Topic: Marc Lopez

Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal will team up for the doubles tennis competition at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris, the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation announced Wednesday.

Spain kept its 2013 Davis Cup hopes alive Saturday when Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez logged a first-round doubles win over their Canadian opponents.

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Singles victories by Milos Raonic and Frank Dancevic Friday gave Canada a 2-0 lead over Spain in their first-round Davis Cup meeting.

Americans Bob and Mike Bryan moved within one victory of a 13th Grand Slam doubles championship Thursday with a straight-sets win at the Australian Open.

Top-five players Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer won't be available for Spain when it opens Davis Cup play next week against Canada.

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Tomas Berdych survived a five-set marathon Friday and pulled the Czech Republic even at 1-1 in the best-of-five Davis Cup final against Spain.

David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro, undefeated in Davis Cup this year, have singles duty for Spain against the Czech Republic in this weekend's Davis Cup final.

World No. 6-ranked Tomas Berdych, with eight match wins in Davis Cup this year, will lead the Czech Republic into the Davis Cup finals against Spain.