There is, of course, more than one way to train for a Davis Cup match. Some ways are just better than others. Australia's defending champions got ready for last week's challenge round by playing in warmup tournaments and running laps. Their Spanish challengers had a different theory. They arrived in Australia two weeks late, explaining casually that they had missed a connection in Tahiti. ("It was," sighed Spain's Luis Arilla, "such a beautiful spot.") Then they begged out of two Australian tournaments and didn't even hoist a racket during a "practice session"...
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