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Despite a brave effort from Sam Querrey, No. 6 Andy Murray clinched Great Britain’s first Davis Cup Quarterfinals appearance since 1986 on Sunday, beating the 49th-ranked American, 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-3, on red clay at Petco Park in San Diego.
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 ITF has announced the final results for the 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round and Zone Group ties taking place on 31 January - 2 February. A total of 30 ties took place this week.
This arguably should have gone the other way, and in straight sets. Sara Errani seemed to be cruising into the second set, breaking in Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova's first service game -- only to lose seven straight games. It looked as if the marathon she had played the night before had cost her.
Swiss Davis Cup coach Severin Luthi is living strictly in the present when it comes to his team's Davis Cup World Group hopes after a sweeping 3-0 weekend win sparked by grand slam champions Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka.
The Canadian Davis Cup team was defeated 4-1 by Japan in their Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round tie on Sunday at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.
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The United States’ Bob and Mike Bryan gave their country a chance at an historic Davis Cup rally by beating Great Britain’s Colin Fleming and Dominic Inglot, 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, in Saturday’s doubles match on red clay at Petco Park.
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.
The ITF has announced the latest results for the 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round and Zone Group ties taking place on 31 January - 2 February. A total of 30 ties are taking place this week.
Big Milos is still suffering from the ankle injury which occurred at the Australian Open but which barely came to light is starting to impact the ATP schedule of Milos Raonic, with the Canadian joining a parade of pullouts from the Zagreb event this week.
The Canadian Davis Cup team trails Japan 2-1 after the second day of play in their Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round tie taking place on indoor hard court at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan. / L’équipe canadienne de la Coupe Davis tire de l’arrière 2-1 face au Japon après la deuxième journée de la rencontre du premier tour du Groupe mondial de la Coupe Davis par BNP Paribas disputée au Colisée Ariake, à Tokyo.
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Great Britain’s James Ward put history firmly on his country’s side Friday by defeating the United States’ Sam Querrey, 1-6, 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, in the day’s second singles match, vaulting Great Britain to a 2-0 advantage over the U.S. in the Davis Cup First Round tie at San Diego’s Petco Park.
These are all free points for Maria Sharapova; if she can win her next two matches, she will regain the #4 ranking from Agnieszka Radwanska. She leaves Kirsten Flipkens at #20.
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