Argentina’s David Nalbandian was first thought too injured to participate in the Stockholm tie, but after a successful insertion in the Saturday doubles, Nalbandian played the hero in the fifth and deciding singles match, defeating Sweden’s Andreas Vinciguerra to put Argentina into the Davis Cup quarterfinals. Swede Robin Soderling forced a fifth match by defeating Argentina’s Leonardo Mayer in straight sets in the first Sunday singles. Argentina will travel to Russia for the quarterfinal encounter.

Andy Roddick expressed his interest in one day being captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team.

Elephants helped with the draw ceremony for Australia’s Davis Cup match.

Sean Randall makes his pick for the 2010 Davis Cup.

Despite the controversies and suggestions about changing Davis Cup, I’ve always enjoyed the unique features Davis Cup brings to tennis.

Nikolay Dayvdenko has retired from his match in Dubai.

In stunning news, Andy Roddick and James Blake will not be playing Davis Cup for the U.S. in 2010.

This happens every single year, but every year it leaves a bad taste in the mouth of tennis fans.

During the lengthy hiatus before the 2010 tennis season, I have turned my focus away from the tours and toward tennis’ relationship with popular culture. Sports and games have made major contributions to popular culture. Several great movies have used sports to tell stories.

Rafael Nadal helped Spain capture their fourth Davis Cup title of the decade.