Tennis Channel To Televise USA Vs. Serbia Davis Cup Tie

(March 4, 2010) The United States Davis Cup team hits the red clay of Belgrade in this weekend's tie against Serbia and Tennis Channel will be there to cover it.

Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of the U.S. Davis Cup team’s first-round competition against Serbia in Belgrade this weekend, with live and primetime telecasts this weekend.

The meeting will consist of two singles matches on Friday, March 5, at 10 a.m. Eastern time, followed by the doubles match Saturday, March 6, at 8 a.m. Tennis Channel’s coverage concludes with the remaining singles play Sunday, March 7, at 9 a.m. Eastern time.

John Isner will make his Davis Cup debut when he opens the tie against Viktor Troicki tomorrow. Sam Querrey takes on World No. 2 Novak Djokovic in the second singles match.

The winner of the USA vs. Serbia tie will face either Croatia or Ecuador in the quarterfinals July 9-11.

Each evening at 7 p.m. ET Tennis Channel will offer an encore presentation of the day’s Davis Cup action.

Coverage from Beogradska Arena in Belgrade is as follows (all times are Eastern):

Friday, March 5:

10 a.m. – John Isner (USA) vs. Viktor Troicki (SRB)

1 p.m. – Sam Querrey (USA) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB)

7 p.m. – Instant Encore Isner vs. Troicki

10 p.m. – Instant Encore Querrey vs. Djokovic

Saturday, March 6:

8 a.m. – Mike Bryan/Bob Bryan (USA) vs. Janko Tipsarevic/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)

12 p.m. – Instant Encore Doubles

3 p.m. – Instant Encore Doubles

7 p.m. – Instant Encore Doubles

Sunday, March 7:

9 a.m. – John Isner (USA) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB)

12 p.m. – Sam Querrey (USA) vs. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)

7 p.m. – Instant Encore Isner vs. Djokovic

10 p.m. – Instant Encore Querrey vs. Troicki

The United States and Serbia have never faced each other in Davis Cup play. Last year the American squad defeated Switzerland 4-1 in the first-round, but lost against Croatia , failing to reach the semifinals for the first time since 2005. In 2007 the U.S. team won its 32nd Davis Cup title with a 4-1 win against Russia .

Isner won his first ATP World Tour title in Auckland, New Zealand, in January, and became the second ranked American singles player when he reached the fourth round at the 2010 Australian Open. Querrey, World No. 22, will be making his second Davis Cup appearance this weekend after winning his second singles title at the LA Open and winning his first ATP World Tour doubles title in San Jose , Calif. , at the SAP Open with Mardy Fish. The world’s top-ranked doubles players, twin brothers Bob and Mike Bryan, continue to be the world’s most dominate pair, capturing their eighth Grand Slam doubles title at the 2010 Australian Open.

Unlike the United States , Serbia has a relatively short Davis Cup history, competing as Serbia & Montenegro from 2004-2006 and Yugoslavia from 1927-2003. Last year Serbia lost to Spain 4-1 in the first round. Serbia is captained by Bogdan Obradovic.