Tag: Davis Cup
Tennis: Fear of coronavirus rocks Davis Cup
The fear of the deadly coronavirus impacted the ambience of the Davis Cup as the qualifying matches started Friday in…
Nadal, Bautista Agut beat Canada to win 6th Davis Cup for Spain
In their first final of the Davis Cup, the Canadian duo of Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov could not match…
Davis Cup: Canada plays Nadal’s Spain in final
Spain defeated England Saturday night to join Canada in the final of the 2019 Davis Cup Final in Madrid on…
Davis Cup: Canada edge Russia for maiden final
Canada edged Russia on Saturday to reach their maiden Davis Cup final with victory in the deciding doubles rubber proving…
Davis Cup: Spain defeats Germany, Italy holds France
Spain’s Rafael Nadal returned to action with a 6-2 6-2 6-3 Davis Cup win over Germany’s Philip Kohlschreiber on Friday…
Davis cup: Nadal roars back as Spain draw level against Germany
Spain’s Rafael Nadal returned to action with a 6-2 6-2 6-3 Davis Cup win over Germany’s Philip Kohlschreiber on Friday.…
Davis Cup: Nadal back from injury for quarter-finals against Germany
World number two Rafael Nadal has been named in Spain’s squad for their Davis Cup World Group quarter-final against Germany…
Kyrgios Beat Querrey To Seal Victory For Australia
Nick Kyrgios on Sunday sent Australia into the Davis Cup semi-finals when he beat American Sam Querrey in the first…
Tennis: Nigeria qualifies for Davis Cup, Osewa wins silver
The impressive performance of Team Nigeria at the 39th ITF/CAT African Junior Championship concluded over the weekend in Pretoria, South…
Joy for Federer as Switzerland win Davis Cup
Roger Federer gave Switzerland its first Davis Cup title in Lille on Sunday by defeating Richard Gasquet of France in…
Tennis: Mirza, Klaasen Shining Stars Of Governor’s Cup
Taiwo Adelu & Damilare Okunola There is no doubt that players that came to Lagos, Nigeria for the annual Governor’s…
Team Nigeria Face Zimbabwe Test In Davis Cup
Damilare Okunola Nigeria’s team to this year’s World Team Cup in Africa’s Zone III, will today take on their Zimbabwean…
Nigeria begins Davis Cup promotion race
Nigeria will start its quest for promotion to the World Group II of the Davis Cup as the quartet of…
Tennis: Nigeria Calls Emmanuel To Davis Cup Camp
Damilare Okunola Nigeria’s teenage tennis star, Sylvester Emmanuel, has been included among the players to prosecute next month’s World Team…
Davis Cup: Swiss team to face Kazakh in quarters
Switzerland’s Davis Cup team, boasting newly-crowned Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka and former world number one Roger Federer, will face…
Tennis: Switzerland edge Serbia for Davis Cup quarters
Switzerland sealed a Davis Cup quarter-final berth when a win in Saturday’s doubles gave them an unbeatable 3-0 lead over…
Stepanek in an encore, wins Davis Cup for Czech Republic
Radek Stepanek trounced Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic in three straight sets to clinch the Davis Cup for Czech Republic Sunday evening.…
Tennis: Ovia Academy To Debut October
Veteran tennis player, Sunday Igbinovia, has disclosed that his tennis Academy will be officially opened in October this year. Igbinovia…
CBN Open: A Trials For Davis Cup
This year’s Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Senior Tennis Open will be used as a tournament which Nigeria Tennis Federation,…
I Met My Wife As A Ball Boy
Taiwo Owolabi is a Nigerian professional tennis player based in Ibadan. He spoke with DAMILARE OKUNOLA about how tennis has…
Tennis: Czechs edge Swiss in longest ever match
The Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych and Lukas Rosol on Saturday beat Stanislas Wawrinka and Marco Chiudinelli of Switzerland in the…
Tennis: Spain faces Davis Cup elimination
Spain were facing Davis Cup humiliation on Saturday after the five-time champions slumped 2-0 down to Canada, a country who…
ATP Ranking Worries Akinloye
Following the sharp drop by Nigerian tennis players on the recently released Confederation of African Tennis, CAT ranking, tennis enthusiasts…
Del Potro Changes Focus After Davis Cup Win
His Davis Cup business done with a crushing win for Argentina, Juan Martin del Potro is looking forward to the…
Tennis: Argentina’s Del Potro To Play Croatia
Juan Martin del Potro will play for Argentina in their Davis Cup quarter final at home to Croatia next month,…