BOLOGNA/WASHINGTON, November 22, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Spain, without World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, reached the Davis Cup semifinals this week for the first time since they won their sixth title in 2019. However, their last two ties – including […]
BOLOGNA/WASHINGTON, November 21, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) After Argentina fell to eventual champion Italy at the quarterfinal stage of last year’s Davis Cup Final 8 in Malaga, Spain, the South American nation had been motivated to come back better than […]
STARNBERG, November 17, 2025 What began as a promising Billie Jean King Cup weekend ended in deep disappointment for the German team. In Ismaning, everything was supposed to go according to plan: Germany entered Group F as the clear favourite, […]
ISMANING, November 16, 2025 On paper, everything seemed straightforward: the Group F Play-Offs of the Billie Jean King Cup were expected to follow a familiar script. Germany and Türkiye would open the weekend on Friday in Ismaning, with the hosts […]
ISMANING, November 14, 2025 Germany opened their Billie Jean King Cup Play-Offs campaign in Ismaning with a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Turkey on Friday. While Ella Seidel gave the hosts a promising start by winning the opening singles rubber, the […]
TOKYO/STARNBERG, September 10, 2025 Seventeen-year-old Justin Engel is one of the brightest young talents in world tennis. This week in Tokyo, the Nuremberg native has joined the German Davis Cup team for the first time in his career. In an […]
HAMBURG, September 4, 2025 The German Davis Cup team will be without Daniel Altmaier for their upcoming tie against Japan in Tokyo on September 12–13. The 26-year-old is still recovering from a muscle injury sustained at the US Open. In […]
HAMBURG/STARNBERG, January 11, 2025 Davis Cup captain Michael Kohlmann has named Jan-Lennard Struff, Yannick Hanfmann, Kevin Krawietz, and Tim Puetz to represent Germany against Israel in the first round of the 2025 Davis Cup Qualifiers. The tie, scheduled for February […]
PERTH/SYDNEY/WASHINGTON, December 30, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) With a berth in the United Cup quarterfinals already secured during singles, Germany’s Alexander Zverev and Laura Siegemund teamed to beat Zhang Zhizhen and Zhang Shuai of China, 6-2, 7-6 (3), in the […]
MALAGA/WASHINGTON, November 23, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) European foes Germany and the Netherlands have enjoyed a long sporting rivalry. On the tennis court, it’s been the Germans who have done most of the cheering. After all, team captain Michael Kohlmann‘s […]
