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With candid text and never-before-published photographs, this dynamic yearbook captures the dramatic story lines, high quality of play, and enthusiasm of the crowd that characterize Davis Cup. Launched in 1900 as a match between the United States and Great Britain, Davis Cup has grown into the largest annual team competition in sport with more than 130 nations entered in the year 2002. With Patrick McEnroe returning as the coach for a U.S. team that has advanced to the semifinals with Pete Sampras and Andy Roddick in its lineup, the competition now generates more attention in the U.S. than ever before. ... Read more

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Chapters: Marat Safin, Nikolay Davydenko, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Mikhail Youzhny, Dmitry Tursunov, Igor Andreev, Andrei Olhovskiy, Evgeny Korolev, Alexandre Kudryavtsev, Konstantin Kravchuk, Igor Kunitsyn, Andrei Chesnokov, Andrei Cherkasov, Teimuraz Gabashvili, Alexander Volkov, Andrey Kuznetsov, Andrei Stoliarov, Michail Elgin, Mikhail Ledovskikh. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 130. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Marat Mikhailovich Safin (Tatar: ; Russian: ; born January 27, 1980, in Moscow) is a retired Russian tennis player. Safin won two majors and reached the world number 1 ranking during his career. He was also famous for his emotional outbursts and sometimes fiery temper on court. Safin is the older brother of former World No. 1 WTA player Dinara Safina. They are the first brother-sister tandem in tennis history to both achieve No. 1 rankings. Safin began his professional career in 1997, and held the No. 1 world ranking for a total of 9 weeks between November 2000 and April 2001. He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2000 U.S. Open after defeating Pete Sampras, and won the 2005 Australian Open, defeating Australian Lleyton Hewitt in the final. Safin helped lead Russia to Davis Cup victories in 2002 and 2006. Despite his dislike of grass courts, he became the first Russian man to reach the semifinals of Wimbledon at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. At the time of his final Grand Slam appearance at the US Open on 2 September 2009, Safin was No. 61 in the official world men's tennis rankings. Safin was born in Moscow, USSR (now Russia), to Mikhail Alexeivich (Mubin Aliamtsevich) Safin and Rauza Islanova, an ethnic Tatar family. Safin describes himself as a non-practicing Muslim. He speaks Russian, English, and Spanish as well as his native Tatar. His parents are former te...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=383481 ... Read more