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PARIS, France (AFP) — China have been forced to pull out of next month’s Davis Cup play-off with Romania due to the ongoing deadly coronavirus outbreak, the International Tennis Federation announced (ITF) on Tuesday. They were due to travel to the Romanian city of Piatra Nemat for qualifying matches in the second-tier competition in March. “The Davis Cup Committee has accepted the withdrawal of China, P.R. from their Davis Cup World Group I Play-off against […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (Reuters) — Novak Djokovic was drawn to face Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the first match of Serbia’s Davis Cup quarter-final against Spain on Friday (April 7), a responsibility he was happy to take on. The former world number one’s appearance in his home city of Belgrade is one of several intriguing plots as the team competition reaches the business end with four hard-to-call ties. Since opening the year by winning the Doha title, […]
ZAGREB, CROATIA (Reuters — Argentina took their first Davis Cup title on Sunday (November 27) after Juan Martin Del Potro and Federico Delbonis won their singles matches to complete the South American nation’s spectacular comeback in a 3-2 victory over hosts Croatia in the final. Del Potro fought back from two sets down to beat Marin Cilic 6-7(4) 2-6 7-5 6-4 6-3 before Delbonis swept aside Ivo Karlovic 6-3 6-4 6-2 in the decisive rubber, […]
(Reuters) – Hosts Japan sailed into the Davis Cup quarter-finals for the first time with a 4-1 victory against an injury-plagued Canada on Sunday. Japanese number one Kei Nishikori was leading 6-2 1-0 on the indoor hard court at Tokyo’s Ariake Coliseum when his opponent Frank Dancevic retired with injury, surrendering the tie in their first meeting since 1938. Nishikori pocketed the first set in 29 minutes and broke Dancevic in the first game of the second […]
