Federer still committed to Davis Cup
Roger Federer insisted he remains dedicated to the Davis Cup despite his long-awaited comeback with Switzerland ending in a 3-0 humbling to the United States.
After suffering a rare defeat to John Isner in Friday's singles, Federer slumped alongside Stanislas Wawrinka in Saturday's doubles against Mike Bryan and Mardy Fish in front of a partisan crowd in Fribourg.
The Americans...
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US sweeps Federer's Swiss team out of Davis Cup
The United States swept favored Switzerland out of the Davis Cup on Saturday when Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan beat Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Teaming for only the second time, Fish and Bryan comfortably handled the 2008 Olympics doubles champions in front of an occasionally hostile Swiss crowd of 7,000.
The Americans were kept under control for a set...
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Federer calls on 2001 Davis Cup emotion to face US
Roger Federer hopes to recapture the emotion of Switzerland's 2001 Davis Cup victory against the United States when they meet again in the first round this weekend.
Federer says the Swiss win exactly 11 years ago was ''my first emotional outburst'' on court after he went unbeaten through two singles matches and the doubles encounter.
Now 30, Federer says that...
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Federer recalls emotional 2001 Davis Cup win vs US
Roger Federer hopes to recapture the emotion of Switzerland's 2001 Davis Cup victory against the United States when they meet again in the first round this weekend.
Federer recalled the Swiss win on Tuesday, when as a 19-year-old he won three matches for a 3-2 victory in his home city of Basel.
''I think it was my first emotional outburst on a tennis court because I...
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5 days ago
Federer makes Swiss a Davis Cup title contender
With Novak Djokovic on a skiing holiday and Rafael Nadal defending Spanish sports from French TV comedians, Roger Federer highlights the start of Davis Cup for the first time in eight years.
Since Federer decided to skip the first round from 2005, Switzerland hasn't won in the World Group. But he's changed his mind after watching the effort Stanislas Wawrinka put in last...
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3 days ago
Federer to face Isner in Davis Cup singles
Roger Federer will face John Isner in the second singles match Friday when Switzerland takes on the United States in the first round of the Davis Cup.
Switzerland's 28th-ranked Stanislas Wawrinka opens the series against eighth-ranked Mardy Fish.
In Sunday's scheduled reverse singles, the third-ranked Federer is set to face Fish, followed by Wawrinka against the 17th-ranked...
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3 days ago
Federer in shock loss on Davis Cup return
Roger Federer's first opening-round Davis Cup match in eight years wasn't supposed to turn out like this.
The 16-time Grand Slam champion fell to a shock 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2 loss to John Isner as the United States took a 2-0 lead against Switzerland in the World Group on Friday.
In search of the only major trophy in tennis he doesn't own, Federer was on the receiving...
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2 days ago
Exhausted stars skip out on Davis Cup
It is of no great benefit to the US team that Roger Federer is the only one of the world's top four to participate in this weekend's Davis Cup.
That's because the Americans must travel to the Swiss city of Fribourg for the first round of World Group matches as the 112-year-old competition kicks off another troubled year.
More on the US chances in a moment but first...
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3 days ago
Fish pulls double duty in US win
In Davis Cup all things are possible and the United States team just proved it in Switzerland.
Without Andy Roddick, their banker over the past decade; without half of their talismanic doubles team; made to play on a specially laid clay court indoors at the Fribourg Forum and facing Roger Federer, Jim Courier's team surprised themselves and shocked the tennis world by establishing...
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Federer to face Isner in singles
Roger Federer will face John Isner in the second singles match Friday when Switzerland takes on the United States in the first round of the Davis Cup.
Switzerland's 28th-ranked Stanislas Wawrinka opens the series against eighth-ranked Mardy Fish.
In Sunday's scheduled reverse singles, the third-ranked Federer is set to face Fish, followed by Wawrinka against the 17th-ranked...
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3 days ago
Notes and Quotes from Day 2 of Davis Cup – US versus Switzerland
FRIBOURG, Switzerland – The United States clinched a berth in the Davis Cup quarterfinal round with the doubles team of Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan stunning the Swiss team of Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. The win gave the US an unassailable 3-0 lead to gain victory in the tie.
Federer on the loss: Actually played pretty good considering again it was a...
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Fish to partner Mike Bryan in doubles vs Swiss
Mardy Fish will partner with Mike Bryan in the doubles match Saturday as the United States seeks to sweep Roger Federer's Switzerland out of the Davis Cup.
Fish and Bryan will face Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka, the reigning Olympic champions in doubles.
U.S. captain Jim Courier had chosen 19-year-old Ryan Harrison to partner Bryan when the draw was made Thursday. But Davis...
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1 day ago
Federer's forehand fails him this time
One hopes, for his sake, Roger Federer does not have nightmares about squandered forehands, for it was this shot -- his great, majestic forehand -- which cost him any chance of beating his great Grand Slam nemesis Rafael Nadal in the semifinal of the Australian Open here at Melbourne Park.
Nadal, who has not lost to Federer in a Slam since the Wimbledon final of 2007, prevailed...
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17 days ago
Federer: No ill feeling with my mate Nadal
tennis Roger Federer has dismissed suggestions his pre-tournament disagreement with Rafael Nadal would add spice to their Australian Open semi-final.
Federer and Nadal lined up a mouthwatering last-four clash in Melbourne with wins yesterday, Federer thrashing Juan Martin Del Potro and Nadal coming through a much tougher clash against Tomas Berdych.
It will be their first meeting...
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11 days ago
Ball Boy At Australian Open Makes One-Handed Catch During Federer-Nadal Tennis Match (Video)
During the Australian Open semifinal tennis match between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, Federer accidentally made a star out of one of the ball boys. Federer flicked the ball towards the side of the court after faulting on a serve, and the ball boy got up from his knees and reached behind him to catch the ball with one hand.
The crowd cheered for the impressive catch. If...
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16 days ago
David Beckham Is Still the Best
“If you’ve never seen the young man play live,” David Foster Wallace once wrote about Roger Federer, “and then do, in person, on the sacred grass of Wimbledon, through the literally withering heat and then wind and rain of the ‘06 fortnight, then you are apt to have what one of the tournament’s press bus drivers describes as a ‘bloody near-religious experience.’...
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Harrison gives US 4-0 lead over Swiss
Teenager Ryan Harrison made a winning Davis Cup debut for the United States on Sunday, beating Switzerland's Michael Lammer 7-6 (0), 7-6 (4) to extend the Americans' lead to 4-0 in their first-round match.
Harrison stepped up his play in the tiebreakers after showing an impressive all-round game to win in 2 hours, 14 minutes.
The 19-year-old right-hander was selected by...
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1 day ago
CATLIKE REFLEXES!
Video: Ball boy's slick catch at Aussie Open
Talk about quick reflexes! Check out the amazing catch a ball boy made during the FEDAL semifinal last night at the Australian Open. With that kind of hand-eye coordination, I think that kiddo might have a future in sports. He should at least get ball boy of the year, if there is such a thing. Enjoy!
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Team U.S.A Takes On Switzerland In The Davids Cup
This weekend is packed with losts of Davids Cup action, with the USA starting off their campaign against Switzerland today 10 February, 2012 in Fribourg.
The competition will begin first with the singles on Friday and then the doubles on Saturday, starting at exactly 8:30 am ET.
Switzerland will feature Roger Federer, who is currently ranked no.3 in the world. This will be the...
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2 days ago
Switzerland-US Davis Cup Draw List
Draw for the Davis Cup first round series between Switzerland and the United States on indoor clay at the Fribourg Forum:
Friday Singles Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, vs. Mardy Fish, United States
Roger Federer, Switzerland, vs. John Isner, United States
Saturday Doubles Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, vs. Mike Bryan and Ryan Harrison, United States
Sunday...
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3 days ago
Davis Cup Stunner in Switzerland – Isner upsets Federer, Fish outlasts Wawrinka to put U.S. up 2-0
DAVIS CUP STUNNER IN SWITZERLAND
Isner upsets Federer, Fish outlasts Wawrinka to put U.S. up 2-0
By Junior Williams
FRIBOURG, Switzerland — This wasn’t supposed to happen.
A home crowd left the Forum Fribourg stunned after the United States took a 2-0 lead against Switzerland in their first round Davis Cup World Group clash, as John Isner shocked Roger Federer 4-6, 6...
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Notes and Quotes from Day 1 of Davis Cup – US versus Switzerland
FRIBOURG, Switzerland – The United States took a 2-0 lead over Switzerland on Friday in its 2012 Davis Cup World Group first round match at the Forum Fribourg in Fribourg, Switzerland. John Isner stunned Roger Federer in four sets to earn his first win in a live Davis Cup singles match after Mardy Fish opened the tie with a 6-2, 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 9-7 victory over Stan Wawrinka...
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Can the U.S. stop the Federer express?
The name is Federer -- Roger Federer. And this stalwart Swiss will lead his team against the United States in the opening round of Davis Cup. Sounds like a demolition, eh?
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3 days ago
Davis Cup – USA Versus Switzerland To Air on Tennis Channel
Tennis Channel will air live daily coverage of the USA -Switzerland the first round World Group Davis Cup tie. Friday’s singles matches which feature Mardy Fish versus Stanislas Wawrinka followed by John Isner against Roger Federer will air live at 7 a.m. ET.
Coverage from Forum Fribourg in Switzerland is as follows (all time ET):
Friday, Feb. 10:
7 a.m. – Live Singles...
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Friendly Fribourg – The Swiss City Did Itself Proud As a Davis Cup Host
By Junior Williams
FRIBOURG, Switzerland — When I heard that the United States had drawn an away tie against Switzerland for the first round of Davis Cup World Group 2012, I assumed it would end up in a large city such as Geneva or Zurich. Then the word came down: Fribourg.
Huh?
The announcement expanded my education about Switzerland. I had never heard of Fribourg, but learned...
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