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If you get to the Davis Cup in Birmingham early or stay late one day, you might get to see a possible future American star practice, Alex Domijan. (The other U.S. practice partner is Amer Delic, the 137th ranked player in the world who pushed Novak Djokovic to the third round in the Australian Open.)
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The lineup of the matches between the U.S. and Switzerland in Birmingham, Ala., on Friday-Sunday will be determined in a draw ceremony on Thursday.  Doors open Friday-Sunday at 11 a.m. Central Time, with the pre-match processional beginning at 12:30 p.m. each day, and then the matches start at 1 p.m.  each day — two singles Friday, one [...]

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 [...]

It’s a long drop from the number one and two rankings in Switzerland men’s tennis to the number three spot.  The U.S. and Swiss teams have submitted rosters for the March 6-8 matches in Birmingham, and as expected instead of putting up the No. 2 player in the world, the Swiss will now lean heavily on No. 17 Stanislas [...]

Roger Federer has announced that he won’t play in the first round Davis Cup matches against the U.S. in Birmingham, but Davis Cup rules allow him to change his mind right up until one hour before the matches are played on Friday, March 6.  
When the U.S. played Russia in the Davis Cup final in 2007, the Americans [...]

Roger Federer beamed holding his Olympic gold medal in doubles last August, and in October vowed to compete again for his home country of Switzerland in the 2009 Davis Cup.  But Tuesday that promising vow rang hollow when he put this paragraph on his web site:  “Today I am disappointed to announce that I am withdrawing from both [...]

In no other event is home court a bigger advantage than in Davis Cup.   The home team selects a surface suited to its team, and traditionally staid tennis fans all turn raucous in favor of the hosts.  When the U.S. and Switzerland square off in Birmingham, Ala., on March 6-8, the Americans would figure to be the [...]

Tickets for the first Davis Cup match ever to be played in Alabama sold out quickly on Friday, The Birmingham News reports.  “It was a little less than an hour, which is certainly impressive,” Jeff Ryan, director of tennis events for the United States Tennis Association, told the paper.  This is a big improvement over the last [...]

The much-heralded Davis Cup match against Switzerland in March will be in Alabama, the USTA announced Wednesday — not San Antonio, Texas, a site for which Andy Roddick’s family had lobbied. So instead of the 35,000 rowdy fans that could pack into the Alamadome, the setting will be much like that of recent home matches in Winston-Salem [...]

Birmingham has spoken up on my blog, so it’s only fair to mention the Davis Cup for Bubba web site at www.daviscupforbubba.com.  This move to get the match in Birmingham is sponsored by the Rick & Bubba Show, a radio show by Rick Burgess and Bill “Bubba” Bussey, two deejays who claim to be ”The Two Sexiest [...]