Djokovic to skip Serbia’s Davis match (AP)

Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic will not play in Serbia’s Davis Cup match against Sweden this month. Serbia captain Bogdan Obradovic said he decided to let the top-ranked Djokovic rest after he beat Rafael Nadal in a grueling five-set final in Melbourne. Obradovic told The Associated Press that “we want to spare Djokovic to help [...]

Wozniacki fires coach after 2 months (AP)

Former top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki has fired coach Ricardo Sanchez of Spain after just two months. Wozniacki’s father Piotr told Wednesday’s edition of the Ekstra Bladet that his daughter didn’t get “new impulses” from working with Sanchez. The Spaniard was hired in early December, only to see Wozniacki fall to defending champion Kim Clijsters in the [...]

Serena: Venus will be ready for Fed Cup (AP)

Serena Williams said her sister Venus has been training every day and will be ready for the Fed Cup matches against Belarus — her first competitive tennis since she pulled out of the U.S. Open because of an autoimmune disease. “She’s coming along awesome. She’s doing really well,” said Serena Williams, who played her older [...]

Haas to rejoin Germany’s Davis Cup team (AP)

Tommy Haas is returning to Germany’s Davis Cup team, and he is expected to play against Argentina in the first round. The 33-year-old last played for Germany more than four years ago. Germany captain Patrik Kuehnen also named Philipp Kohlschreiber, Florian Mayer and Philipp Petzschner to play Feb.
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Bogomolov into 2nd round at Zagreb (AP)

Second-seeded Alex Bogomolov Jr. of Russia beat wild card Dino Marcan of Croatia 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Zagreb Indoors on Tuesday. Bogomolov, a quarterfinalist here last year for the U.S., had little trouble with Marcan, who was making his debut on the ATP Tour. In November, Bogomolov decided to [...]

Spain begins Davis defense without Nadal (AP)

Spain will begin its Davis Cup defense against Kazakhstan without Rafael Nadal. New captain Alex Corretja included 11th-ranked Nicolas Almagro, Marcel Granollers, former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero and Marc Lopez in the team for the Feb. 10-12 series. Nadal, David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco all made themselves unavailable for the first-round matchup [...]

Djokovic sets sights on French Open (AP)

Novak Djokovic has that unbeatable feeling. And well he should. The Serb outlasted Rafael Nadal to defend his Australian Open title in the longest ever Grand Slam final and become the fifth man to win three straight majors in the Open Era. Djokovic now has the French Open — the one major to elude him [...]

Injured Murray to miss Davis Cup match (AP)

Andy Murray will miss Britain’s Davis Cup match against Slovakia next month after sustaining “a few injuries” during his run to the Australian Open semifinals. The fourth-ranked Murray, who lost to eventual winner Novak Djokovic in a five-set match in Melbourne, says it is “probably a sensible decision” to pull out of the group matches [...]

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