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
In 2008, two players rose to prominence in the summer: Juan Martin del Potro and Gilles Simon. del Potro went on to win the 2009 US Open and even beat Simon in the 2008 US Open. In 2008, Simon would meet Roger Federer twice, once in Toronto at the Rogers Cup and once again at
Most of the top ten pros played last week and gave themselves a week off to practice leading up to the Australian Open. However, some players seem to prefer playing the week before a major. In Auckland, David Ferrer beat Santiago Giraldo, 6-3, 7-5, to reach the finals where he will face David Nalbandian who
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
When the temperature starts dipping from the infernal heat and humidity of summer, when American collegiates put on football helmets on and their professional counterparts do the same, the American tennis-watching public tunes off tennis and turn their attentions elsewhere. It's the post-season in baseball. College and pro (American) football is starting up. Basketball and
During the mid-to-late afternoon, storms hit the Washington DC area, which meant matches were delayed until the evening. As it approaches midnight, matches are still being played to keep on schedule. Earlier today, which really means, earlier this evening, top seed and Wimbledon finalist, Tomas Berdych beat Andrey Golubev in three close sets: 6-3, 5-7,
Much like the World Cup that just concluded (Rafael Nadal made an appearance in South Africa to support Spain in its first win), the Davis Cup is actually tiered. Most of the media focuses on the top tier, the World Group, which starts with 16 teams, and goes four rounds over four different times of
