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Rosset axed as Swiss Davis captain

Rosset (right) in happier times along with the Swiss Davis Cup squad

GENEVA, Switzerland -- Marc Rosset has been sacked as Switzerland's Davis Cup captain.

The team no longer had the "indispensable" confidence in their 34-year-old captain, Swiss Tennis said in a statement just two months before the play-off against Britain.

Three times Wimbledon champion Roger Federer broke the news to Rosset.

"The decision was taken unanimously and I explained it to Marc," Federer said.

"It was motivated by internal reasons. We all have a lot of respect for Marc as a person and a top level athlete with huge achievements. He is and will remain a great personality in Swiss tennis."

Switzerland and Britain face-off on September 23 in Geneva to try to stay in the top flight of the Davis Cup.

A successor for Rosset, who was captain since 2002, has not been named. Coaches Ivo Werner and Pierre Paganini will act as technical directors in the interim.

Switzerland, without Federer, lost their first round Davis Cup tie against the Netherlands in March.

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