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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 [...]

The USTA next week soon will announce its decision for the location of the high-profile first round Davis Cup showdown with Roger Federer and Switzerland in the first weekend of March.  Contenders are reported to be San Antonio, Birmingham, Ala., and Greenville, S.C.  Here is why I think it should be in Texas:
1 – A Thank You to [...]

Check out Richard Pagliaro’s story on TennisWeek.com about the final four cities in contention for the March 6-8 match against Switzerland.  The USTA is expected to announce the winner on Dec. 18, he writes.

Andy Roddick’s home state of Texas is the leading contender for hosting the upcoming Davis Cup match that will bring Roger Federer to the U.S. in early March.  News reports cite San Antonio, Las Vegas, Birmingham, Ala., and Greenville, S.C. as potential host cities.  Andy Roddick’s older brother, Lawrence, a San Antonio resident, is heading up the move [...]

Rafael Nadal sat out with an injury making Spain look like decisive underdogs on the road going into the Davis Cup final this weekend, but the Spaniards came up big below the Equator.   Spain was down 1-0 and the first set in the second singles Friday, but charged back to win the 2008 Davis Cup [...]

     Spain triumphed over the U.S. Davis Cup team last month in a historic Madrid bullring packed with more than 20,000 flag-waving fans — a Hemingwayesque scene that made for a fierce home-court advantage.
     The United States Tennis Association (USTA) needs to break out of its predictable Davis Cup hosting rut and also do something dramatic March 6-8 when Switzerland, and most likely Roger Federer, come calling in the first [...]