Defending champions Spain were level at 1-1 with Switzerland on the opening day of their Davis Cup World Group first round clash on Friday. World number 16 David Ferrer brought Spain level with a 6-2, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 straight sets win over Marco Chiudinelli, ranked 56, in the second rubber in Logrono. Spain's bid for a third straight ...

Spain's bid for a third straight Davis Cup title got off to poor start Friday when Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka beat Nicolas Almagro in their World Group first round clash. The Swiss world number 19, who has not competed since the Australian Open following the birth of his daughter, beat the 40th-ranked Spaniard 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in ...

Teenager Bernard Tomic led Australia to a commanding 2-0 lead over Taiwan in their Asia/Oceania Group I Davis Cup tie on Friday. Tomic, at 17 Australia's youngest Davis Cup player in 77 years, crushed Taiwan's Yang Tsung-hua, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 in the opening singles rubber. Australia's nominated number one player Peter Luczak built on Tomic's ...

Spain open their campaign to clinch the first hat-trick of Davis Cup wins since the United States in 1972 with a home tie against Switzerland but neither Rafael Nadal nor Roger Federer will be involved. The absence of the two superstars of world tennis is indicative of the current problems facing the supreme team title in tennis that was first ...