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Spain are facing Davis Cup humiliation after they slumped 2-0 down to Canada, a country who have never previously won a World Group clash.

Debutant Nikala Scholtz sprung a surprise as he put up a valiant fight, but underdogs South Africa went down 2-0 on the opening day of the Davis Cup.

Down 2-0 to the best clay court playing nation in the world, the US is in a bad place in its Davis Cup semifinal against Spain.

Top SA tennis player Kevin Anderson is missing the Euro-Africa Group One Davis Cup tie against Slovenia next month in order to pursue US citizenship.

Despite playing together for the first time, Argentina’s Nalbandian and Schwank overwhelmed Spain’s Nadal and David Ferrer in the Davis Cup final.

Rafael Nadal crushed France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets to secure the winning point for Spain in a 4-1 victory in the Davis Cup final.

Kevin Anderson beat Robin Haase in four sets 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 to win the Davis Cup tie for SA in their contest against The Netherlands.

SA can qualify for the Davis Cup world group if they have a full-strength team available, the national tennis team’s coach said on Wednesday.

In a sport fuelled by individual brilliance, Serbia illustrated on Sunday that the Davis Cup still holds a cherished place in tennis’s rich folklore.

France reached the Davis Cup final after Mickael Llodra and Arnaud Clement beat Eduardo Schwank and Horacio Zeballos on Saturday.

SA’s Rik de Voest went down in straight sets after putting up a gutsy fight against Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber in a Davis Cup clash on Friday.

This is not a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. It is a Kevin Anderson fairy tale — but a grim one all the same.

The highest priority in men’s tennis was to shorten the demanding playing season, world number three Novak Djokovic said on Thursday.

Promoters of the World Cup of tennis concept don’t think its introduction would mean the demise of the Davis Cup.

Feliciano Lopez stormed to Spain’s rescue on Friday when he levelled the Davis Cup final against Argentina.

The game which South Africa were apparently certain to win ended in defeat in the Euro-Africa Group Two tie against Monaco on Saturday.

World number two Roger Federer recovered from a shaky start to see off Kristof Vliegen and hand Switzerland a 2-0 lead over Belgium on Friday.

South Africa completed a 5-0 Davis Cup clean sweep in the Euro-Africa Group Two tie at Emperors Palace on Sunday.

South Africa clinched their Euro-Africa Davis Cup tie 3-0 against Denmark at Emperors Palace on Saturday by winning the doubles clash.