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Davis Cup schedule favors Argentina (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 15 Apr 2008 5:51 am. Filed under Uncategorized.

This could finally be Argentina's year in Davis Cup. Thanks to the draw, Argentina will not have to leave home, where it hasn't lost in 10 years. The Argentines began their latest World Group campaign in Buenos Aires and could finish it there in their first home final in November. Their two previous finals, in 1981 and 2006, were both lost away.

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Roddick to face Mathieu in Davis Cup (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 13 Apr 2008 12:19 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.

Paul-Henri Mathieu was selected to play Andy Roddick in Sunday's first reverse singles match of the Davis Cup quarterfinal between France and the United States. The U.S. leads the best-of-five series 2-1 and can advance to play Spain in the semifinals with a victory in one of the final two singles matches.

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Russia in semis for fourth straight year (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 13 Apr 2008 11:06 am. Filed under Uncategorized.

Russia reached the Davis Cup semifinals for the fourth consecutive year Sunday, eliminating the Czech Republic when injured Tomas Berdych quit during the fifth set against Nikolay Davydenko. The win gave Russia an insurmountable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five quarterfinal. Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic beat Marat Safin 6-3, 6-3 in the meaningless second reverse singles to make the final score...

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Spain knocks off Germany 4-1 (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 12 Apr 2008 1:49 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.

Having already advanced to the Davis Cup semifinals, Spain split its reverse singles Sunday and defeated Germany 4-1. Fernando Verdasco beat Germany's Michael Berrer 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Nicolas Kiefer gave Germany a consolation victory in the concluding match, downing Feliciano Lopez 6-4, 7-6 (2). Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer staked Spain to a 2-0 lead in Friday's opening singles.

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Argentina beats Sweden to reach semis (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 12 Apr 2008 1:30 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.

Argentina eliminated Sweden from the Davis Cup on Sunday behind David Nalbandian's five-set victory over Robin Soderling, setting up a semifinal at home against Russia. Nalbandian won 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 6-4, 9-7 on a windy day on clay in 4 hours, 15 minutes in the first reverse singles. The decision gave Argentina an insurmountable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five quarterfinal.

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Davydenko, Andreev give Russia 2-1 lead (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 12 Apr 2008 10:41 am. Filed under Uncategorized.

Nikolay Davydenko and Igor Andreev rallied to beat Radek Stepanek and Pavel Vizner 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 in doubles Saturday, giving Russia a 2-1 lead over the Czech Republic in their Davis Cup quarterfinal. Both team captains made substitutions for the originally drawn doubles pairings. Andreev came in for Mikhail Youzhny and Stepanek substituted for Lukas Dlouhy.

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Nadal helps Spain go up 2-0 on Germany (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 11 Apr 2008 4:18 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.

Rafael Nadal got Spain off to a quick start on a fast surface in Germany. Nadal easily beat Nicolas Kiefer 7-6 (5), 6-0, 6-3 in the Davis Cup quarterfinals Friday and David Ferrer also won to give Spain a 2-0 lead over Germany in the best-of-five series on indoor hard courts in Bremen. Marat Safin, who has struggled with a 1-5 record on the ATP Tour this season, overcame a two-set deficit to help...

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Russia, Czechs split Davis Cup quarters (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 11 Apr 2008 9:33 am. Filed under Uncategorized.

Marat Safin overcame a two-set deficit to defeat Tomas Berdych 6-7 (5), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 Friday and help Russia hold on for a 1-1 split against the Czech Republic on the opening day of the Davis Cup quarterfinals. In the second match of the best-of-five series, Radek Stepanek defeated Igor Andreev 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

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Australia, India shine in Davis Cup play (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 11 Apr 2008 9:12 am. Filed under Uncategorized.

Australia and India took big strides toward qualification for the Davis Cup World Group by seizing 2-0 leads Friday in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group One. Australia leads Thailand after Chris Guccione overcame three match points to defeat Danai Udomchoke 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6), 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-5. Lleyton Hewitt cruised past Kirati Siributwong 6-0, 6-0, 6-1.

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Australia gets into World Group playoffs (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 11 Apr 2008 3:26 am. Filed under Uncategorized.

Lleyton Hewitt and Paul Hanley won their Davis Cup doubles match against Thailand on Saturday to secure Australia a berth in the playoffs for the 2009 World Group. Hewitt and Hanley beat Weerapat Doakmaiklee and Kirati Siributwong 6-3, 6-1, 6-0, adding to Friday's two singles victories to tie to secure a 3-0 win in their Asia/Oceania zone Group One second round tie.

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Tennis Channel selling Vegas tournament (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 10 Apr 2008 6:26 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.

Tennis Channel is selling the rights to its Las Vegas tournament to the ATP, which could take the event out of the city. "It's time for us to focus more of our energy on ... (bringing) more tennis to television and the Internet than ever before," Tennis Channel chairman Ken Solomon said in a statement Thursday.

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Injured Henin to miss Family Circle Cup (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 10 Apr 2008 6:25 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.

Top-ranked Justine Henin pulled out of next week's Family Circle Cup because of a knee problem. Henin said her right knee still feels too sore to compete in the WTA event in Charleston, S.C. "She does not want to endanger her clay-court season," the Belgian's Web site said. Henin has won two events so far this season, but lost to Serena Williams 6-2, 6-0 in the quarterfinals of the Sony Ericsson...

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Roddick puts US into Davis Cup semis (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 10 Apr 2008 12:51 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.

Andy Roddick was handed the large American flag and then just stood there. He wasn't going on a victory lap until his teammates joined him. Roddick's Davis Cup dominance led the United States to the title last year and his victory Sunday eliminated France and clinched a spot in the semifinals against Spain.

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France’s Tsonga won’t play in Davis Cup (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 9 Apr 2008 4:04 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.

Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga pulled out of France's team for this weekend's Davis Cup quarterfinal series against the United States with a right knee injury. Tsonga, who lost to Novak Djokovic in the final of this season's first Grand Slam tournament, made his Davis Cup debut in France's 5-0 win over Romania in the first round.

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Austrian Daniela Klemenschits dies at 25 (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 9 Apr 2008 11:40 am. Filed under Uncategorized.

Former Austrian doubles player Daniela Klemenschits died Wednesday after battling cancer. She was 25. The Austrian tennis federation said Wednesday that Klemenschits and her twin sister Sandra were diagnosed with a rare form of abdominal cancer in January last year, forcing them to retire. They played doubles on the WTA Tour and the ITF women's circuit until 2006.

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