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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 [...]

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.)
Here is what [...]

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 [...]