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For several days now Israelis have been walking around the vicinity of Yad Eliahu with a strange feeling of euphoria: The "Nokia Arena" looks like a true sports complex, the Russian team landed without its best players, Dudi Sela returned from Wimbledon with the knowledge that he is capable of earning two victories for Israel on his own, Andy Ram ...

An opportunity like this scarcely presents itself more than once in a generation.

Eight teams remain in contention to win the Davis Cup for their countries. They will battle each other in various cities this weekend - July 10 - 12 .

Russia's Davis Cup team arrived in Israel on Sunday afternoon and former world No.

It was more like a victim impact statement. In fact, it was as though world No. 1 Dinara Safina was run over by a large SUV on the green lawns of Wimbledon yesterday, demolished in embarrassing style by defending champion Venus Williams while managing to win only a single game.

Roger & Mirka and Steffi & Andre may have formed the ultimate tennis love-matches , but there are many more tumultuous examples: Kim Clijsters & Lleyton Hewitt, Jimmy Connors & Chris Evert and Radek Stepanek & Martina Hingis broke off their engagements, for example, while Verdasco & Ivanovic , Pennetta & Moya and Stepanek & Vaidisova experienced ...

WIMBLEDON, England, June 30 -- Of the four women who advanced to Wimbledon's semifinals, only one has lost a set. Only one has consistently berated herself over every on-court lapse of judgment and failure of will. And only one has drawn an umpire's warning for flinging her racket in a high-strung fit of self-loathing.

She is, not surprisingly, Dinara Safina, younger sister of the former No. 1 Marat Safin, whose combustible personality is widely regarded as having undermined his prodigious talent over the course of a career that's drawing to a close.

Serbian Novak Djokovic has, by his own admission, yet to hit top form at The Championships this year but he is happy to find himself in the third round.

Marat Safin of Russia chase a ball from Jesse Levine of U.S. during their first round singles match at Wimbledon, Tuesday, June 23, 2009.

PAT CASH has claimed, more than once, that their sexiness is all they have to offer the world of tennis.

Marat Safin left Wimbledon this week for the last time as a player, with his career-long trail of smashed rackets soon coming to an end.

Andy Murray moved into the second round at Wimbledon this morning after winning a tough four-set battle with American Robert Kendrick, while Marat Safin and Venus Williams met contrasting fortunes.

It seemed fitting, somehow, that two-time major champion Marat Safin's always-turbulent relationship with Wimbledon would end this way.

This might just be a record: Boca Prep International School put three players in the third round at Wimbledon.

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic made straightforward progress in their second-round matches at Wimbledon.

Andy Roddick maintained his record of never having lost in the first round at Wimbledon - but he was far from convincing against France's Jeremy Chardy on Tuesday.

5 5 Andy Roddick were among the first-round winners at Wimbledon Tuesday. American qualifier Jesse Levine pulled off the day's biggest upset, knocking out 14th seed Marat Safin .

Novak Djokovic cruised into the third round of Wimbledon with a straight-sets win over Simon Greul of Germany on Wednesday.

Roger Federer was set to continue his bid for a sixth Wimbledon title today after a "relieved" Marat Safin - his semi-final opponent last year - waved a less than fond farewell.

The now familiar tide of Murray-mania swept across Wimbledon as Andy Murray began his bid to end Britain's 73-year wait for a men's singles champion in glorious sunshine at the All England Club.