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Articles related to "Davis Cup"
Davis Cup Tennis Fills Gap After the Grand Slams and before the season-ending championships, Davis Cup semifinals provides much needed tennis drama. davis cup tennis • andy roddick • james blake • bryan brothers • us davis cup
2007 US Davis Cup Contenders The US Davis Cup team, seeking revenge for a finals loss against Spain in 2004, will only advance in Davis Cup play if Roddick's hamstring and Blake's psyche are healthy. davis cup • tennis • andy roddick • james blake • atp tour
Davis Cup crowd control needed Crowd control has become a big issue in the Davis Cup competition, particularly recently in some South American countries. In one of the worst issues of unruly crowd behaviour in the Cup, unruly Chilian spectators forced the Argentine team to withdraw from their Davis Cup qualifying match. The crowd, angered by line calls against their player threw fruit, coins, bottles and plastic chairs onto the court. Argentine player Mariano Zabeleta's father suffered a head injury which required 10 stitches. In response the International Tennis Federation has kicked both Argentina and Chile out of this year's Davis Cup competition. Tennis authorities need to take stronger measures to enforce crowd control in heated situations. This kind of outcome is unacceptable in our gentlemanly sport of tennis. davis cup • crowd control • mariano zabeleta • chile • argentina.
Davis Cup in need of revamp The 2 top rated Davis Cup teams the USA and defending champions Australia struggled home to 3-2 victories over Zimbabwe and Switzerland respectively. The Australian team had only won the title back in December when they routed an overmatched French team by 4-1. Earlier this month they came within 1 set of losing in the first round of this year's competition against the Swiss. This situation is unsatisfactory, and also provides little motivation for the top players after having to put in so much effort towards the Davis Cup in the previous year. The Davis Cup needs a revamp if it's to remain relevant and interesting to the viewing public. davis cup • cricket • rugby union • pete sampras • atp tour
Davis Cup Quarterfinals Roundup The Davis Cup quarterfinals took place last weekend as 8 nations including defending champion, USA, and 2007 runner-up, Russia, competed for a spot in the semifinals. davis cup tennis • quarterfinals • tennis russia • marat safin • andy roddick
Individualism in tennis - is the Davis Cup still relevant? The Davis Cup is a major part of tennis history, and up until recently was well supported by top players. Nowadays players like Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and Michael Chang prefer to skip the competition; their priorities clearly being with their individual achievements. Sampras has himself stated that he finds the Davis Cup is becoming "irrelevant." Such attitudes paint a bad picture of tennis professionals in the eyes of the general public. davis cup • sampras • agassi • chang • courier
Sampras back on track Pete Sampras has shrugged off his poor form this year to win the event at Queens in London. This is the biggest grass-court tournament in the lead up to Wimbledon, and serves as a good form guide for it. With a record equalling 12th grand-slam title within reach, Sampras will be desperate to continue his winning form at Wimbledon. pete sampras • queens • wimbledon • lleyton hewitt • tim henman
Sampras proves himself the player of the 90's Pete Sampras capped off an incredible decade of tennis when he beat current world number 1 Andre Agassi in straight sets in the ATP Tour World Championship final last week. The effort was all the more impressive given that Agassi had beaten Sampras earlier in the round robin matches by the crushing score of 6-2, 6-2. For Sampras to come back and beat the Las Vegan so comprehensively in the final shows that he still has the ability to lift himself to a near unbeatable level of tennis; which has put him at the pinnacle of the men's game for so long. agassi • sampras • forget • newcombe • davis cup
Spain claims first Davis Cup Spain has claimed its first ever Davis Cup title, beating defending champion Australia 3 rubbers to 1. This was sweet revenge for Spain, who had lost their only 2 previous finals of the event to Australia on grass-courts in the mid 1960's. This time the tables were turned as the Spanish team took full advantage of their preferred clay-court surface, losing only the opening rubber when Albert Costa was beaten by Lleyton Hewitt in a 5 set thriller. davis cup • rafter • hewitt • corretja • balcells
Verdasco a Surprise in Davis Cup Spain's Davis Cup Captain Emilio Sanchez surprisingly chose Fernando Verdasco instead of David Ferrer to play against Andy Roddick and James Blake in Davis Cup quarters. davis cup • tennis • andy roddick • james blake • atp tour
France shocks Aussies France gained revenge with an upset win over Australia in the Davis Cup final this year. The last occasion the two teams met, it was Australia who came up with the upset beating France at home on their favoured surface of clay. france shocks aussies • upset win over australia in the davis cup • beating france at home on their favoured surface o • sports • athletes
Agassi, only the number 1 by default? Andre Agassi has finished the twentieth century as the world number 1 in tennis. However Pete Sampras' straight sets thrashing of him in the final of the world championships this year has put a big question mark over Agassi's ranking. This year Agassi has only beaten Sampras once, and lost to him 4 times. Given the fact that Sampras has been beset with injury this year, there is a strong case for the argument that Agassi is only the number 1 by default. davis cup • agassi • sampras • grand slam • french open
Experience proves too strong against youths once again The fortnightly results, footnotes and important statistics on the women's tennis tour, the WTA Tour. By Michael Cecilio monica seles • anna kournikova • tennis • arantxa sanchez vicario • mary joe fernandez
Teen teaches cocky Kafelnikov a lesson On the eve of the Davis Cup tie with Australia, Russia's Yevgeny Kafelnikov predicted a 3-1 victory for his team. He dismissed the chances of 18 year old Lleyton Hewitt, and Davis Cup rookie Wayne Arthurs. However, Kafelnikov was made to eat his words as the second string Australian line up handed Russia a semi-final thrashing. grand slam cup • kafelnikov • hewitt • arthurs • davis cup
The Best Tennis in Fort Myers, FL Park Meadow Tennis Center, a conveniently located tennis venue where beginners can learn the game and tournament players can hone their skills, is profiled. fort myers tennis • southwest florida tennis clubs • tennis lessons • park meadow tennis center • southwest florida tennis
Finally, justice is served Since the 1999 indoor season, Lindsay Davenport has played like the #1 player in the world. But she wasn't #1. She won the Australian Open earlier this year to have two Grand Slams on her 52-week ranking. But she still wasn't #1. Finally, she gets her just fruits as she rises to the top ranking this week, despite losing (ironically) to the person she replaced at the top - Martina Hingis. martina hingis • lindsay davenport • tennis rivalry • rivalry • rival
Sampras' last stand? Pete Sampras has once again failed to make it to the quarter-finals of a grand slam event. At the 2002 Australian Open he fell in 4 sets to eventual finalist Marat Safin. Now aged 30, Sampras faces an uphill battle to convince himself that he still has it in him to be a contender for grand slams. The mind is still there, but the body clearly is not. sampras' last stand • failed to make it to the quarter-finals • faces an uphill battle • sports • athletes
The Days When Sports Stood Still With all that is going right now, just how relevant are sports? terrorism • osama bin laden • world trade center • twin towers • pentagon |
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