Tennis News

The remarkable rise of Canadian tennis continued as Denis Shapovalov and Vasek Pospisil combined to defeat Australia and become the first semi-finalists of the new-look Davis Cup.

One "massive" team event, featuring both men and women, is the long-term goal as the new look Davis Cup Finals conclude in Madrid this weekend explains tennis correspondent Russell Fuller

Canada won the decisive doubles match to beat Australia and become the first team to advance to the semifinals of the Davis Cup Finals, where it will meet the winner of the Serbia-Russia tie.

Dan Evans and Kyle Edmund secured huge singles wins to send Great Britain into the Davis Cup semi-finals where they will face hosts Spain or Argentina at Madrid's Caja Magica.

Kyle Edmund steps up again in Andy Murray's absence to start Great Britain's Davis Cup quarter-final against Germany with a win.

Novak Djokovic's Serbia miss out on the Davis Cup semi-finals after they fail to convert three match points in a narrow defeat by Russia.

Andy Murray will not play in Great Britain's Davis Cup quarter-final against Germany with captain Leon Smith sticking with the team who beat Kazakhstan.

Rafael Nadal led Spain to a 2-1 comeback win over Argentina in the Davis Cup quarterfinals, while Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki lost a decisive doubles match that saw Serbia ousted.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki squandered three match points in the deciding doubles match against Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev as Russia advanced to the Davis Cup semifinals.