10Mar

Henin avoids top seeds in Indian Wells draw

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Justine Henin has avoided drawing one of the top names in the early rounds as she prepares to play the third event of her comeback at Indian Wells.
Henin, who is unseeded because she has not yet played enough tournaments to earn a ranking, would not meet a top four player until Elena Dementieva in the [...]

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10Mar

LTA may ask Henman to become Cup captain

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The LTA may ask Tim Henman to take over as Davis Cup captain after Britains fifth consecutive defeat in Davis Cup under John Lloyd, according to The London Telegraph. The governing body would want Henman to guide the team in their Euro-African Zone Group Two relegation play-off against Turkey in July, said the paper.
The London [...]

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10Mar

Federer Faces Challenging Road To Final

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World No 1 Roger Federer may need to get through a pair of Andys World No 4 Andy Murray and World No 8 Andy Roddick to reach the final at the BNP Paribas Open, the first of nine prestigious ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tennis tournaments this season. The Swiss is seeded to [...]

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08Mar

Britain looking into Davis Cup loss to Lithuania

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Britain’s tennis administrators will review the Davis Cup team’s embarrassing 3-2 loss to Lithuania but denied Monday’s reports that they are about to fire captain John Lloyd and replace him with Greg Rusedski.
The loss was Britain’s fifth in a row under Lloyd and it now has to beat Turkey to avoid dropping into [...]

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08Mar

Djokovic outlasts Isner as Serbs clinch win over U.S.

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The Davis Cup run for the United States is over in the first round.
Novak Djokovic withstood 24 aces and outlasted John Isner 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-4 on Sunday, giving Serbia a clinching 3-1 lead against an American team looking for its 33rd Davis Cup title. In the last rubber, Sam Querrey beat [...]

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07Mar

Hantuchova defeats rival Cibulkova to reach final

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Daniela Hantuchova came from a set down to defeat fellow Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 on Saturday in the semifinals of the Monterrey Open.
Second-seeded Hantuchova will be looking for her fourth WTA title in Sunday’s final against either third-seeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova or unseeded Latvian Anastasija Sevastova at the outdoor hard-court event. [...]

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07Mar

U.S. wins doubles, shaves Serbia’s Davis Cup lead

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Bob Bryan and John Isner defeated Nenad Zimonjic and Janko Tipsarevic 7-6 (8), 5-7, 7-6 (8), 6-3 in doubles to keep the United States alive in the Davis Cup first round, cutting Serbia’s lead to 2-1.
Isner was a last-minute replacement for Bryan’s twin Mike, who was sidelined with food poisoning. The Bryans are [...]

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06Mar

Davis Cup Results

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WORLD GROUP
First Round.
Winners to quarterfinals, July 9-11; losers to WG Playoffs, Sept. 17-19
Serbia 2, United States 0
At Belgrade Arena
Belgrade, Serbia
Surface: Clay-Indoor
Singles
Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. John Isner, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4.
Novak Djokovic, Serbia, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 6-2, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3.
Switzerland 1, Spain 1
At Plaza de Toros de la Ribera
Logrono, [...]

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05Mar

Monfils to open against Kohlschreiber in Davis Cup

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Gael Monfils will face Philipp Kohlschreiber in the opening singles of the Davis Cup first-round tie between France and Germany on Friday.
Monfils leads Kohlschreiber 2-0 in their head-to-head but is still chasing his first victory in the Davis Cup.
We know Kohlschreibers ability to raise his game and beat the best players in the world, France [...]

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05Mar

Soderling to open against Schwank in Davis Cup

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Seventh-ranked Robin Soderling will face Eduardo Schwank in the opening singles match of the Davis Cup tie between Sweden and Argentina.
Thursdays draw lined up Joachim Johansson against Leonardo Mayer in the second singles match at Stockholms indoor hardcourt.
The doubles pairing of Soderling and Robert Lindstedt were drawn against Mayer and left-handed Horacio Zeballos on Saturday.
Things [...]

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