3:49 AM ET Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev‘s exhibition contest in Mexico City on Saturday broke the world record for attendance at a tennis match, with 42,517 watching at the Plaza de Toros bullring. As reported by ESPN Mexico, 20-time Grand Slam champion Federer defeated world No. 7 Zverev 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 in front of
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3:35 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Rafael Nadal gave all he had on the Caja Magica center court in Madrid. The top-ranked Spanish star even admitted he risked getting injured by playing eight matches — five singles, three doubles — in six days at the Davis Cup Finals, the new World Cup of tennis.
10:00 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — The United States will face Uzbekistan in qualifiers for the 2020 Davis Cup finals. The Americans, the Davis Cup’s most successful team with 32 titles, will have choice of venues for the tie in March. Sunday’s draw also determined that 2019 champion Croatia will face the winner of
1:35 PM ET ESPN News Services MADRID — Canada reached its first final in 106 years of playing Davis Cup by beating Russia 2-1 on Saturday. The Canadians will meet host and five-time champion Spain in Sunday’s final. In the decisive doubles match, Canada’s Vasek Pospisil and Denis Shapovalov beat Russia’s Karen Khachanov and Andrey
2:06 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — The International Tennis Federation says France and Serbia have been given wild-card entries for the 2020 Davis Cup Finals. They will join the four semifinalists from this year’s inaugural revamp: Britain, Canada, Russia and Spain. Serbia lost to Russia in the quarterfinals, while France was eliminated in the
9:44 AM ET NEW DELHI — Sasi Kumar Mukund has pulled out of the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Pakistan due to a foot injury. This means a six-member Indian squad will travel to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. Mukund is the second Indian player to pull out after Rohan Bopanna withdrew due to a shoulder injury. Mukund,
4:44 PM ET Associated Press MEXICO CITY — For 73 years, Mexico City’s Plaza de Toros bullring has hosted hundreds of bullfights, but on Saturday it will become a tennis court as Roger Federer faces Germany’s Alexander Zverev. Saturday’s match is the fourth stop in a tour of Latin America by the two tennis greats.
11:02 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — Novak Djokovic played singles and doubles matches Friday but couldn’t keep Serbia from losing to Russia 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup. Djokovic defeated Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-3 in the second singles match to even the score at 1-1, then returned to the court about half
11:02 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal both played singles and doubles on Friday, but only the Spaniard was able to lead his team into the last four at the Davis Cup Finals. Nadal guided Spain to a 2-1 comeback victory over Argentina, while Djokovic couldn’t prevent Serbia from being
6:39 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Canada won the decisive doubles match to beat Australia 2-1 and reach the semifinals of the Davis Cup Finals on Thursday. Vasek Pospisil and Denis Shapovalov defeated John Peters and Jordan Thompson 6-4, 6-4 to give Canada its first Davis Cup win against the Aussies. Nick Kyrgios surprisingly