BELGIUM 1, AUSTRALIA 2 Brussels, Belgium (Indoor Clay) John Peers and Jordan Thompson completed a 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 rout of Ruben Bemelmans and Arthur De Greef to nudge Australia ahead of Belgium 2-1 in their semi-final tie. Led by captain Lleyton Hewitt, the Aussie contingent are bidding to reach the Davis Cup final for the first time since 2003, when they clinched their 28th crown. Peers, the No. 2 player in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings, and 23-year-old Thompson were making their doubles debut together. Thompson is undefeated in the team competition, also owning a 3-0 singles record entering the week. "We had a job to do today and we came out and did it from start to finish," said...
Past and present ATP World Tour stars including Andy Roddick and Tommy Haas united Friday and Saturday in Dallas at the second annual Dirk Nowitzki Pro Celebrity Tennis Classic to raise funds for the Hurricane Harvey Relief. “Thanks to all you guys for coming out and supporting this event,” Nowitzki said. “This is obviously a tennis event, but the big deal was last night. We are raising money for Hurricane Harvey victims, and we had a great night last night, raised a lot of money so it was a complete success.” ATP players, NBA superstars, NHL standouts and acting legends came together at the Southern Methodist University’s campus to give back to the Texas communities who were struck with chaos...
KAZAKHSTAN 2, ARGENTINA 1 Astana, Kazakhstan (Indoor clay) Defending Davis Cup champion Argentina’s hopes of maintaining its spot in the World Group for the 17th consecutive year are in jeopardy, as Kazakhstan’s Timur Khabibulin and Aleksandr Nedovyesov beat Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 to earn a 2-1 lead in the tie. The defending champions will turn to US Open quarter-finalist Diego Schwartzman to keep his nation’s hopes alive in the fourth rubber against Mikhail Kukushkin. Argentina looks to avoid becoming the third nation to win the Davis Cup before getting relegated from the World Group the next year. If Schwartzman wins, World No. 73 Guido Pella is scheduled to play #NextGenATP Dmitry Popko. NETHERLANDS 1, CZECH...
After 12 years competing on the ATP World Tour, former World No. 35 Benjamin Becker has decided to officially retire and return to school at Baylor University to complete his final semester of studies before graduating this coming spring. “I had in my mind that I was going to stop this year anyway,” Becker said. “With my [hip] injury that happened in October [Vienna], I wasn’t really able to do any pre-season this year. Just kind of wasn’t able to prepare the way I wanted to... at Wimbledon I knew I wasn’t going to make US Open qualies and since I knew I wanted to stop at the end of the year anyway, I felt like it was a good...