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Sofia 2019

  • Posted: Feb 03, 2019

Sofia 2019

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Cuevas Set To Make Splash In Cordoba

  • Posted: Feb 03, 2019

Cuevas Set To Make Splash In Cordoba

ATP 250 event debuts this week in Argentina

Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas will go for his seventh ATP Tour title this week at the inaugural Cordoba Open in Argentina. The 33-year-old Cuevas last won a title at the 2017 Brasil Open in Sao Paulo and all six of his trophies have come on clay.

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Cuevas receives a first-round bye and will meet either Argentine wild card Carlos Berlocq or Tunisia’s Malek Jaziri, the sixth seed.

Italians lead the field at the tournament in central Argentina. The top two seeds, respectively, are Fabio Fognini, an eight-time ATP Tour titlist, and Marco Cecchinato, who reached the Roland Garros semi-finals last year.

Two other ATP Tour 250 events start on Monday as well: The Sofia Open, led by top seed Karen Khachanov of Russia, and the Open Sud de France in Montpellier, where defending champion Lucas Pouille looks to retain his title.

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Cordoba 2019

  • Posted: Feb 03, 2019

Cordoba 2019

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Dolphins, lederhosen, clams and cows – weird and wonderful sporting trophies

  • Posted: Feb 03, 2019

Trophies come in all shapes and sizes.

Take the Ashes urn, for example, at 11cm high, and then compare it with the Indy 500’s Borg-Warner Trophy, which comes in at 163cm tall.

Then there is the tree-shaped Paris Masters trophy, and the Qatar Masters’ ‘Golden Clam’.

How about a dolphin balancing a ball on its nose? That’s what Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska is taking home from the Thailand Open.

On Sunday, the 18-year-old world number 47 was presented with the trophy after beating Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic 6-2 2-6 7-6 (7-3) in Hua Hin for her second career WTA singles title.

Here, BBC Sport takes a look at some of the weird and wonderful sporting trophies, starting with tennis.

And then there are the rest…

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Australia & Germany among 12 countries to qualify for Davis Cup finals

  • Posted: Feb 03, 2019

Australia, Germany, Serbia and Italy have won their Davis Cup ties to make it through to the 18-nation World Cup-style event in Madrid in November.

Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Netherlands and Russia also won their qualifying ties.

The winners join automatic qualifiers Argentina, Croatia, France, Great Britain, Spain and USA in the finals.

Serbia, without world number one Novak Djokovic, were given a scare by Uzbekistan but emerged 3-2 victors.

Uzbekistan were 2-0 down overnight only to level at 2-2, with Denis Istomin partnering Sanjar Fayziev to a 2-6 6-1 6-3 win over Nikola Milojevic and Viktor Troicki in the doubles before Istomin beat Dusan Lajovic 6-3 6-4 in the singles.

However, Serbia went through after Filip Krajinovic came back from a set down to overcome Fayziev 4-6 6-3 6-0 in the final rubber.

Japan had to come back from 2-1 down against China to reach the finals, with Taro Daniel beating Zhe Li 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 in the deciding match.

Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Norbert Gombos 6-3 6-4 in a decider to send Canada through at the expense of Slovakia, while Chile knocked out Austria thanks to Christian Garin’s 6-2 6-1 victory over Jurij Rodionov in the final rubber.

Switzerland, who were missing 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka, fell 3-1 to Russia.

There were also 3-1 wins for Italy over India, Kazakhstan against Portugal and for Netherlands in their tie with Czech Republic.

Germany were emphatic 5-0 winners against Hungary, while Australia and Colombia were comfortable 4-0 victors against Bosnia & Herzegovina and Sweden respectively.

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The Davis Cup format has undergone an overhaul and has been replaced by the event to be held in Madrid later this year, with matches to be played over the best of three sets across two days rather than three.

Results:

Australia 4-0 Bosnia & Herzegovina

Austria 2-3 Chile

Brazil 1-3 Belgium

China 2-3 Japan

Colombia 4-0 Sweden

Czech Republic 1-3 Netherlands

Germany 5-0 Hungary

India 1-3 Italy

Kazakhstan 3-1 Portugal

Slovakia 2-3 Canada

Switzerland 1-3 Russia

Uzbekistan 2-3 Serbia

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