http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/935146-davis-cup.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/935146-davis-cup.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2018778-novak-djokovic-unsure-hell-play-monte-carlo.html MONACO (AP) — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic is unsure whether he will play at the Monte Carlo Masters this week, even though he is optimistic his right ankle injury is healing fast. The Serb twisted his ankle last Sunday on Davis Cup quarterfinal duty against the United States. Tests showed that the damage is not as serious as he feared and he has been traini... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:37:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2018778-novak-djokovic-unsure-hell-play-monte-carlo.html 2013-04-14T17:37:26Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2004434-djokovic-lifts-serbia-us-davis-cup.html BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Even an ankle injury couldn't stop world No. 1 Novak Djokovic from dominating Sam Querrey 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-0 to give Serbia an insurmountable 3-1 lead in this Davis Cup quarterfinal at the Taco Bell Arena on Sunday. At 1-1, 30-40 and a second breakpoint opportunity on Querrey's serve, the world No. 1 twisted his right ankle while p... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:34:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2004434-djokovic-lifts-serbia-us-davis-cup.html 2013-04-08T01:34:17Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2004364-djokovic-injures-ankle-davis-cup-win-us.html BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Novak Djokovic wasn't optimistic about his right ankle injury after lifting Serbia to an insurmountable 3-1 lead over the United States with a 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-0 win over Sam Querrey in a Davis Cup quarterfinal. The world No. 1 twisted the ankle while hitting a forehand in the third game of the match Sunday. "Injuries are part of t... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:58:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2004364-djokovic-injures-ankle-davis-cup-win-us.html 2013-04-08T00:58:09Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1995570-djokovics-losses-us-hope-davis-cup.html Novak Djokovic's two recent defeats after a 22-match winning streak offer the United States hope of seeing off Serbia in the Davis Cup quarterfinals starting on Friday. The mere presence of the top-ranked Djokovic makes Serbia the slight favorite, but the Americans chose to play on an indoor hard-court at altitude in Boise, Idaho, to give their big server... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:10:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1995570-djokovics-losses-us-hope-davis-cup.html 2013-04-03T16:10:25Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1986818-injured-berdych-to-davis-cup-quarters.html PRAGUE (AP) — Tomas Berdych has a shoulder injury and will miss the defending champion Czech Republic's Davis Cup quarterfinal against Kazakhstan next month. The sixth-ranked Berdych says on the Czech team's Facebook page that he felt pain Friday morning, a day after he lost 6-3, 6-3 to Richard Gasquet in the quarterfinals of the Sony Open in Key Biscayne... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:28:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1986818-injured-berdych-to-davis-cup-quarters.html 2013-03-29T16:28:51Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1979860-stepanek-surgery-davis-cup-quarters.html PRAGUE (AP) — Radek Stepanek has recovered from neck surgery and is expected to play doubles for defending champion Czech Republic in next month's Davis Cup quarterfinals against Kazakhstan. Stepanek, who underwent surgery on Jan. 28, is likely to team up again with Tomas Berdych for the April 5-7 matchup on an indoor clay court in Astana. Stepanek and Be... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:24:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1979860-stepanek-surgery-davis-cup-quarters.html 2013-03-26T13:24:55Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1979772-tsonga-leads-frances-davis-cup-team-vs-argentina.html PARIS (AP) — France captain Arnaud Clement has picked eighth-ranked Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 10th-ranked Richard Gasquet, Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra to face Argentina in the Davis Cup quarterfinals. The best-of-five series will be played April 5-7 in Buenos Aires. The 13th-ranked Gilles Simon has been selected as a reserve. Benneteau and Llodra are li... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:47:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1979772-tsonga-leads-frances-davis-cup-team-vs-argentina.html 2013-03-26T12:47:47Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1970256-stepanek-recovers-injury-to-play-davis-cup.html PRAGUE (AP) — Radek Stepanek says he has recovered from a back injury and is available to play for defending champion Czech Republic in next month's Davis Cup quarterfinal at Kazakhstan. The injury prevented Stepanek from playing in the first round at Switzerland in February, when the Czechs won 3-2. On Facebook, Stepanek said on Thursday he has resumed t... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:12:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1970256-stepanek-recovers-injury-to-play-davis-cup.html 2013-03-21T16:12:31Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1865812-czechs-italy-advance-davis-cup-spain-loses.html LONDON (AP) — Tomas Berdych had enough energy left after a record-setting doubles match to put defending champion Czech Republic into the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup on Sunday, while Italy beat Croatia in the decisive singles match to also advance from the first round. Spain, however, will not have a chance to win a sixth title after its short-handed t... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1865812-czechs-italy-advance-davis-cup-spain-loses.html 2013-02-04T02:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1865664-fognini-beats-dodig-to-italy-win-croatia.html TURIN, Italy (AP) — Fabio Fognini beat Ivan Dodig in four sets in the decisive singles match on Sunday to give Italy a 3-2 win over Croatia in the Davis Cup and send his country to the quarterfinals for the first time in 15 years. Fognini recovered from losing the first set, which saw five breaks of serve, to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in 2 hours, 43 minutes ... Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1865664-fognini-beats-dodig-to-italy-win-croatia.html 2013-02-03T20:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1865486-serbia-loses-meaningless-singles-to-belgium.html CHARLEROI, Belgium (AP) — Serbia lost both reverse singles matches to Belgium on Sunday after it had already qualified for the Davis Cup quarterfinals earlier in the weekend. With top-ranked 1 Novak Djokovic sitting out Sunday's meaningless matches, Belgium took full advantage with David Goffin beating Boris Pashanski 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 and Steve Darcis defeat... Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1865486-serbia-loses-meaningless-singles-to-belgium.html 2013-02-03T16:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1865368-france-wins-reverse-singles-to-rout-israel-5-0.html ROUEN, France (AP) — Michael Llodra and Richard Gasquet won their reverse singles in straight sets on Sunday as France completed a 5-0 rout of Israel in their Davis Cup first-round match. Llodra had helped France win Saturday's doubles and had little trouble beating Noam Okun 6-3, 7-6 (5), before Gasquet followed up his win in Friday's opening singles wit... Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1865368-france-wins-reverse-singles-to-rout-israel-5-0.html 2013-02-03T14:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1865336-davis-cup-champion-czechs-beat-switzerland-3-1.html GENEVA (AP) — Tomas Berdych needed only around three hours to beat Stanislas Wawrinka this time, and lift the Czech Republic to a 3-1 victory over Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday. Back on court after both played in an epic 7 hours, 1 minute doubles match on Saturday, Czech No. 1 Berdych beat Swiss team leader Wawrinka 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5) in the ... Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1865336-davis-cup-champion-czechs-beat-switzerland-3-1.html 2013-02-03T14:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1864578-argentina-france-serbia-davis-cup-quarters.html Argentina and France won with a day to spare on Saturday to set up a Davis Cup quarterfinal in April. Serbia also led its first-round tie by an unbeatable 3-0 after beating Belgium in doubles in Charleroi. The Serbians awaited the winner in Jacksonville, Florida, where the United States led Brazil 2-1. The defending champion Czech Repu... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 22:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1864578-argentina-france-serbia-davis-cup-quarters.html 2013-02-02T22:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1864404-czechs-beat-swiss-longest-ever-davis-cup-match.html GENEVA (AP) — In the longest match in Davis Cup history, the Czech Republic beat Switzerland in a doubles epic lasting 7 hours, 2 minutes on Saturday. Tomas Berdych and Lukas Rosol eventually took their 13th match-point chance to edge Stanislas Wawrinka and Marco Chiudinelli 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 24-22. The defending champion Czechs took a 2-1 lead in t... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1864404-czechs-beat-swiss-longest-ever-davis-cup-match.html 2013-02-02T20:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1864332-italy-beats-croatia-to-take-2-1-lead-davis-cup.html TURIN, Italy (AP) — Italy beat Croatia in the doubles rubber to take a 2-1 lead in the Davis Cup first round on Saturday. Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli took 3 hours, 17 minutes to beat Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (11). Fognini converted Italy's fifth match-point with an ace to seal the result in a thrilling final-set tiebreak, which a... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1864332-italy-beats-croatia-to-take-2-1-lead-davis-cup.html 2013-02-02T18:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1864022-france-beats-israel-doubles-to-reach-quarters.html ROUEN, France (AP) — France beat Israel 7-6 (3), 6-1, 6-0 in the doubles on Saturday for an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the Davis Cup first-round match and a place in the quarterfinals. After Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Richard Gasquet won their singles on Friday, Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra had little trouble brushing aside Israel's makeshift pairing o... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1864022-france-beats-israel-doubles-to-reach-quarters.html 2013-02-02T16:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1864116-serbia-beats-belgium-to-reach-davis-cup-quarters.html CHARLEROI, Belgium (AP) — Serbia reached the Davis Cup quarterfinals when Viktor Troicki and Nenad Zimonjic beat Belgian duo Ruben Bemelmans and Steve Darcis 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in Saturday's doubles to take an insurmountable 3-0 lead. Serbia had an unexpectedly tough start to the series as Troicki had to come from two sets down to beat David Goffin in Fri... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 15:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1864116-serbia-beats-belgium-to-reach-davis-cup-quarters.html 2013-02-02T15:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1862500-seppi-draws-italy-level-1-1-with-croatia.html TURIN, Italy (AP) — Andreas Seppi drew Italy level 1-1 with Croatia by beating Ivan Dodig 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the Davis Cup on Friday. Seppi is up to a career-high ranking of No. 18 after reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open, and he relied on his solid form to overcome the persistent Dodig, who is ranked 59th. In the o... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1862500-seppi-draws-italy-level-1-1-with-croatia.html 2013-02-01T20:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1861902-tsonga-gasquet-france-2-0-lead-vs-israel.html ROUEN, France (AP) — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Richard Gasquet won their opening singles in contrasting fashion Friday to give France a 2-0 lead against Israel in the first round of the Davis Cup. While the eighth-ranked Tsonga had to overcome a sloppy third set to beat Amir Weintraub 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, Gasquet followed up with a far more convincing 6-3, 6-... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1861902-tsonga-gasquet-france-2-0-lead-vs-israel.html 2013-02-01T16:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1861748-czechs-level-1-1-with-switzerland-davis-cup.html GENEVA (AP) — Tomas Berdych won his match Friday to bring defending champion Czech Republic level at 1-1 against Switzerland after the opening singles of their first-round series. The sixth-ranked Berdych eased to a 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-1 victory over 289th-ranked Henri Laaksonen on an indoor hardcourt at Palexpo Arena. Earlier, Swiss team leader Stanisla... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1861748-czechs-level-1-1-with-switzerland-davis-cup.html 2013-02-01T16:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1860506-tsonga-to-open-weintraub-davis-cup.html ROUEN, France (AP) — Eighth-ranked Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France will face Amir Weintraub of Italy when their Davis Cup World Group contest starts on Friday. Weintraub knows what to expect against the former Australian Open runner-up in the first-round match, saying "of course, I'm a big, big underdog and I've never played a guy who is top 10 in the world.... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1860506-tsonga-to-open-weintraub-davis-cup.html 2013-01-31T21:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1858926-cilic-to-open-fognini-davis-cup.html TURIN, Italy (AP) — Marin Cilic of Croatia will face Fabio Fognini of Italy in the opening rubber of their Davis Cup first-round tie on Friday. Andreas Seppi, who has risen to a career-high ranking of 18, and Ivan Dodig will follow them. Saturday's doubles pits Simone Bolelli and Paolo Lorenzi against Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic. The reverse singles on S... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1858926-cilic-to-open-fognini-davis-cup.html 2013-01-31T12:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1858816-djokovic-to-open-rochus-davis-cup.html CHARLEROI, Belgium (AP) — Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia will face 127th-ranked Olivier Rochus of Belgium on Friday in the first round of the Davis Cup. The Belgian hosts picked slow indoor clay as the surface, hoping it will unsettle the top-ranked Serb, who has just returned from playing on the faster hardcourts of Australia. In the o... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1858816-djokovic-to-open-rochus-davis-cup.html 2013-01-31T12:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1858724-czechs-open-davis-cup-title-defense-switzerland.html GENEVA (AP) — The Davis Cup champion Czech Republic begins defending its title on Friday when Lukas Rosol opens against Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland. Czech No. 1 Tomas Berdych follows on the indoor hard-court against Swiss recruit Henri Laaksonen, who switched eligibility after representing Finland. Swiss star Roger Federer is skipping the series and... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1858724-czechs-open-davis-cup-title-defense-switzerland.html 2013-01-31T11:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1854152-swiss-team-federer-not-finished-with-davis-cup.html GENEVA (AP) — Roger Federer might play in the Davis Cup again although he won't represent Switzerland before the U.S. Open in September, team captain Severin Luethi said Tuesday. Luethi told The Associated Press that the 17-time Grand Slam champion has not written off a competition that Switzerland has never won. "He is for sure not finished with Davis Cu... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1854152-swiss-team-federer-not-finished-with-davis-cup.html 2013-01-29T17:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1847716-almagro-spains-davis-cup-tie-with-canada.html MADRID (AP) — Nicolas Almagro has withdrawn from Spain's Davis Cup first-round tie against Canada due to injury. The Spanish tennis federation said Saturday that Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, ranked 85th, will take Almagro's place in his debut for Spain's national team. Media reports said Almagro, who reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, has a leg ... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1847716-almagro-spains-davis-cup-tie-with-canada.html 2013-01-26T12:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1837904-raonic-to-lead-canada-spain-davis-cup.html TORONTO (AP) — Milos Raonic will lead Canada against favored Spain in Davis Cup play in Vancouver next month. The 15th-ranked Raonic is coming off a fourth-round loss to Roger Federer at the Australian Open. He, Frank Dancevic, Vasek Pospisil and veteran Daniel Nestor have been the core of the team since 2011. The Wo... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1837904-raonic-to-lead-canada-spain-davis-cup.html 2013-01-22T15:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1837808-spain-opens-davis-cup-without-nadal-ferrer.html MADRID (AP) — Spain will open the Davis Cup against Canada without injured star Rafael Nadal or regular member David Ferrer. Nicolas Almagro will lead Spain in the first-round tie in Vancouver from Feb. 1-3. Spain captain Alex Corretja has also called on doubles pair Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez, while 51st-ranked Albert Ramos will make his debut for ... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1837808-spain-opens-davis-cup-without-nadal-ferrer.html 2013-01-22T15:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1824540-berdych-stepanek-to-play-davis-cup-czechs.html PRAGUE (AP) — Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek will team up again for defending champion Czech Republic in next month's Davis Cup match against Switzerland. Berdych and Stepanek gave the Czechs the title for the first time as an independent nation by beating Spain 3-2 in the final in November in Prague after playing both the singles and the doubles. Lukas... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/1824540-berdych-stepanek-to-play-davis-cup-czechs.html 2013-01-16T14:00:00Z