A 23-year old Djokovic, looking to break the domination of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, clinched the 2011 title Down Under after leading Serbia to their maiden Davis Cup victory in December 2010 on home soil.
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France’s top tennis player Richard Gasquet on Tuesday announced he will not compete at the season’s first Grand Slam event at the Australian Open.
Pique is involved in a group revamping tennis’ Davis Cup and says his business interests will also spread to football.
Marin Cilic clinched for Croatia their second Davis Cup title by crushing France’s Lucas Pouille 7-6(3) 6-3 6-3 to give his side a decisive 3-1 lead in an historic final.
France kept their Davis Cup final hopes alive on Saturday as Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat the Croatian pair of Ivan Dodig and Mate Pavic 6-4 6-4 3-6 7-6(3).
France sprang a surprise at Thursday’s Davis Cup final draw ceremony when they named Jeremy Chardy and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as their singles players for the opening day’s action in Lille.
World number one Rafael Nadal on Wednesday pulled out of tournaments in Beijing and Shanghai due to the right knee injury that forced him to retire from the US Open.
Spain’s Rafael Nadal maintained the No. 1 spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals world singles rankings released on Monday with 8,760 points, ahead of Switzerland’s Roger Federer.
Benoit Paire made a remarkable Davis Cup debut for France, outplaying Pablo Carreno-Busta 7-5 6-1 6-0 in the opening rubber of the World Group semi-final tie against Spain on Friday.
The Davis Cup will be changed to an annual World Cup-style event next year backed by $3 billion (£2.35 billion) from Gerard Pique’s investment group.
Group III TOP seeds Benin overcame Rwanda 3-0 on the clay court of the Nairobi Club in Kenya to usurp Nigeria, who beats Cameroon 2-1, and hit the pool’s submit.
World number one Nadal had not played since he retired from his Australian Open quarter-final against Marin Cilic in January with a leg injury, but made light work of Kohlschreiber.
The 31-year-old has not played in the competition since helping five-time winners Spain return to the top tier of world tennis with victory in India in 2016.
The former world number one will also be consulting members of the Davis Cup team in his home country as well as all the top German players.
Three-times grand slam winner Murray, who pulled out of the ongoing Miami Masters after sustaining an elbow problem in training, is expected to be left out of the Great Britain squad, which will be announced on Tuesday
Del Potro has been plagued by wrist problems over the past three years, but he returned to the ATP Tour last season, reaching the Olympic final and helping Argentina win the Davis Cup