Novak Djokovic has been suffering from flu-like symptoms all week. As a result he pulled out of his opening Davis Cup singles match. He made a brave return to the doubles to lead Serbia to a win over the Russians.
In the reverse singles the world no. 3 was hoping to help Serbia take the […]

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Novak Djokovic loves to represent his country in Davis Cup tennis. Unfortunately for him and Serbia Djokovic has been forced out of the opening match against Mikhail Youzhny due to flu like symptoms.
The Serbs just can’t win as Janko Tipsarevic has also been hit by illness and is fighting of a stomach bug. […]

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The 2008 edition of the Davis Cup tennis will serve it up from Friday 8 February. The most interesting opening round tie looks like being the clash between Serbia and Russia. The Russians will be hosting the tie in Moscow.
The Russian team who only last December was playing in the final will be […]

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For just the second time since the introduction of the World Group in 1981 Australia has been relegated to the zone group. This came following a 4-1 loss in the World Group playoff against Serbia in Belgrade.

Serbia featuring world number 3 Novak Djokovic were too strong for the Australian team headlined by former world number 1 Lleyton Hewitt. Going into the last day Serbia held a 2-1 lead. The Aussie team threw Chris Guccione in against Novak Djokovic in the vital fourth rubber. Lleyton Hewitt was due to play however he succumbed to the effects of a viral infection.

Guccione made Djokovic work hard for the victory. When Djokovic heard he was to play Guccione instead of Hewitt he said he felt some relief however the big Aussie probably played as tough as Hewitt would have. The final score was 6-3, 7-6, 7-6. Australian Davis Cup captain John Fitzgerald said he thought Djokovic was looking a bit tired during the match and it could have been a different story had Guccione won one of the tie breaks.

Next year Serbia can look forward to a World Group berth while Australia will need to fight hard to rejoin the elite World Group competition.

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