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By GRAHAM DUNBAR, Sports Writer FRIBOURG, Switzerland – Roger Federer hopes to recapture the emotion ofSwitzerland’s 2001 Davis Cup victory against the United States when they meetagain in the first round this weekend. Federer recalled the Swiss win on Tuesday, when as a 19-year-old he wonthree matches for a 3-2 victory in his home city of Basel. “I think it was my first emotional outburst on a tennis court because I wasso exhausted on Sunday after winning singles, doubles and singles,” Federersaid. Switzerland’s Davis Cup te… – Feb 7, 9:32 am EST Switzerland’s Davis Cup te… – Feb 7, 9:28 [...]

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LONDON – Novak Djokovic won the top individual honor at the 2012Laureus Sports Awards on Monday, and Barcelona captured the team prize. The top-ranked Djokovic won sportsman of the year at the ceremony in London,one week after the Serbian triumphed at the Australian Open to become the fifthman in the Open era to win three Grand Slam titles in a row. Barcelona was recognized as the best team after a stellar 2011 in which PepGuardiola’s players won the Spanish league and Champions League. Kenyan distance runner Vivian Cheruiyot, winner of the 5,000- and10,000-meter titles at the world championships last year, [...]

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STUTTGART, Germany – Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova rallied to beatGermany’s Sabine Lisicki on Sunday, sending defending champion Czech Republicinto the semifinals of the Fed Cup. Angelique Kerber later beat Lucie Hradecka 6-4, 6-4 to salvage some pridefor the hosts. It was the 24-year-old German’s first Fed Cup win. Kvitova edged Lisicki 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-1 to give the Czechs an insurmountable3-0 lead in the best-of-five first-round series. Iveta Benesova and BarboraZahlavova Strycova made it a 4-1 victory with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over JuliaGeorges and Anna-Lena Groenefeld in the doubles. The Czechs will face Italy on April 21-22. MySportNews іѕ a sports news digest publication that compiles real time, on demand sports news, articles, аnd resources. [...]

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MOSCOW – Carla Suarez Navarro routed Nadia Petrova 6-0, 6-3 Sunday inreverse singles to give Spain its first point in the Fed Cup World Group firstround match against Russia. Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova easily won their opening singles togive Russia a 2-0 lead on Saturday. Kuznetsova was scheduled to take on Silvia Soler-Espinosa in the secondreverse singles. Suarez Navarro rallied from 40-love in the opening game and won the rest ofthe games to close the set in 22 minutes. After an exchange of breaks early inthe second set, the Spaniard broke decisively in the sixth game and wrapped upthe [...]

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MADRID – Rafael Nadal says his fiscal requirements are up to date aftera Spanish website reported the Australian Open finalist had set up severalcompanies to trim his tax bill. Spanish website Primeran says Nadal created companies in the Basque regionto take advantage of a local tax rule to drop the amount of income tax he wouldhave to pay from image rights. Spanish media reported on Thursday that Basquetax authorities were investigating. Nadal issued a statement acknowledging the existence of the companies, whichhad been transferred to his home residence of the Balearic Islands. Nadal sayshe gained “no benefit,” while the companies [...]

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By The Associated Press Andy Roddick remains on track to return at the S Open in San Jose, eventhough he says he hasn’t hit a tennis ball since hurting his right hamstring inthe second round of the Australian Open. Roddick said on a conference call Thursday that an MRI exam showed a partialtear in the tendon after he hurt his leg in a match against Lleyton Hewitt onJan 19. Roddick, who turns 30 in August, was hurt in the second set against Hewittand took a medical timeout. He then played 16 more games before retiring. “It’s a concern,” Roddick said. [...]

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BELGRADE, Serbia – Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic will notplay in Serbia’s Davis Cup match against Sweden this month. Serbia captain Bogdan Obradovic said he decided to let the top-rankedDjokovic rest after he beat Rafael Nadal in a grueling five-set final inMelbourne. Obradovic told The Associated Press that “we want to spare Djokovic to helphim remain the world’s No. 1 player and win gold at the Olympic Games inLondon.” Obradovic says “I had difficultly to persuade Djokovic not to play againstSweden, but think we can beat them even without him.” Serbia beat Sweden 4-1 in an away match last season. [...]

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By JIMMY GOLEN, Sports Writer WORCESTER, Mass. – Serena Williams said her sister Venus has been training every day and will be ready for the Fed Cup matches against Belarus- her first competitive tennis since she pulled out of the U.S. Open because of an autoimmune disease. “She’s coming along awesome. She’s doing really well,” said Serena Williams, who played her older sister in an exhibition in Colombia in November. “She’s not wanting to take it too fast, come back too soon. But she’s been training every day since before Colombia, so I know she’s going to be ready.” The Williams sisters will be teammates [...]

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