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Although he had disappointing matches in the French Open and Wimbledon, James Blake takes a solid past record against the Croatians into this weekend’s Davis Cup matches between the U.S. and Croatia.  The draw will be pulled Thursday to determine the matches to be played indoors on red clay in Porec, Croatia starting Friday, but here’s an [...]

The big headline in the print edition of The Birmingham News sports page today reads:  “Roddick Evens Tie.”  I ask you: does that make sense? Wouldn’t a tie already be even?  I’m not blaming the paper, but the International Tennis Federation.  This group has borrowed the word from cricket and insists that a Davis Cup team match between two countries be [...]

Roger Federer’s decision to skip this week’s Davis Cup match in Birmingham, Ala., between the Swiss and U.S. team is like Andy Roddick and James Blake preparing to play the circa ’90s Chicago Bulls only to learn that Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen are out.  Federer’s departure on what would have been essentially a two-man lineup leaves the Swiss with one quality [...]