What’s coming out of the taps in Basel? Whether it’s Lindt chocolate or clean, crisp natural spring water, we have three Swiss players into the Basel quarterfinals on Friday. The last and only other time Basel saw three Swiss in the quarterfinals was eight years ago, when Federer, George Bastl and Michel Kratochvil made it [...]

The Times U.K. reports that Andy Murray has signed a five-year sponsorship deal with German brand adidas, worth over $16,000,000 (£10 million).
Via the adidas press release:
adidas has a new addition to its tennis line-up in 2010 with Andy Murray joining the global sportswear brand.  The 22-year-old Briton will sport the iconic 3-Stripes from January onwards [...]

A lot of interesting stories continue to develop in Tennis Land, so I thought I’d put them all down in one place:
Let’s start with some fun stuff. Reporter Matt Cronin via Twitter: “Sharapova recently began dating the Lakers’ Sasha Vujacic. Now if she can only help “The Machine” get his deadly jump shot back.”
Vujacic [...]

Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Thailand Open today, citing the abdominal injury that has been troubling him since the Rogers Cup tournament in Montreal this August.
Via rafaelnadal.com
“I am very disappointed not to be able to play in Bangkok. I was looking forward to this tournament but the injury I have been suffering during the North [...]

He’s going to Disneyland. . .or somewhere. Photo by: Angelo Tonelli
Though both semifinals were decided on Saturday, with Spain and the Czech Republic destined to meet in the finals, some Davis Cup drama still remained on Day 3.
After winning the doubles rubber against Team Suisse on Saturday, hope remained for the Italians at home. That [...]

Czech it out! Photographer: Paul Zimmer
Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek took care of business on Saturday, pairing up after their epic five setters the day before to beat  Marin Cilic/Lovro Zovko in the doubles: 6-1 6-3 6-4. The Czech team is now 3-0 over the Croatians, and is guaranteed a spot in the Davis Cup [...]

Photographer: Angelo Tonelli
A 6 hour five setter in Croatia, a Frenchman gets upset, Roger Federer wins – sometimes Davis Cup Drama is a little. . . predictable.
Here’s a quick summary of the action.
THE SEMIFINALS

Peek-a -boo, I see you! Photographer: Sergio Carmona

Spain vs. Israel: Spain is up 2-0 against Israel going into day 2, with David [...]

Photo: EFE
Another round of Davis Cup, another round of men in matching tracksuits! Here is my down and dirty preview and some photos of our favorite players.
THE SEMIFINALS:
The Defending Champs play Israel in Murcia, Spain where David Ferrer and Juan Carlos Ferrero will play the singles vs. Harel Levy and Dudi Sela and Erlich/Ram will [...]

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Sorry for the delay on the Day 9 Wrap – I had internet problems last night. We learned two interesting things on Tuesday:
1. Serena Williams will become No. 1 if she wins the US Open. And with her straight-set quarterfinal win over Flavia Pennetta on Tuesday she’s only two wins away. But [...]

“I don’t know how long or how quickly it will take me to get over it.”
That’s Andy Murray, who caught a wicked case of the Upset Bug on Tuesday. The second seed and co-favorite for the title was pushed out of the US Open by No. 16 seed Marin Cilic in their Round of 16 [...]

The big news out of the US Open this Friday? Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal both needed four sets to get through to the third round. They both lost their second sets – Murray beating Paul Capdeville: 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 and Nadal beating Nicolas Keifer: 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Capdeville is currently ranked 82 in [...]