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Simone Bolelli defeated Frantisek Cermak 6-4, 6-4 for Italy’s lone consolation win against the Czech Republic in the first round of the Davis Cup. The Czechs won the series 4-1 and will host Serbia in the quarterfinals in April. The Czechs already earned a spot in the quarters following their victories in the opening singles and the doubles and rested their top players—Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek in the reverse singles. Lukas Rosolupset Andreas Seppi for the Czech Republic to... Read Full Story

[1] Roger Federer (SUI) vs. Nicolas Mahut (FRA) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) [WC] Igor Sijsling (NED) vs. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) Lukasz Kubot (POL) vs. [6] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) [4] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs. Qualifier Robin Haase (NED) vs. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) vs. Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) Flavio Cipolla (ITA) vs. [5] Richard Gasquet (FRA) [7] Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs. [WC] Thiemo De Bakker (NED) [WC] Jesse Huta Galung (NED) vs. Ivan... Read Full Story

David Nalbandian and Eduardo Schwank rallied from two sets down to win Saturday’s doubles against Germany and lift Argentina into the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup with an unassailable 3-0 lead. The Argentine pair beat Tommy Haas and Philipp Petzschner 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 to clinch the first-round tie before Sunday’s reverse singles. Argentina was the runner-up last year to Spain and is seeking its first title after losing four finals. German won three titles in the days of Boris... Read Full Story

USA swept aside Switzerland 3-0 to reach the quarterfinals at the Davis Cup. Mike Bryan combined with Mardy Fish winning the doubles rubber 46 63 63 63. A stunning display on day one put USA in a dominant position in this blockbuster Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round clash in Fribourg. Wawrinka went down to Fish 26 64 64 16 79 in the opening rubber, before Federer lost his 15-match unbeaten Davis Cup singles run by falling in four sets to the big serving John Isner... Read Full Story

Spain secured its place in the Davis Cup quarterfinals by winning the doubles against Kazakhstan for a 3-0 lead Saturday. Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez, partnering for the first time, eased to a 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 victory over Kazakh pair Evgeny Korolev and Yuriy Schukin on indoor clay. The hosts won their 22nd straight tie on home soil and 24th straight on clay. They won without second-ranked Rafael Nadal, who sat out the series. Spain will play either Austria or Russia in April... Read Full Story

Mardy Fish will partner with Mike Bryan in the doubles match Saturday as the United States seeks to sweep Switzerland out of the Davis Cup. Fish and Bryan will face Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka. U.S. captain Jim Courier had chosen Ryan Harrison to partner Bryan when the draw was made Thursday. But Davis Cup rules allow lineup changes up to one hour before a match. The U.S. leads 2-0 in the five-match series after Friday’s dramatic singles matches on an indoor clay court chosen by... Read Full Story

Rafael Nadal says he underwent a surprise drug test toward the end of a week in which the Spaniard was the butt of jokes made by a French TV program about his country’s alleged ties to doping. Nadal wrote on his Twitter account on Saturday: “8:30 in the morning!!!Just finished passing a surprise antidoping test…it was expected after everything…but I’m happy it’s like this!” The Spanish sports ministry has contacted its French counterparts to complain over the satirical skits, and is... Read Full Story

Ivo Karlovic and Ivan Dodig overpowered Tatsuma Ito and Yuichi Sugita 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in doubles as Croatia took a 2-1 lead over Japan in their first-round Davis Cup World Group series. Karlovic made the most of his powerful serve, combining with Dodig for 24 aces in a match that lasted 2 hours, 50 minutes. Croatia captain Zeljko Krajan replaced Lovro Zovko after determining that Dodig was in good shape after Friday’s five-set loss to Go Soeda that took more than 4 hours, and the... Read Full Story

Default Qualifying Draw [1]CHARDY, Jeremy FRA v BYE [WC]SANT'ANNA, Bruno BRA v MARRERO, David ESP SILVA, Julio BRA v BAGNIS, Facundo ARG [WC]LARANJA, Augusto BRA v [5]ZEBALLOS, Horacio ARG [2]GIMENO-TRAVER, Daniel ESP v BYE DURAN, Guillermo ARG v CAPDEVILLE, Paul CHI LOPES, Tiago BRA v GIANNESSI, Alessandro ITA ALVES, Thiago BRA v [7]GONZALEZ, Maximo ARG [3]DUTRA SILVA, Rogerio BRA v ALUND, Martin ARG ZAMPIERI, Caio BRA v PELLA, Guido ARG GHEM, Andre BRA v TRUNGLETTI, Marco ARG... Read Full Story

(1) Gael Monfils FRA - Bye Qualifier - Qualifer (WC) Robby Ginepri USA - Xavier Malisse BEL Ryan Harrison USA - (8) Olivier Rochus BEL (3) Milos Raonic CAN - Bye Izak Van Der Merwe RSA - Tobias Kamke GER Matthew Ebden AUS - Dudi Sela ISR Grigor Dimitrov BUL - (6) Kevin Anderson RSA (5) Julien Benneteau FRA - Ryan Sweeting USA Giller Muller LUX - Qualifer (WC) Steve Johnson USA - Steve Darcis BEL (4) Radek Stepanek CZE - Bye (7) Donald Young USA - Michael Russell USA Denis... Read Full Story