Russia's Igor Andreev and Somdev Devvarman of India will play the opening rubber in the Davis Cup World Group first round clash between the countries here on Friday. The hosts hopes were setback earlier this week when their top player Nikolay Davydenko, sixth in the world, was ruled out of the clash with a wrist injury. He was replaced ...

Russia's top player Nikolay Davydenko will miss Russia's Davis Cup opening round clash with India, which will be played in Moscow this weekend, local media reported Tuesday. Reports said Davydenko, 28, who is currently ranked sixth in the world, will have to withdraw from playing for his country because of a left wrist injury, which he sustained during ...

Nikolay Davydenko, the ATP World Tour champion, is a doubt for Russia's Davis Cup tie against India in Moscow on March 3-5 after retiring from the Dubai Open Wednesday with an damaged left wrist. Davydenko considered pulling out before the tournament after sustaining the injury in a fall while practising in Rotterdam the week before last, but struggled through ...

Nikolay Davydenko, the ATP World Tour champion, escaped from the brink of his worst defeat for nearly two years before reaching the second round of the ATP Dubai Open here on Tuesday. The Russian was twice within a point of going a break of service down in the second set against Florent Serra, the world number 59 from France, either ...