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It's like Friday all over again: We wish we had something to tell you -- but we don't. Not really. Everything went as expected. Sunday's action opened with Novak Djokovic facing Tomas Berdych, needing to win to keep the tie between Serbia and the Czechs alive.
Czech Republic has retained its Davis Cup title after defeating Serbia 3-2 in the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Final in Belgrade, Serbia on Sunday 17 November.
Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer met on court for the third time in three weeks as the pair of Spaniards played an exhibition in tennis-starved Peru.
When the poll appeared on the Davis Cup site, "Who do you think will win the doubles match? Ilija Bozoljac/Nenad Zimonjic [or] Jan Hajek/Lukas Rosol," we were already betting on "None of the Above." After all, the only way you can win is if you play -- and there was a good chance that neither of those teams would play.
Czech Republic leads Serbia 2-1 at the end of the second day of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Final in Belgrade, Serbia on 15-17 November.
Let me apologize up front. What I am laying out here is not new. It is the basis of a format for the Davis Cup that I forwarded to the Davis Cup committee, at the specific suggestion of Mr Davis Cup himself, Neale Fraser, four years ago.
The Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational, November 22-23 at the Atlantis Tennis Centre on Paradise Island, has an interesting mix of players including Sabine Lisicki, Taylor Townsend, Lucie Safarova, Max Mirnyi, Denis Kudla, Jesse Levine Jean-Julien Rojer and Oliver Marach . The event raises funds supporting a range of local charities on the islands. . .
Being a part of such an amazing team, strong comrades around you, generations of Serbian Tennis at one place… Focused
Novak Djokovic, who opened the tie, admitted to some nerves in his first set against Radek Stepanek. He broke for 4-2 in the first set, lost the break in the ninth game, but broke again in game twelve, and never looked back, winning 7-5 6-1 6-4.
Serbia and Czech Republic are level at 1-1 at the end of the first day of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Final in Belgrade, Serbia on 15-17 November.
Click here to view some great photos of Djokovic in action.
Tomas Berdych is a veteran of 25 previous Davis Cup ties spreading back more than ten years and the Czech no.1 knows he is in for a demanding weekend of his nation is to retain the trophy even though Serbia is fielding a depleted team.
Serbia limps into the Davis Cup final with the Czech Republic after Janko Tipsarevic was ruled unfit to compete due to a chronic heel injury, leaving all of the heavy lifting to Novak Djokovic.
Veteran coach Riccardo Piatti has finally thrown some light over his mystery split from Frenchman Richard Gasquet midway through last week’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London.
On paper, the final between Serbia and the Czech Republic should have been a blowout. Novak Djokovic tops Tomas Berdych, and Janko Tipsarevic tops Radek Stepanek, and that's it, right? Of course right.
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