David Ferrer and Stanislas Wawrinka stepped out of the shadows of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer on Friday as defending champions Spain and Switzerland were locked at 1-1 in their Davis Cup World Group opener. Ferrer, the world number 16, eased past Marco Chiudinelli 6-2, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 after Wawrinka, the world number 19, came back from a set ...

David Ferrer and Stanislas Wawrinka stepped out of the shadows of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer on Friday as defending champions Spain and Switzerland battled to 1-1 in their Davis Cup World Group opener. Ferrer, the world number 16, eased past Marco Chiudinelli 6-2, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 after Stanislas Wawrinka, the world number 19, came back from a set ...

The cull of leading players at the Dubai Open continued in spectacular fashion as Australian Open finalist Andy Murray, Nikolay Davydenko, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga all fell in the second round on Wednesday. With Roger Federer having announced his withdrawal on Sunday, and Gilles Simon being beaten in the first round, it means that only three of the eight seeds have ...

Novak Djokovic has been gifted a much better chance of successfully defending a title for the first time in his career by the sudden and unexpected withdrawal of Roger Federer. The lung infection which will keep the 16-times Grand Slam winner out of action for a minimum of a fortnight has enabled the world number two from Serbia to become ...