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Tennis: Canadians return to Vancouver for Italy tie

Canada's Davis Cup squad, fresh from a stunning upset of tennis powerhouse Spain earlier this month, will return to Vancouver for a home quarter-final tie against Italy in April, Tennis Canada announced on Tuesday. The Canadians will meet Italy on the indoor hardcourts in Thunderbird Sports Centre at the University of British Columbia on April 5-7. The winner will meet either the United States or Serbia in a Davis Cup semi-final tie in September.

Tennis: Davis Cup - Canada 3 Spain 1

Results on Sunday in the Davis Cup World Group first-round tie between Canada and Spain: Canada 3 Spain 1 Milos Raonic (CAN) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 Frank Dancevic (CAN) v Albert Ramos (ESP) Saturday Marcel Granollers/Marc Lopez (ESP) bt Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-2 Friday Milos Raonic (CAN) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 Frank Dancevic (CAN) bt Marcel Granollers (ESP) 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 afp

UPDATE 2-Tennis-Davis Cup world group round 1 Canada v Spain result

Feb 3 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the Davis Cup World Group Round 1 match between Canada and Spain on Sunday Canada beat 1-Spain 3-2 On Saturday Frank Dancevic (Canada) beat Marcel Granollers (Spain) 6-1 6-2 6-2 Milos Raonic (Canada) beat Albert Ramos (Spain) 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 6-4 On Sunday Albert Ramos (Spain) beat Frank Dancevic (Canada) 7-5 6-4 Milos Raonic (Canada) beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 6-3 6-4 6-2 Mar

Tennis: Berdych wins battle of Davis Cup marathon men

Tomas Berdych defeated Stanislas Wawrinka in a battle of Davis Cup marathon men on Sunday as defending champions Czech Republic moved into the quarter-finals. The Czechs led Switzerland 2-1 overnight in Geneva after Berdych and Lukas Rosol beat Wawrinka and Marco Chiudinelli 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 24-22 in the longest-ever Davis Cup match, an exhausting doubles which a minute over seven hours.

Tennis: Czechs win seven-hour epic, Spain hang on

Tomas Berdych and Lukas Rosol won a Davis Cup doubles epic on Saturday to give defending champions Czech Republic the edge over Switzerland as 2012 finalists Spain stayed alive in Canada. Berdych and Rosol beat Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka and Marco Chiudinelli 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 24-22 in the longest ever Davis Cup match, an exhausting clash which took 7 hours and one minute.

Tennis: Davis Cup - Canada 2 Spain 1

Result on Saturday in the Davis Cup World Group first-round tie between Canada and Spain: Canada 2 Spain 1 Marcel Granollers/Marc Lopez (ESP) bt Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-2 Friday Milos Raonic (CAN) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 Frank Dancevic (CAN) bt Marcel Granollers (ESP) 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 Sunday (1900GMT) Milos Raonic (CAN) v Marcel Granollers (ESP) Frank Dancevic (CAN) v Albert Ramos (ESP) afp

Tennis: Czechs win seven-hour epic, Spain hang on

Tomas Berdych and Lukas Rosol won a Davis Cup doubles epic on Saturday to give defending champions Czech Republic the edge over Switzerland as 2012 finalists Spain stayed alive in Canada. Berdych and Rosol beat Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka and Marco Chiudinelli 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 24-22 in the longest ever Davis Cup match, an exhausting clash which took 7 hours and one minute.

Tennis-Canada push Spain to brink of shock Davis Cup exit

Feb 1 (Reuters) - Canada raced to a 2-0 lead over Spain in their Davis Cup world group first round tie on Friday, pushing the five-times champions to the brink of defeat and moving to within a doubles victory of a maiden win at this level. With top-ranked Spain missing big guns Rafa Nadal, David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro, the Canadians seized their chance when Milos Raonic and Frank Dancevic dominated the clay-loving Iberians on the lightning fast Vancouver hardcourts.

Tennis: Davis Cup - Canada 2 Spain 0

Results on Friday in the Davis Cup World Group first-round tie between Canada and Spain: Canada 2 Spain 0 Milos Raonic (CAN) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 Frank Dancevic (CAN) bt Marcel Granollers (ESP) 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 Saturday (2100GMT) Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil (CAN) v Marcel Granollers/ Marc Lopez (ESP) Sunday (1900GMT) Milos Raonic (CAN) v Marcel Granollers (ESP) Frank Dancevic (CAN) v Albert Ramos (ESP) afp

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Davis Cup world group round 1 Canada v Spain latest

Feb 2 (Infostrada Sports) - Latest from the Davis Cup World Group Round 1 match between Canada and Spain on Friday Canada lead 1-Spain 2-0 On Saturday Frank Dancevic (Canada) beat Marcel Granollers (Spain) 6-1 6-2 6-2 Milos Raonic (Canada) beat Albert Ramos (Spain) 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 6-4
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