Davis Cup: Rafael Nadal's Spain to lock horns with champions Croatia in finals

Nadal, a Davis Cup champion in 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2011, will likely face Marin Cilic.

Rafael Nadal aims participation in Davis Cup Finals, 2020 Olympics

The 32-year-old, however, added that the events are too far away to make any predictions regarding his participation, at the moment.

Osaka had worked with the German for just over a year.

The 32-year-old had last played at the China Open in October, 2017 where she suffered a knee injury.

Ankita Bhambri reckons a good serve will be key when Ankita Raina and Karman Kaur fight it out with higher-ranked players in the Fed Cup.

Nadal, popularly known as the ‘king of clay’, has record eleven French Open titles to his name.

World number 19 India will now compete in the Zone Group action later this year.

Andreas Seppi guided Italy into the first finals of the revamped Davis Cup after outplaying India 3-1 in the world group qualifier.

Tennis Australia accused firebrand Bernard Tomic of deliberately trying to sabotage the nation's Davis Cup team in a nasty spat with Hewitt.

Kvitova struggled with her serve and was eliminated from the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy after losing to Vekic in the quarterfinals.