Davis Cup

Davis Cup: Quarterfinal Line-up Emerges as World Group First-Round Matches Are concluded

 March 10, 2015   R K Gupta

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At the end of first round matches in the Davis Cup World Group, eight nations have reached the quarterfinals of the prestigious tournament. They are; France, Great Britain, Australia, Kazakhstan, Argentina, Serbia, Canada and Belgium. The biggest off-shoot of the eight World Group matches was the defeat of the reigning Davis Cup champion Switzerland by […]

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Great Britain and Serbia Make Identical Starts on First Day of World Group First Round Davis Cup Matches

 March 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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In Glasgow’s Emirates Arena and far away Serbia, Day-1 brought similar results in Davis Cup World Group first-round matches. In Glasgow, the proceedings began with Britain’s no.1 player taking the first singles from Donald Young before watching the next singles match from sidelines with his team members. And what a match it turned out to […]

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ATP World-Tour Takes a Week’s Break for Davis Cup World Group Matches

 March 5, 2015   R K Gupta

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The hectic schedule of ATP World-Tour was halted for a week to make way for the Davis Cup world group matches in several global venues beginning March 06, 2015. Last week, most of the top stars participated in three different week-long tournaments in Dubai, Acapulco and Buenos Aires and many of them will shift their […]

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Fantastic Federer Spearheads Switzerland to Their First-Ever Davis Cup Triumph on Sunday

 November 24, 2014   R K Gupta

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On day one, Federer looked the shadow of his true self and lost to a player, several notches below him in the ATP ranking. On Saturday, regardless of his first day’s poor show against Monfils, his captain chose Federer to pair with Stan Wawrinka for the crucial doubles game under the watchful eyes of consultant […]

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Davis Cup Final

Switzerland Win Doubles to Take a Crucial 2-1 Lead on Second Day of Davis Cup Final at Lille

 November 23, 2014   R K Gupta

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iIt was a different Roger Federer than the one people saw on the first day against Gael Monfils. He looked fitter and more enthusiastic as he combined with Stanislas Wawrinka in the doubles tie on Saturday. The two guys don’t play much doubles together but they justified the confidence reposed in them by their captain. […]

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France and Switzerland Share Honors on Day 1 of the Davis Cup Final at Lille

 November 22, 2014   R K Gupta

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The first day of the prestigious Davis Cup final between hosts France and Switzerland at the state-of-the-art Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille, where a crowd of over 27000 was privy to some truly engrossing and memorable tennis action. While such attendance can be called a no-crowd for football matches, the number of tennis enthusiasts, who […]

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Davis Cup Final Preview: Federer and Wawrinka Need to Rise Above Unseemly Mirka Spat

 November 20, 2014   R K Gupta

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It wasn’t very pleasant of Mirka Federer to call Wawrinka a crybaby. It was in bad taste as the spat forced Switzerland’s no.1 and no.2 players on a war of words. Besides the back problem, if there was any, the ugly intervention by Federer’s wife during the semifinal between the Swiss duo became another reason […]

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Davis Cup Championship

Czech Republic Denied Bid for Their Third Consecutive Davis Cup Championship

 September 16, 2014   R K Gupta

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For some years now, the tennis world is witness to the emergence of enormous talent in both men’s and women’s categories from Balkan nations and many other parts of Eastern Europe. It started with Russia, a little over 20 years ago, when a bevy of teenaged women tennis players began making their mark on the […]

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Bryan Twins Lead the Way as US Secures Spot in the 2015 Davis Cup World Group

 September 16, 2014   R K Gupta

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After John Isner and Sam Querrey ensured a 2-0 lead on the first day, Bob and Mike Bryan finished the task of winning the Davis Cup tie for USA on Saturday against Slovakia and taking their country to the World Group. The famous chest bumping brothers could not have capped their remarkable run in men’s […]

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India’s World Group Hopes Dashed As They Lose 2-3 to Serbia in Davis Cup

 September 15, 2014   R K Gupta

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Novak Djokovic can heave a sigh of relief. The Serbians, without the world’s no.1 player, looked vulnerable even against the weak Indian team, which has strength only in doubles matches. The Serbians pulled off the much required win in the world-group play-off tie, the last match of which could be completed only on Monday. With […]

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