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Around 10 days ago, tennis player Roman Safiullin arrived in Sydney. Ranked 167th in the world and a mainstay on the Challenger Tour, Safiullin was meant to be an alternate for a stacked Russian team at the 2022 ATP Cup. Instead, the 24-year-old has been thrust into action and has reeled off four straight wins […] READ MORE
A lot of countries are looking to confirm their qualification into the knockout phase of the Davis Cup Finals on Day 3 in Madrid. Two such teams are Belgium and Australia. Both countries have already enjoyed success over group whipping boys Colombia and meet in a winner takes all clash at 1800 CET. We give […] READ MORE
Second seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers defeated Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau 7-6(3) 7-6(6) on Tuesday in a nail-biting encounter that kept their hopes of progressing to the knockout stages of the ATP Finals alive. With both pairs having suffered defeat in the opening round of “Group Eltingh/Haarhuis” last week, the stakes were high […] READ MORE
There were many reasons to love the Davis Cup semi-finals last weekend: the closeness of the competition, as both semi-finals went to the final day (and in the case of Belgium–Australia to the final rubber); the frenzied but still friendly support provided by the supporters of all four nations, particularly the few dozen Aussie “Fanatics” […] READ MORE
Team Belgium Belgium comes in to this Davis Cup as the #7 seed, with essentially the same team that led them to a runner-up finish in 2015. Steve Darcis was the first-round hero for the Belgians, defeating two higher ranked players in singles–including a four set victory over young sensation Alexander Zverev. The Belgians also […] READ MORE
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