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Former great Mats Wilander has said he will not be part of the coaching future for Andy Murray, with the Swede comfortably settled into a television career with Eurosport and already travelling the world working in the game - perhaps at a much lower stress level.
Japan's Davis Cup quarter-final campaign could be in trouble if the groin injury of team No. 1 Kei Nishikori keeps him away from the weekend tie in Tokyo against the defending champion Czech Republic.
The ITF has announced the official team nominations for the 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group quarterfinals and Zone Group ties taking place on 4-6 April.
Italy’s hopes of reaching a first Davis Cup World Group semi-final since 1998 could be jeopardized by leading player Fabio Fognini either missing next week’s tie against Great Britain or playing in pain because of an injured leg muscle.
Andy Murray looks set to play all three days of Britain’s upcoming Davis Cup World Group quarterfinal against Italy in Napoli after captain Leon Smith named three singles players in his four man squad of Murray, James Ward, Dan Evans and doubles specialist Colin Fleming.
The Bryan Brothers were back to their usual reliable form in securing the doubles point for Team USA against Great Britain in the Davis Cup first round tie this weekend. Bob and Mike Bryan, taking to the court with the USA trailing 0-2, delivered the first point of their team with a 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win over the British Davis Cup duo of Colin Fleming and Dominic Inglot.
Despite having first-class facilities to hand, staging an American Davis Cup tie would be an almost impossible task for the newly expanded Indian Wells Tennis Garden, with tournament CEO Raymond Moore blaming inconvenient scheduling vis-a-vis his annual Masters 1000 with making a Davis tie all but logistically impossible.
Roger Federer is ready to play doubles more often as his back continues to remain healthy. He has teamed up with Stanislas Wawrinka at Indian Wells.
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi has called for Pakistan to be given permission to host Davis Cup ties once again. The nation has not hosted a tie since 2010 because of security concerns, with the ITF either turning over choice of ground to the opposing team or ruling that the tie be played at a neutral venue.
Just as in the semifinal against Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer started stronger than the scoreline. He and Tomas Berdych were almost even in the first set, but Berdych won it, and went up by a break in the second -- and then Federer started amping up the pressure.
The courts at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club will be busy on Friday as the 125th Annual Pacific Coast Men’s Doubles Championship, which features many of the best NCAA men's college tennis teams in the country and a strong field of independent players, will play a total of 123 matches over the first three rounds.
Sunday will see the draft for the International Tennis Premier League in Dubai and opinions are clearly split on the validity of the new tennis concept amongst leading players. Tomas Berdych, who maintains he needs to cut back on his schedule, primarily in Davis Cup, insists he is fully committed.
Andy Murray cannot help but look ahead after Davis Cup quarter-final opponent Italy confirmed it will host the visiting Brits in Naples. The chaotic southern metropolis will be like nothing the team has likely ever experienced...
Five-time champion Roger Federer begins his campaign in Dubai fully fit and confident as he opens against German Benjamin Becker.
Andy Murray cannot help but look ahead after Davis Cup quarter-final opponent Italy confirmed it will host the visiting Brits in Naples. The chaotic southern metropolis will be like nothing the team has likely ever experienced...
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