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Bob Bryan and John Isner, subsituting for an ill Mike Bryan, fought back in the first and third set tiebreakers to win in four sets in the Davis Cub doubles against Serbia on Saturday.  A brilliant win, especially for Isner in his Davis Cup debut, a weekend in which he did not plan to play doubles.  Tomorrow [...]

From Daviscup.com:  Novak Djokovic confirmed Serbia’s dominance over USA by beating Sam Querrey at the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round tie in Belgrade.
Playing in front of a passionate home crowd, Djokovic handed his team a commanding 2-0 lead on Friday. Despite a spirited fight back from Querrey in the third set, [...]

The Winter Olympics are over, but the Davis Cup, an event that has become more obscure than curling, has just begun.  To win, the U.S. has to get victories from John Isner and Sam Querrey over Victor Troicki, because they won’t be Novak Djokovic on clay.  The draw is out, with Isner making his Davis Cup [...]

The U.S. first round match in Serbia has become even tougher.  Andy Roddick announced in Australia on Friday that he will not play this year due to a lingering knee injury, an Associated Press report on the USTA web site said.  He joins James Blake, who also is passing on this year’s Davis Cup.  Patrick McEnroe [...]

I have been longing for the USTA to do something big and fantastic for the next Davis Cup home match, instead of recent choices of smallish venues in tired indoor arenas in second-tier cities like Winston-Salem, N.C., Portland, Ore., or Birmingham, Ala.  The call for proposals from prospective hosts for a quarterfinal match July 9-11 went out [...]

The U.S. will play Serbia — presumably led by Novak Djokovic — in the first round of the 2010 Davis Cup on March 5-7, 2010.  The draw was announced today. 
Because the two countries have never played, the home court advantage for Serbia was decided by a “drawing of lots.”   You can be sure it will be slow red [...]

For live scores from the U.S. – Croatia Davis Cup match, visit http://www.daviscup.com/
Blake was out-aced 12-8 by the lurchlike Croatian known as Dr. Ivo — on red clay, no less – but  still won the first in a tiebreaker 7-5.
Mardy Fish plays Marin Cilic in the following match.

Despite his garrulous older brother’s on-air suggestions to dump James Blake from the U.S. Davis Cup team for the upcoming match on red clay, Patrick McEnroe went with the tried and true lineup, choosing Andy Roddick, James Blake and the Bryan brothers, USA Today reports. Despite Blake’s uninspiring performance this year at majors, he still [...]

The draw ceremony took place in Birmingham today, and Marco Chiundinelli, childhood friend and junior opponent of Roger Federer, got the call to replace his old buddy in singles over Stephane Bohli.  Chiundinelli has a strong 4-2 Davis Cup record with big wins over Spain in 2007.
Stanislas Wawrinka will play singles and doubles, starting with [...]

Martin Rogers writes this week on his blog The Monday Slice:
“Roger Federer could appear in public being pushed along in a wheelchair and still not be able to convince many his reported back injury is a serious problem.
When the world No. 2 revealed he would be forced to pull out of Switzerland’s visit to the [...]