Davis Cup

Roddick clinches Davis Cup tie against Chile

Last year, the US lost in the first round to Serbia at Serbia.  Losers of the first round in Davis Cup must qualify to stay in the World group, so later in the year, US had to go down to Colombia to play on clay.  Mardy Fish pulled the rare triple, winning both his singles

Serbia wins first Davis Cup title over France

Most of the times, Davis Cup captains don't have much work to do.  Most of the work is convincing the top players to play, and then you play them.  Rarely does a team have options that it might ponder. For example, if Switzerland could ever convince Roger Federer to play for Davis Cup again, he'd

France leads Davis Cup finals over Serbia 2-1

The obvious choices to play in the Davis Cup Finals were not so obvious after all. The hottest four players for both teams were: Djokovic and Troicki for Serbia and Monfils and Llodra for France.  And yet both captains went in obscure directions. The Serbian captain elected to play the older Tipsarevic over Troicki even

Jim Courier named Davis Cup Captain

Davis Cup captains have, at least for countries that produce good players, generally gone to good players that have expressed interest.  Back in the day, Arthur Ashe succeeded Tony Trabert as captain.  The mild-mannered Ashe had to deal with the fiery McEnroe.  As temperamental as Johnny Mac was, he was also intensely devoted to Davis

France sweeps Argentina 5-0 in Davis Cup semis

The third day of a Davis Cup tie that's already been decided is often a bland affair.  Teams will substitute their weaker players.  The enthusiasm is a bit lacking.  In the past, such matches were often skipped at the behest of either the losing or winning team or by a gentleman's agreement.  However, fans that

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