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Despite Monte Carlo Loss, Isner Picking Up Speed on Clay

April 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By Yeshayahu Ginsburg A few months ago, we looked at John Isner and his apparent distance away from the red clay. We went through his good match history on clay and how, when he played up to his potential, he could challenge just about anyone in the world. It was also puzzling, though, why Isner wouldn’t [...]

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From Canucks to Kazakhs: Previewing the Davis Cup World Group Quarterfinals

April 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Balanced among four continents, the Davis Cup World Group quarterfinals illustrate the diversity of excellence in this sport.  From Vancouver, Canada to Astana, Kazakhstan, each of the ties contains multiple storylines that we discuss in a preview. Canada vs. Italy:  Choice of surface often plays a crucial role in handing the home team a Davis [...]

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USTA Working with Serbian Media to Sort Through Credential Miscommunications

March 14, 2013 By 3 Comments

By Romi Cvitkovic March 14, 2013 — The U.S. Tennis Association said Thursday that they are working closely with the Serbian media outlet Sportska Centrala to sort through miscommunications regarding media credentials for the upcoming USA vs. Serbia Davis Cup series April 5-7 in Boise, Idaho. Multiple USTA media representatives reached out to representatives of [...]

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Rafael Nadal Happy and in Charge — The Friday Five

February 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson Happy Returns Rafael Nadal’s comeback officially commenced earlier this week in Chile, and it’s already been a success with the Spaniard winning both his opening doubles and single matches by identical score lines of 6-3 and 6-2. There were a few anxious moments at the start of his singles match. Nadal had [...]

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The Oddity of Davis Cup

February 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By Yeshayahu Ginsburg Davis Cup is one of the most exciting tournaments in the tennis world. However, it is also one of the most enigmatic and frustrating. It does not even come close to the Slams in terms of importance of prestige. But for some fans, a Davis Cup match can be so much more [...]

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USA-Brazil Davis Cup Reflections

February 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment

If the USA wins a hotly contested, live, fifth rubber against Brazil, and no one’s there to see it, did it still happen? This past weekend’s first round Davis Cup tie is a fine example of why you can never count on anything in tennis. On paper, the USA should’ve had no trouble dispatching the Brazilians. Not [...]

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Milos Raonic Leads Canada to an Historic Davis Cup Victory over Spain

February 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Milos Raonic won both of his singles matches, including earning the winning point on Sunday, to send Canada into the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas  World Group quarter-finals for the first time in the country’s history this weekend after defeating top-ranked Spain 3-2 at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver. With Canada entering [...]

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Five Comments About Davis Cup

February 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Tennis, at heart, is not the most complicated of human endeavours, and the number of things one can usefully say about it is limited. The trick (though sadly not always the goal) for those determined to talk about it at all is to say the same things in interesting ways. Even so, there are limits. [...]

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Brazilians Melo/Soares stun the Bryans in day 2 Davis Cup action

February 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment

With an impeccable 22-2 record in Davis Cup doubles going into today’s match, most people had penned in a US victory for the Bryan brothers in yesterday’s doubles rubber against Brazil. But in tennis it’s never safe to count on the better team on paper. Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares have had success playing the [...]

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Isner and Querrey give USA 2-0 lead against Brazil

February 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment

The USA Davis Cup squad got off to a quick start on Friday in their first round tie against Brazil. Sam Querrey easily overcame Brazil’s No. 1 player, Thomaz Bellucci, in straight sets. Sam Querrey served very well, but Bellucci definitely handed him a few games. He admitted to being a bit nervous in the [...]

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