3:35 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Rafael Nadal gave all he had on the Caja Magica center court in Madrid. The top-ranked Spanish star even admitted he risked getting injured by playing eight matches — five singles, three doubles — in six days at the Davis Cup Finals, the new World Cup of tennis.

10:00 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — The United States will face Uzbekistan in qualifiers for the 2020 Davis Cup finals. The Americans, the Davis Cup’s most successful team with 32 titles, will have choice of venues for the tie in March. Sunday’s draw also determined that 2019 champion Croatia will face the winner of

1:35 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Canada reached its first Davis Cup final by beating Russia 2-1 on Saturday. In the decisive doubles match, Vasek Pospisil and Denis Shapovalov beat Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5). The Canadians, playing Davis Cup since 1913, will meet in the final against Britain or

1:35 PM ET ESPN News Services MADRID — Canada reached its first final in 106 years of playing Davis Cup by beating Russia 2-1 on Saturday. The Canadians will meet host and five-time champion Spain in Sunday’s final. In the decisive doubles match, Canada’s Vasek Pospisil and Denis Shapovalov beat Russia’s Karen Khachanov and Andrey

Nov 23, 2019 Associated Press MADRID — The International Tennis Federation says France and Serbia have received wild-card entries for the 2020 Davis Cup Finals. They will join the four semifinalists from this year’s inaugural revamp: Britain, Canada, Russia and Spain. Serbia lost to Russia in the quarterfinals, and France was eliminated in the group

9:44 AM ET NEW DELHI — Sasi Kumar Mukund has pulled out of the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Pakistan due to a foot injury. This means a six-member Indian squad will travel to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. Mukund is the second Indian player to pull out after Rohan Bopanna withdrew due to a shoulder injury. Mukund,

4:44 PM ET Associated Press MEXICO CITY — For 73 years, Mexico City’s Plaza de Toros bullring has hosted hundreds of bullfights, but on Saturday it will become a tennis court as Roger Federer faces Germany’s Alexander Zverev. Saturday’s match is the fourth stop in a tour of Latin America by the two tennis greats.

11:02 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal both played singles and doubles on Friday, but only the Spaniard was able to lead his team into the last four at the Davis Cup Finals. Nadal guided Spain to a 2-1 comeback victory over Argentina, while Djokovic couldn’t prevent Serbia from being

6:39 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Canada won the decisive doubles match to beat Australia 2-1 and reach the semifinals of the Davis Cup Finals on Thursday. Vasek Pospisil and Denis Shapovalov defeated John Peters and Jordan Thompson 6-4, 6-4 to give Canada its first Davis Cup win against the Aussies. Nick Kyrgios surprisingly

5:29 PM ET Lleyton Hewitt’s decision to axe Nick Kyrgios from Australia’s Davis Cup quarter-final has backfired as Australia crashed out of the quarter-finals to Canada. Australia went down 2-1 with the inspirational Vasik Pospisil the hero for the Canadians who will now face Serbia or Russia in the semi-finals on Saturday. John Peers and