DAVIS CUP: Ferrero counting on clay to hold back Roddick
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MADRID: Juan Carlos Ferrero hopes slow clay courts will help Spainâs Davis Cup players claim a first tennis victory over world number two Andy Roddick when they meet the United States in the final in Seville this week.
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Seville, Spain - The United States, led by Andy Roddick, should be the favourite going into the Davis Cup final against Spain - except for a few small details.
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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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ANDY RODDICK suffered a surprise defeat as Spain raced to a commanding 2-0 lead in the Davis Cup Final. Rafael Nadal beat the American big gun 6-7 6-2 7-6 6-2 to add to Spanish No.1 Carlos Moya&#39;s defeat of Mardy Fish 6-4 6-2 6-3 in Seville yesterday.
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Top men&#39;s seed Roger Federer and defending champion Andy Roddick each will face strong tests early in the 2004 US Open, and defending women&#39;s champion and top seed Justine Henin-Hardenne will
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World number four Andy Roddick and number six James Blake will once again spearhead U.S. Davis Cup efforts after being named to the squad on Wednesday that will face the Czech Republic in a first-round tie.
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Former No. 1s and French Open champions Juan Carlos Ferrero and Carlos Moya will lead Spain against the United States in next month&#39;s Davis Cup final.
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Juan Carlos Ferrero was sent out of the China Open in the second round by Kevin Kim of the United States. The Spanish second seed, whose season has been disrupted by injury and illness, was outplayed and Kim wrapped up a 6-4 6-4 victory with an ace.
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VIENNA - Clay nearly became a quagmire for the United States as it began defense of its Davis Cup title.
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Spainâs top singles player said he expects to beat American Andy Roddick in the Davis Cup final, which begins Friday at the Estadio Olimpico de la Cartuja.
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Spain needs only to beat an under-strength French team to secure its place in the Davis Cup tennis final, while Britain looks to the experience of Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski in its World Group play-off with Austria this weekend.
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As he enters Davis Cup play, Andy Roddick would like to leave his Grand Slam failures behind him. With his searing serve, Roddick leads the United States
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Juan Carlos Ferrero has targeted further Davis Cup glory when Spain take on the United States in Seville at the weekend. Ferrero is the only member of the Spain team to have won the event before after clinching
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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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SEVILLE, Spain  - US tennis twins Bob and Mike Bryan kept alive their country&#39;s Davis Cup hopes with a rip-roaring straight sets win over Spanish tandem Juan Carlos Ferrero and Tommy Robredo at Seville&#39;s Olympic Stadium.
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This week&#39;s Davis Cup final showdown between hosts Spain and the United States will be a gruelling battle of wits, with the hosts having laid the slowest imaginable claycourt surface at Seville&#39;s Estadio Olimpico.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - Twins Bob and Mike Bryan breezed  past Spain's Tommy Robredo and Juan Carlos Ferrero on Saturday  to give the United States a glimmer of hope of rescuing the  Davis Cup final.