Tennis player Safin to miss Davis Cup clash with Serbia
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Marat Safin has been forced to withdraw from Russia's Davis Cup team to take on Serbia from Friday due to a leg injury, coach Vladimir Kamelzon said on Thursday.
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Marat Safin was picked ahead of fifth-ranked Nikolay Davydenko and will open against Andy Roddick on Friday when Russia plays the United States in the Davis Cup semifinals.
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Russia have dropped their number one   player Nikolay Davydenko from the singles for this weekend's   Davis Cup semi-final against the United States on clay in   Moscow.
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Serbia's top-ranked player Novak Djokovic, who has won the hearts of many fans with his antics on and off the court, said he had stage fright ahead of the Davis Cup tie with Australia in Belgrade.
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Marat Safin played his best tennis in quite some time, beating Andre Agassi 6-3, 7-6 (4) Saturday to advance to the final of the Madrid Masters. The third-seeded Russian will face Argentina's David Nalbandian, who defeated Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 6-4, 6-4 in the other semifinal.
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PORTSCHACH, Austria: Thunder, lightning and incessant rain delayed the start of the Davis Cup World Group play-off tie between Austria and Great Britain.
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World number one Roger Federer gave   Switzerland a 1-0 lead in their Davis Cup World Group playoff   match against Serbia on Friday, dismissing world number 92   Janko Tipsarevic 6-3 6-2 6-2.
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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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Maria Sharapova is set to make her Fed Cup debut for Russia next month in Israel, while Venus and Serena Williams will skip the U.S. match against Germany.
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Sixth-seeded Marat Safin of Russia overcame a twisted ankle Saturday to reach the final at the Paris Masters for the fourth time in six years and will meet qualifier Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic for the championship.
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Russia's Marat Safin will bid to scale the world's sixth highest mountain, giving the former world number one a fresh challenge which looks set to rule him out of this month's Davis Cup semi-final against Germany.
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British number one Andy Murray has withdrawn from next week's Davis Cup tie against Argentina with a knee injury.
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Marat Safin crushed Andy Roddick 6-4 6-3   7-6 in the opening singles to give Russia a 1-0 lead against   the U.S. in their Davis Cup semi-final on Friday.
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Marat Safin, of Russia, returns the ball to Lleyton Hewitt, of Australia, during the quarterfinal of the BNP Masters indoor tennis tournament in Paris, Friday, Nov. 5, 2004.
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Rain has delayed the start of Tim Henman&#39;s match against Stefan Koubek in Great Britain&#39;s Davis Cup World Cup play-off against Austria.
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Alan Schwartz, president of the US Tennis Federation (USTA), said on Thursday after the 2005 Davis Cup draw that he does not expect Andre Agassi to play for the United States
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Top seed and crowd favorite Marat Safin was knocked out of the St. Petersburg Open quarterfinals Friday, falling 6-4, 6-1 to Michael Llodra.