Hewitt, Ebden put Aussies on verge of win

Tennis Australia is expecting and encouraging Bernard Tomic to contest this month's French Open, despite John Tomic recently declaring his son's participation unlikely. The 20-year-old has resumed training after withdrawing from this week's Rome ...

AAP Australia must beat Poland away from home in September to return to the Davis Cup World Group for the first time since 2007. Pat Rafter's team on Wednesday received a tough but winnable draw for the World Group playoffs, to be held from ...

Source: AUSTRALIA's sequence of horrific Davis Cup draw has continued with a daunting away clash with Poland in September. Beaten in the world group playoff round five times in the past six years, Australia will face a tough Polish unit away from ...

Bernard Tomic has played a stellar role in Australia's Davis Cup win over Uzbekistan. Photo: Sebastian Costanzo Bernard Tomic completed an impressive Davis Cup return as Australia clinched victory over Uzbekistan on Sunday to advance to September's ...

Source: The Courier-Mail AUSTRALIA look strong going into the last day of their Uzbekistan Davis Cup tie after a gutsy five-set doubles win. Aussie pair Lleyton Hewitt and Matt Ebden defeated Denis Istomin and Farrukh Dustov 7-5 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 3-6 ...

ASTANA, April 5, (Agencies): Holders Czech Republic overcame the absence of their top two players, Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek, to take a 2-0 lead against Kazakhstan in their Davis Cup quarter-final on Friday. Jan Hajek had little trouble ...

Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin needed four sets before downing Marinko Matosevic to level the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group one second round tie with Australia in Namangan on Friday. Bernard Tomic, the highest-ranked player in the tie at 43, got ...

FORMER France hooker Laurent Benezech has claimed that people are turning a blind eye to doping in rugby in the same way that was once the norm in cycling. Speaking to Le Monde Benezech said: ``The proofs (of doping in rugby) are in front of our ...

Source: AFP MARINKO Matosevic has had his best Davis Cup performance yet after a strong start from Bernard Tomic. Honours were split on the first day against Uzbekistan. After Bernard Tomic got Australia off to a winning start in Namangan by beating ...