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Article: For U.S. and Spain, a little psychic compensation Davis Cup tennis

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September 27, 2004
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Christopher Clarey
International Herald Tribune
09-27-2004
The Davis Cup is tennis's best way of compensating, and that's no reference to prize money, which is not the reason most of the world's top men's players still look forward to this century-old team competition. The Davis Cup has evolved into psychic compensation for tennis stars: a way of channeling frustrated personal ambition into a worthy, common goal. There is already plenty of emotion in the Davis Cup, with the flags waving and the fans shrieking and the heightened emphasis on each and every point. But when it is all you have left to make your season special, it can acquire even more of an edge. Andy Roddick and the Americans ...

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