Tennis: Alex Bogdanovic back for Davis Cup, while GB Under-16s triumph

Alex Bogdanovic has been recalled to the Great Britain Davis Cup team after more than two years out in the cold.

Bogdanovic, 26, the British No 2 was first dropped from the side for the tie against Ukraine at the start of 2009 and has not featured since. Bogdanovic made himself unavailable for last year's tie against Turkey saying he wanted to concentrate on improving his ranking, but has now seemingly had a change of heart and is set to feature in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II clash with Tunisia in Bolton next month.

With Andy Murray again absent, James Ward and the Scottish trio of Jamie Baker, Jamie Murray and Colin Fleming complete the five-man squad. The selection means Fleming will be split from regular doubles partner Ross Hutchins, while Ken Skupski, who won a title in Marseille over the weekend with Robin Haase, missed out.

Meanwhile, Scotland's Jonny O'Mara led the GB Under-16 boys' team to victory in the Tennis Europe Winter Cup Finals in Ronchin, France.

It was a second win for Great Britain in this competition and their first since 1993. Despite playing a strong French team on their home patch the British team won 2-1 thanks to a singles win for Arbroath's O'Mara and the crucial doubles win.

The GB team were the top seeds and got off to a great start as O'Mara, who trains out of the Scottish National Tennis Centre at the University of Stirling, defeated Alexandre Favrot 6-3, 6-2 in the opening singles rubber. Christopher Pearce then lost out to Enzo Couacaud 6-2, 6-1, despite the encouragements of team captain Greg Rusedski.

The tie and title came down to the doubles rubber which O'Mara and Christopher Pearce won 6-4, 6-4 against Alexandre Favrot and Enzo Py.

lFormer world No 7 Mario Ancic has retired at the age of 26 to become a lawyer after years battling illness and injury. The big-serving Croatian, who earned the nickname "Super Mario" after reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals in 2004, achieved his career-high ranking in 2006 but has struggled since with the illness mononucleosis as well as back and knee problems. "I can't stand it any more, I have finished my career," said Ancic. "I'm forced to quit because nature has decided it's time."