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U.S. faces obstacles in defending Davis Cup championship

By Bonnie D. Ford
ESPN.com

Monday, February 4, 2008

Ten weeks have elapsed since the United States Davis Cup team won its first title in 12 years -- barely time for dry cleaners to lift the Champagne and cigar smoke from the players' laundry. Yet they're back at it again. The relentless, year-round, no-breaks-for-victors Davis Cup carousel has spun the defending champions off to Vienna for the Feb. 8-10 first round, where they'll face Austria on soft indoor clay, the least favorable surface for the U.S. team. It's a situation ripe for upset, ...

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