Clay could make it hard for Americans to win Davis Cup
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Can the USA raise the Davis Cup while (not so firmly) planted on clay? That is a major question for Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe and his merry band of young guns
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It's called the US Open, and though fewer than a fifth of the competitors this year are US-born, it's not because the US Tennis Association hasn't tried to get more Americans. All 16 of the wild cards in men's and women's singles were awarded to Americans, even at the expense of the men's NCAA champion, Benjamin Becker ...
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Spain will stage the Davis Cup final against the United States in Seville rather than in Madrid after deciding the capital&#39;s high altitude would give too much of an advantage to the big-serving Americans.
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CHARLESTON, South Carolina  - Hot favorites the  U.S. will seek to restore lost American pride when they take on  Belarus in a Davis Cup semi-final starting on Friday.
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Seville will host the Davis Cup final between Spain and the United States in December, with the matches played on a clay court. The best-of-five series on Dec. 3-5 will be held at 22,000-seat Olympic Stadium
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The United States will play at the Czech Republic on an indoor clay court in the first round of the 2007 Davis Cup.
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A stacked U.S. Davis Cup team will face a Czech Republic team that doesn't have a player ranked in the top 10.
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CHARLESTON, South Carolina  - World number two  Andy Roddick says the United States will probably be the  underdogs in the Davis Cup final against hosts Spain in  December.
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NEW YORK -- For all of his success on clay, Rafael Nadal clearly is much more than a surface specialist. He reached the Wimbledon final on grass last month, and now he's intent on showing he can succeed on the U.S. Open's hard courts, too.
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Seville will host the Davis Cup final between Spain and the United States in December, with the matches played on a clay court.
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CHARLESTON, SC -- Andy Roddick and the rest of the US Davis Cup team figure itâs about time the country reclaimed the championship.
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Jim Courier says Andy Roddick must play to his strengths if the United States are to overcome Spain in the Davis Cup final on Seville&#39;s clay.
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The United States was eliminated from the Davis Cup semifinals Sunday when Andy Roddick lost 17-15 to Russia's Dmitry Tursunov in a fifth-set marathon that concluded a match lasting nearly five hours. The Americans trailed 2-1 entering the last day of the best-of-five competition and needed singles victories from Roddick and Blake to advance.
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The US Davis Cup team is gearing up for a tough final against strong Spanish opponents on an unfavorable surface but are optimistic about beating their hosts, said their semi-final team member Mardy Fish.
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SEVILLE, Spain - Andy Roddick is known for his explosive play. He&#39;ll need patience, too, in the Davis Cup final against Spain.
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The court is clay and the crowd no doubt will be loud. The United States will nevertheless be counting on Andy Roddick for an easy point Friday when he plays Ivo Minar in the opening Davis Cup match against the Czech Republic.
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VIENNA - Clay nearly became a quagmire for the United States as it began defense of its Davis Cup title.