to get ahead in Davis Cup is to have great players. But the #1 way to falter is to lack players who can fill in when your top players go down. And that, unfortunately, was what has happened to Canada. Milos Raonic was already out, and as had been feared, on Saturday we learned that Vasek Pospisil was unavailable also.
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Great Britain’s James Ward put history firmly on his country’s side Friday by defeating the United States’ Sam Querrey, 1-6, 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, in the day’s second singles match, vaulting Great Britain to a 2-0 advantage over the U.S. in the Davis Cup First Round tie at San Diego’s Petco Park.
Given the disastrous fortune they suffered leading up to this tie, Canada is probably in about as good a position as it could hope for against Japan -- they're tied 1-1. Kei Nishikori opened the contest by routinely beating Peter Polansky 6-4 6-4 6-4.
The ITF has announced the latest results for the 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round and Zone Group ties taking place on 31 January - 2 February. A total of 30 ties are taking place this week.
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One of the big problems with Davis Cup is that, the better you perform, the more weeks you have to set aside to play Davis Cup. You can't just win one week and then take a break. Win a tie, and your reward is to play the next tie.
The order of play for this weekend’s U.S. vs. Great Britain Davis Cup by BNP Paribas First Round tie was determined at Thursday’s draw ceremony, hosted at The Prado at Balboa Park. Please note that Donald Young has replaced John Isner on the U.S. roster...
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