I came out of tennis blogging retirement just to use the B52s inspired line “Playing tennis in your own private Idaho” about the USTA choice to play the Davis Cup match against Serbia in Boise.  Check out my article on the sports site The Classical. They cut an original lead also inspired by the song [...]

An e-mail from the USTA earlier today set this scenario for a Davis Cup match in the U.S. this year: “After a hard fought first round victory over Roger Federer and Team Switzerland, February 10-12 in Fribourg, Switzerland, the United States will play France in the quarterfinals at an away tie in Monte Carlo April [...]

Roger Federer will play for his home country this weekend, but don’t chalk it up to nationalistic pride — he has to play in order to be eligible for the Olympics this summer. When Switzerland played the U.S. in Birmingham, Ala., in 2009, the “Greatest of All Time” bailed on his country only two weeks [...]

Zero to nine. The number says it all.  That is the record of American men versus Spanish men in singles during Wimbledon and the recent Davis Cup meeting. For some well-chosen but dismal descriptions of the state of the American team, check out Jonathan Scott on Tennis.com who concludes his article “U.S. Davis Cup Team [...]

Spain, meet the greatest doubles team of all time (and recent Wimbeldon doubles champs.)

With Mardy Fish’s quarterfinal loss to Rafael Nadal, the American men completed a dismal 0-6 record in singles on the grass against Spanish players over the Wimbledon fortnight (fortnight being one of those words you only hear once a year when Wimbledon rolls around).  Not exactly the confidence boost captain Jim Courier wanted going into [...]

This shouldn’t surprise anyone who has followed Davis Cup for more than 20 minutes.  From the Austin-American Statesman.

The matches between Spanish players and Americans at Wimbledon have been rough for the home team:  Andy Roddick lost to Feliciano Lopez in straight sets.  John Isner lost to Nicholas Almalgro in four.   Michael Russell and Ryan Sweeting both lost to Rafael Nadal in three.  Ryan Harrison lost to David Ferrer in five sets. Americans [...]

The U.S. Davis Cup match against Spain has been set for Austin, Texas, hometown of Andy Roddick, running from July 8-10. Let’s hope that Nadal will make the trip, but I’m betting the hard, indoor court will not be that appealing to him, especially if he goes deep in Wimbledon where the men’s final is [...]

Big-time comeback for Roddick on the red clay in Chile today — now on to Austin, San Antonio or Albany for the next round this summer. With the top dog Texas-resident back on the team, it’s got to be Austin or San Antonio when the Spaniards come calling in July.  (The USTA wouldn’t snub Andy [...]