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Roger Federer, the man who has won just about everything it is possible to win in top-flight tennis, is now in touching distance of the one big prize he still craves after guiding Switzerland through to the 2014 Davis Cup final against France.
The ITF has announced the results for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals, World Group play-offs and Zone Group ties taking place on 12-14 September. The World Group play-off tie between India and Serbia in Bangalore has been suspended overnight due to rain and will resume at 12:00 local time (06:30 GMT) on Monday 15 September.
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The United States' record Davis Cup streak is alive. In 2015, Team USA will compete in the World Group for the 27th straight time dating back to 1989. No nation is enjoying a longer uninterrupted stay in the highest category of Davis Cup competition.
Roger Federer will get his chance for extra points after all. Switzerland entered Saturday's action leading Italy 2-0, but they didn't really go in for the kill. Rather than have Federer team with Stan Wawrinka to try to win after three matches, they had Wawrinka play with Marco Chiudinelli.
The ITF has announced the latest results for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals, World Group play-offs and Zone Group ties taking place on 12-14 September.
Roger Federer bounced back from a U.S. Open semifinal loss to eventual champion Marin Cilic by winning the opening singles rubber in this weekend's Davis Cup tie between Switzerland and Italy on Friday. Federer treated the home crowd in Geneva to a 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4 victory over Simone Bolelli to give the Swiss a 1-0 lead against Italy.
The ITF has announced the latest results for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals, World Group play-offs and Zone Group ties taking place on 12-14 September.
The ITF has announced the draws for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals, World Group play-offs and Zone Group ties taking place on 12-14 September.
The official draw for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Play-off between Canada and Colombia took place Thursday at Province House in Halifax to determine the match-ups for the coming weekend. The tie will be contested on an indoor hard court at the Halifax Metro Centre from September 12-14, 2014.
Making a quick turnaround following a semifinal showing at the U.S. Open, Roger Federer will be back in action on Friday when Switzerland hosts Italy in the Davis Cup World Group semifinals. The opening day of singles in Geneva will feature a first rubber between Federer and Simone Bolelli, to be followed by Stan Wawrinka vs. Fabio Fognini.
Former Grand Slam champions Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil are among the latest group of players to be presented with the Davis Cup Commitment Award. The ITF, through its National Associations, will present further Davis Cup Commitment Awards during this weekend’s 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and zone group ties on Saturday 13 September.
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive live coverage of the U.S. Davis Cup team's competition against Slovakia in Chicago, this weekend, with world-whiparound telecasts at 5 p.m. ET, Friday, Sept. 12; 3 p.m. ET, Saturday, Sept. 13; and 1:30 p.m. ET, Sunday, Sept. 14.
Devastated Novak Djokovic was pondering his schedule as the beaten US Open semi-finalist and decided to skip Davis Cup play this weekend in India for Serbia after losing a 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 to Japan's Kei Nishikori.
Roger Federer has already put his 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 semi-final defeat at the US Open in perspective after going down to Marin Cilic and is turning his focus to the Swiss Davis Cup weekend semi-final in Geneva against Italy.
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