Czechs roll to 2-0 lead over Kazakhstan

Novak Djokovic's two recent defeats after a 22-match winning streak offer the United States hope of seeing off Serbia in the Davis Cup quarter-finals. The mere presence of the top-ranked Djokovic makes Serbia the slight favourite, but the Americans ...

Viewd by: 13 Not rated yet France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga kicks a tennis ball during a training session ahead of France's upcoming Davis Cup clash against Argentina, in Buenos Aire 3 April 2013 DPA/Boise, Idaho The United States are counting on the ...

MADRID - Roger Federer looked as sharp as ever in his first outing after a two-month layoff as he eased past Radek Stepanek 6-3 6-3 at the Madrid Open on Tuesday before Andy Murray came through a testing encounter against Florian Mayer 7-6 7-6.

ALMATY: Andrey Golubev and Yuriy Schukin defeated Czech pair Jan Hajek and Radek Stepanek in Saturday's doubles in Astana to keep Kazakhstan's hopes of reaching the Davis Cup semi-finals alive. The hosts won 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, 6-3 in two hours 20 ...

Rafael Nadal still has hope of earning a top-four seeding for the French Open following the draw for the Rome Masters. Nadal needs a return to the top four in the rankings to be sure of a top-four seeding - one which would mean he would not have to ...

The Anaheim Ducks will hope history repeats itself after clinching the Pacific title for the first time since 2007. The division win that year was a prelude to their Stanley Cup success, and now the Ducks will look to restage that feat following ...

Radek Sikorski grew up in Bydgoszcz, Poland, where he led a student strike committee during protests against the communist regime in the spring of 1981. He was studying abroad when the Jaruzelski government declared martial law later that year, and ...

The Czech Republic will start a Davis Cup tie without the formidable Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek for the first time in three years in the quarterfinal against host Kazakhstan on Friday. Berdych was injured and Stepanek was rested from the ...

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