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ITF prepones Davis Cup tie in September to avoid clash with Asian Games

The Davis Cup tie between India and Norway and that of nine other Asia nations, will now be held on 14-15 September while the ATF itself rescheduled the tennis event at Asian Games to 18-24 September.

Ukraine's Elina Svitolina refuses to play against Russian, Belarusian players, slams tennis bodies for not doing more

Svitolina, ranked 15th in the world, is the top seed in the WTA tournament in Monterrey where she is drawn to play Russian Anastasia Potapova in her first match.

ITF chief David Haggerty doesn't want 'to punish billion Chinese people' over Shuai Peng

Peng, a 35-year-old Wimbledon and French Open doubles champion, has alleged that former Chinese vice-premier Zhang Gaoli, now in his 70s, forced her into sex during a years-long on-and-off relationship.

Davis Cup: Medvedev, Rublev help Russia overpower Germany, set up summit clash with Croatia

The second-ranked Medvedev brushed aside Jan-Lennard Struff aside 6-4, 6-4 to seal the Russian victory after Rublev took the lead with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Dominik Koepfer.

Davis Cup: Daniil Medvedev leads the way as Russia defeat Sweden to enter second successive semi-final

Russia will on Saturday face Germany for a place in Sunday's final with Novak Djokovic's Serbia meeting neighbours Croatia in the other semi-final on Friday.

Davis Cup: Novak Djokovic performs double duty as Serbia defeat Kazakhstan to enter semi-finals

Djokovic eased past Alexander Bublik 6-3, 6-4 to level the quarter-final at 1-1 before teaming with Nikola Cacic to see off Andrey Golubev and Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 in the decisive doubles.

Davis Cup: Germany win decisive doubles encounter to knock Great Britain out, enter semi-finals

Britain’s Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski looked destined to force a third set, but Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz won the final seven points to help Germany book a clash with Russia or Sweden in Madrid on Saturday

Tokyo Olympics 2020: AITA to refer Rohan Bopanna's call-recording act to ethics committee

AITA also released its complete correspondence with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) concerning the qualification of India's men doubles team for the Tokyo Olympics.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Rohan Bopanna hits back after AITA condemns 'misleading' tweets over qualification

In a response to Bopanna's tweet, Sania echoed similar sentiments, saying that the lack of clarity may well have cost India a shot at winning the medal in the mixed doubles event.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: AITA hits back at Rohan Bopanna, questions why doubles star didn’t qualify on his own

The AITA had announced the nomination of Bopanna and Sharan for the men's doubles event of the Tokyo Games. However, Bopanna (38) and Sharan (75), with a low combined rank of 113 missed out on qualification.