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MILWAUKEE -- Watching Dexter Fowler jog out to play center field for the first time in more than a month made Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon smile.His swing looked even better to the Cubs.Fowler led off the first with a homer and drove in three runs in his first game back from the disabled list, powering Chicago to a 5-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night.How about it? Just right out of the gate, crushes the ball to center-field, Maddon said.Fowler went 3 for 4 with a walk and scored twice after being sidelined with a strained right hamstring. His two-run double to left with the bases loaded in the second drew rousing cheers from the bevy of Cubs fans visiting Milwaukee.Jason Hammel (9-5) allowed four hits and two runs over five-plus innings for his second victory since the All-Star break for NL Central-leading Chicago. He never trailed after Fowler slugged a 3-1 pitch from Jimmy Nelson (6-8) over the center-field wall to lead off the game.I was just happy to be back around the boys, Fowler said.And they were glad to have him back, too. Fowler is just as important inside the clubhouse as he is on the field.I was watching him in center field between innings, and hes like laughing with Addison (Russell), and there goes Jason (Heyward) out to right field, and it just looked right, Maddon said. Of course hes good, what he brings to the table inside is really, really important.Hernan Perez had a run-scoring double for the Brewers, and Ryan Braun hit a solo homer.There were so many fans in Chicago shirts that their boos drowned out cheers from Brewers backers when Braun stepped to the plate in fourth. Braun went deep to center on the first pitch of the at-bat from Hammel for his 14th homer of the year.The Brewers wasted too many other opportunities, going 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position.The game every nights going to come down to hitting with runners in scoring position, certainly, and when you go 0 for 9, youre not going to put up big numbers, manager Craig Counsell said.TURNING POINTHammel departed after allowing a leadoff double to Scooter Gennett in the sixth with the Brewers trailing 4-2. Reliever Carl Edwards Jr. then retired the Brewers 3-4-5 hitters in order, capped by strikeouts of Jonathan Lucroy and Chris Carter on six pitches total.WRIGLEY NORTHBy the end of the night, Miller Park felt more like Wrigley Field North after Hector Rondon pitched a scoreless ninth for his 17th save, getting Ramon Flores to fly out to the warning track in right with a runner on second.Even pregame ceremonies had some Chicago flair when cornerback Charles Peanut Tillman, who retired earlier Friday after signing a one-day contract with the NFLs Bears, threw out a ceremonial first pitch.NELSONS NIGHTFowler finished a triple short of the cycle. He had two of the four hits allowed by Nelson, who walked three and allowed four runs -- two unearned -- in five innings.The Cubs three-run second started following a throwing error by Nelson after making a good play jumping high for a bouncer up the middle by Russell. Three batters later, Fowler hit his two-run double.It started off with me throwing the ball away, so I kind of did it myself there. That was pretty much the story, Nelson said.TRAINERS ROOMCubs: Fowler missed 27 games after going on the 15-day DL on June 19. Definitely got some rest. But, you never want to get the rest like this, he said before the game.Brewers: OF Domingo Santana was making progress from his right elbow injury, Counsell said. The starting right fielder has been sidelined since June 8. Were getting close, certainly, Counsell said.UP NEXTCubs: RHP John Lackey (7-6) is looking to overcome a tough five-start stretch, having gone 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA in that span.Brewers: RHP Zach Davies (6-4) has turned into one of the teams top starters in his first full year in the majors. He is 6-1 with a 2.95 ERA over his last 13 starts.---Follow Genaro Armas at http://twitter.com/GArmasAP Blake Taylor Jersey . 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Administration of the sport in the tennis powerhouse has been in a state of flux, with three presidents in less than two years, marked by acrimonious ties with the players and a resultant stand-off. ?Miguel Diaz Roman, 56, who took over as the president of the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RSFT) in July this year, believes times are changing; he cites the willingness of top Spanish players to turn out for the Davis Group World Group play-off tie against India as the surest sign.Speaking to ESPN in an exclusive interview, Diaz, who is in New Delhi along with the rest of the Spanish team, said, Our first task has been to try to repose the players lost faith in the federation.We want to bring outliers into the federation fold. Its only been little over two months now but relations between us and the players are already on the mend and the strength of the team weve fielded in this tie says a lot.The unwillingness of Spains top players to appear for Davis Cup ties over the past few years has proven costly with regards to the national sides continued presence in the elite group.Former captain Carlos Moya, who quit after the side slipped to the Europe/Africa Group 1 for the first time since 1996 following a loss to Brazil two years ago, came out in the open, expressing his exasperation at being unsuccessful in convincing the countrys top players to turn out for Davis Cup ties.Injured world No. 2 Rafa Nadal and No 5 David Ferrer were the two absentees as Spain slumped to a 1-3 loss to Brazil on clay. Admitting that the federation has little control over its players, Diaz said, Its important for our top players to play Davis Cup ties given the legacy we have in the sport.Nadal, for instance, has not been playing Davis Cup for a while. We have no control over the players. The players must understand that success of the federation lies in the success off its players.ddddddddddddDelivering a damning verdict on the federation ahead of last years Wimbledon, Nadal had termed it a terrible situation, one that was hurting sponsors enthusiasm, dreams of young players and tennis at large in the country.Nadal was speaking in the aftermath of the suspension of then president Jose Luis Escanuela for financial irregularities. A lot of the turmoil and internal wrangling last year also had to do with Escanuela naming Gala Leon, a former No. 27-ranked player, as the first female captain of the Spanish Davis Cup side.What followed was an out-in-the open players revolt. After Escanuelas suspension on the eve of Wimbledon, the next president Fernando Fernandez-Ladreda, who took over almost immediately, sacked Leon in his first move and went on to appoint current captain Conchita Martinez in her place.With Martinezs contract set to expire this December, Diaz says he would be careful to avoid a repeat of last year.We will hold a meeting with the players and discuss whether she should continue in her current position. Players opinion is crucial in this regard and we want to avoid any bad blood, he said.Finances, Diaz adds, have been crippling. Money in sport is non-negotiable. And we are no La Liga, he says, There are a lot of things we want to change in the existing system. To hold more tournaments across all tiers, for instance. We also want to buy an ATP 250 and WTA event in the next two years at least and being able to pump in enough money for that will be crucial.Talking of the Spanish model of tennis, Diaz said the club tennis culture and a solid coaching structure have proved to be pivotal - one that India could attempt to replicate. India in the past had the Krishnans and Amritrajs. Germany had a Becker, but today they have none. Today we have a Nadal and a Ferrer, but in five years from now, who knows. ' ' '