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Gerard Pique Plans World Cup To Revive Davis Cup

David Folami — Sun, 21 May 2017 11:45:09 +0000

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique is part of a consortium planning a World Cup of tennis tournament to revive the fortunes of the tired Davis Cup format. The plans which would see the whole tournament take place in one location have been backed by leading players such as Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. “I [...]

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Murray sweeps Seppi to revive Britain’s Davis Cup bid

Adewale A. — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 13:20:10 +0000

Andy Murray relaunched Britain's bid for a long-awaited place in the semi-finals of the Davis Cup after sweeping aside Italy's Andreas Seppi 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 in their postponed rubber to level the tie in Naples on Saturday. World number eight Murray had…

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Wawrinka stunned in Davis Cup, Czechs on course for semis

Adewale A. — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 16:10:04 +0000

Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka suffered a shock defeat to unheralded Kazakh Andrey Golubev in the Davis Cup quarter-finals on Friday. The world number three was stunned 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7/5) by 64th ranked Golubev as Kazakhstan…

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Fognini puts Italy in driving seat against Britain

Ade Adewale — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 16:06:54 +0000

Italian number one Fabio Fognini overcame a sluggish start to beat James Ward 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 and give the hosts a 1-0 lead over Britain in their Davis Cup World Group quarter-final on Friday. British eyes will now be on number one Andy Murray, who…

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Czechs hold aces against Japan in Davis Cup quarter-final

Ade Adewale — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 06:55:46 +0000

Even without the towering presence of Tomas Berdych, title holders the Czech Republic are favourites to out-gun a badly wounded Japan in their Davis Cup quarter-final that starts on Friday. Japanese number one Kei Nishikori withdrew with a groin injury…

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