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Check out the latest Instagram photos of the teams from the Davis Cup.
The opening day of play in the best-of-five match series features each country’s No. 1 singles player against the No. 2 player from the opposing country. The exact order of play was determined at Thursday’s Draw Ceremony, which was held at Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland.
In the 2014 Davis Cup first round, the United States had the benefit of home-court advantage against Great Britain. It was all right there for the Americans to advance, having put the visitors out of their comfort zone on a clay surface.
The USTA and United States Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier today announced that top-ranked American and world No. 20 John Isner, world No. 45 Donald Young, and the world’s No. 1 doubles team of Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan will represent the U.S. in the 2015 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group First Round against Great Britain.
For the most part it was a solid week at the Memphis Open for Americans, especially Donald Young and Sam Querrey. Both men reached the singles semifinals and Young also finished runner-up in doubles with partner Artem Sitak.
Rafael Nadal is back in Rio de Janeiro this week to defend his 2014 title, but he won't be able to steal the entire spotlight away from the other two ongoing tournaments. It is is another jam-packed seven-day stretch in the frantic February swing, with additional action taking place in Marseille and Delray Beach.
A pair of blockuster quarterfinal lineups are on hand for Friday at the Memphis Open and the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. In Memphis, American fans will be treated to five of their own in action. In Rotterdam, among those still alive in the title hunt are Tomas Berdych, Gael Monfils, Stan Wawrinka, and Gilles Muller.
Grand Slams almost always shake things up in the rankings because so many points are available compared to other tournaments. This time around, the Australian Open did not have a massive impact. That being said, there were at least a handful of ATP players who made some significant moves--either good or bad.
Things are heating up in Australia and this summer it's not the bright sun or heat index or my thermometer. Or outside temperature. Yes, we are close to the equator and need our sunnies. Yes , all the clothing is hot pick and yellow all more reasons to wear "sunnies".
By recent standards, this is already a successful Australian Open for the American men. Two are through to the third round as of Thursday afternoon Australia time and both John Isner and Steve Johnson have advanced in convincing fashion. But it could be oh so much better.
Click here to see the men's tennis seeds for the Australian Open.
Poland has won its first Hopman Cup title after beating the USA in a suspense-filled mixed doubles in Saturday’s final. The first-time champion nation went ahead 1-0 after Agnieszka Radwanska shocked 18-time major champion Serena Williams 64 67(3) 61, but John Isner ensured the higher-ranked pairing stayed alive with a 76(10) 64 win over Jerzy Janowicz.
Novak Djokovic kicked off his 2015 campaign in fine form, taking care of fellow Serb Dusan Lajovic 6-2, 6-1 in round one of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open on Tuesday. Djokovic needed just 59 minutes to set up a meeting with Sergiy Stakhovsky.
Move over, Gael Monfils and Coca-Cola! There's a new dynamic duo in town. Serena Williams used the wonders of a "miracle coffee" to overcome Flavia Pennetta 0-6, 6-3, 6-0 at the Hopman Cup on Monday afternoon. As the score suggests, Williams got off to a stunningly slow start before recovering to put the United States ahead of Italy 1-0.
Attempting to rank the year-end top 10 players from any country is a virtually impossible task--unless you do it in, say, something like September, October, or November. It's even more difficult in the case of the United States.
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