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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
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.
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.
A dispute appears to have emerged as to exactly who manages the commercial rights of new Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka, a heretofore unexpected worry for management of the modest Swiss who stunned Rafael Nadal to win his first grand slam title.
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.
Andy Murray remained in a bit of a fog following his first trans-Pacific trip into the US, with the Scot working to shake his jet-lag after battling with the International Date Line as he arrived in Southern California from Melbourne.
Toni Nadal has launched into another defence of his nephew in an attempt to explain the situation behind Rafael Nadal's back injury situation in his losing Australian Open final to Stanislas Wawrinka.
While four days of searing heat affected the 2014 Australian Open attendance a bit, a more than respectable total of 643,280 fans attended this years’ event. The all-time Australian Open attendance record of 686,006 was set in 2012
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Stanislas Wawrinka's Australian Open stirred painful memories for the champion of 20 years previously and guest of honor, Pete Sampras. But it still didn’t dent the former world no.1’s admiration for the new title holder.
Rafael Nadal won't need long to heal the back injury which struck during his Australian Open finals loss to Stan Wawrinka, with the Spaniard's coach Toni Nadal telling private radio that the problem is not something serious.
The pre-match back problem which ended any chances for Rafael Nadal in his losing Australian Open final against Stanislas Wawrinka was only the latest in a run of injury problems at the tournament for the Spaniard.
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Teams are moving into place for this weekend's opening, with new Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka saying he will front up for Switzerland against Serbia in Novi Sad. "Davis Cup, it's really important for me. I'm really proud. It's a big honor to play for my country. So for sure I'm still thinking to go there...
Stanislas Wawrinka could not believe his new position as third in the ATP rankings after beating wounded Rafael Nadal to surprise the tennis world with an Australian Open title. The 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 thriller, with Nadal nursing a back problem from the start and almost quitting the match in tears will go down as one of the major shocks of any season.
Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka was still in a state of some disbelief two hours after beating the injured Rafael Nadal to win a first ever major title. And voicing his confusion he said: “I never expected to win a Grand Slam. I never dreamed about that because for me, I was not good enough to beat those top guys.”
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