Russia have withdrawn their threat to field a youth team against Germany in the Davis Cup semi-final in September and have agreed to stage the tie in Moscow, having accepted a ruling by the International Tennis Federation that the Black Sea resort of Sochi would present too many travelling difficulties.
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