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  • Spanish Rafael Nadal returns a ball to US Andy Roddick during their Davis Cup semi-final match at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid. Nadal won 6-4, 6-0, 6-4 and Spain's team reaches the Davis Cup final.(AFP/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)
    Spain beat USA to reach Davis Cup final AFP - Sun Sep 21, 3:00 PM ET

    MADRID (AFP) - Spain beat defending champions the USA to reach the Davis Cup final when world number one Rafael Nadal thrashed American Andy Roddick in straight sets Sunday to give the hosts an unbeatable lead in their semi-final clash.

  • Russian Vera Zvonareva serves to Spanish Anabel Medina during a Fed Cup World Group Final tennis match in Madrid, on 13 September. Zvonareva came from a set down to deny Peng Shuai her first WTA title, crushing the Chinese star 6-7 (4/7), 6-0, 6-2 to claim the Guangzhou Open.(AFP/File/Pedro Armestre)
    Zvonareva wins Guangzhou tennis open AFP - Sun Sep 21, 6:05 AM ET

    GUANGZHOU, China (AFP) - World number nine Vera Zvonareva came from a set down to deny Peng Shuai her first WTA title Sunday, crushing the Chinese star 6-7 (4/7), 6-0, 6-2 to claim the Guangzhou Open.

  • Olympic silver medallist Dinara Safina, seen here on September 20, powered past Svetlana Kuznetsova in an all-Russian final for her first victory at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament on Sunday.(AFP/Toru Yamanaka)
    Safina beats Kuznetsova to win Pan Pacific Open AFP - Sun Sep 21, 2:22 AM ET

    TOKYO (AFP) - Olympic silver medallist Dinara Safina powered past Svetlana Kuznetsova in an all-Russian final for her first victory at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament on Sunday.

  • British Jamie Murray (right) and Ross Hutchins are pictured during their Davis Cup tennis match against Austrian Jurgen Melzer and Julian Knowle at Wimbledon,in London. Great Britain's hopes of retaining a Davis Cup World Group spot were left hanging in the balance after Austria won the doubles in their play-off tie to take a 2-1 lead into the final day.(AFP/Ian Kington)
    Austria in control after British doubles gamble backfires in Davis Cup AFP - Sat Sep 20, 11:33 AM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - Great Britain's hopes of retaining a Davis Cup World Group spot were left hanging in the balance after Austria won the doubles in their play-off tie to take a 2-1 lead into the final day.

  • Dinara Safina of Russia returns the ball agasint her compatriot Nadia Petrova during the semi-final match of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo. Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova set up an all-Russian final with crushing wins at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament.(AFP/Toru Yamanaka)
    Kuznetsova to face Safina in Pan Pacific Open tennis final AFP - Sat Sep 20, 5:02 AM ET

    TOKYO (AFP) - Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova set up an all-Russian final with crushing wins at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament on Saturday.

  • India's Prakash Amritraj returns the ball to Romania's Victor Crivoi during their Davis Cup 2008, World group Play-off match between Romania and India in Bucharest. India got off to a bad start in their Davis Cup World Group play-off tie after Crivoi gave hosts Romania a 1-0 lead, beating Amritraj 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 in the opening singles rubber.(AFP/Daniel Mihailescu)
    India lose opening Davis Cup match AFP - Fri Sep 19, 8:51 AM ET

    BUCHAREST (AFP) - India got off to a bad start in their Davis Cup World Group play-off tie on Friday after Victor Crivoi gave hosts Romania a 1-0 lead, beating Prakash Amritraj 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 in the opening singles rubber.

  • Jelena Jankovic of Serbia returns the ball against Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia during the quarter-final match of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo. Jankovic's hopes of regaining her world number one spot this week ended when she crashed out of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarter finals.(AFP/Toru Yamanaka)
    Jankovic knocked out of Pan Pacific tennis Open AFP - Fri Sep 19, 4:50 AM ET

    TOKYO (AFP) - Jelena Jankovic's hopes of regaining her world number one spot this week ended on Friday when she crashed out of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarter-finals.

  • Australia's Davis Cup team members (L to R) Peter Lucsak, Robert Smith, team captain John Fitzgerald, Carsten Ball and Chris Guccione pose in Antofagasta, Chile, on the eve of their match vs Chile.(AFP/Martin Bernetti)
    Aussies hope to overcome Hewitt loss in Chile AFP - Thu Sep 18, 2:44 PM ET

    SANTIAGO (AFP) - Without former world number one Lleyton Hewitt, former champions Australia will be out to down their hosts Chile in this weekend's Davis Cup World Group play-off at Antofagasta.

  • Rafael Nadal of Spain, seen here on September 01, 2008, leads Spain into a semi-final clash against defending champions USA in a Madrid bullring with a final date with either Argentina or Russia in the offing.(AFP/File/Timothy A. Clary)
    Tennis aces Nadal and Federer on national service AFP - Thu Sep 18, 1:09 PM ET

    PARIS (AFP) - Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer swap their gripping personal rivalry for Davis Cup duty this weekend with the two superstars having dramatically different ambitions.

  • Tennis Australia said Thursday it had hired Spaniard Felix Mantilla (seen here in 2005) and acquired a Barcelona-based training facility to fast track the development of its clay court players.(AFP/File/Christophe Simon)
    Aussies hire Mantilla to boost tennis clay court skills AFP - Wed Sep 17, 10:54 PM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Tennis Australia said Thursday it had hired Spaniard Felix Mantilla and acquired a Barcelona-based training facility to fast track the development of its clay court players.

  • World No.3 Novak Djokovic (seen here on September 6) and French star Jo-Wilfried Tsonga -- the finalists in this year's Australian Open -- will top the draw at the Brisbane International, organisers said Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Al Bello)
    Djokovic, Tsonga to play tennis at Brisbane International AFP - Wed Sep 17, 2:42 AM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - World No.3 Novak Djokovic and French star Jo-Wilfried Tsonga -- the finalists in this year's Australian Open -- will top the draw at the Brisbane International, organisers said Wednesday.

  • Top-ranked US doubles tennis player Bob Bryan, seen here on September 05, 2008, will miss this weekend's Davis Cup semi-final against Spain in Madrid due to a shoulder injury and was replaced by Mardy Fish, organizers said on Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jim Mcisaac)
    Bob Bryan out of Davis Cup semi-final due to injury AFP - Tue Sep 16, 4:29 PM ET

    MADRID (AFP) - Top-ranked US doubles tennis player Bob Bryan will miss this weekend's Davis Cup semi-final against Spain in Madrid due to a shoulder injury and was replaced by Mardy Fish, organizers said on Tuesday.

  • Andy Murray of Great Britian celebrates after winning during his semi-final match to Rafael Nadal of Spain at the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City. The Murray effect has helped British tennis to win a lucrative new sponsorship deal that will result in a revamp for the pre-Wimbledon tournaments at Queen's, Eastbourne and Birmingham.(AFP/File/Timothy A. Clary)
    British tennis mints it on back of Murray AFP - Tue Sep 16, 11:57 AM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - The Andy Murray effect has helped British tennis to win a lucrative new sponsorship deal that will result in a revamp for the pre-Wimbledon tournaments at Queen's, Eastbourne and Birmingham.

  • Russian tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova celebrates her during the Fed Cup match against Spanish player Anabel Medina in Madrid. Russia retained their Fed Cup crown when Kuznetsova defeated Anabel Medina 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 to give the visitors an unassailable 3-0 lead over Spain.(AFP/Pedro Armestre)
    Russia retain Fed tennis Cup AFP - Sun Sep 14, 10:41 AM ET

    MADRID (AFP) - Russia retained their Fed Cup crown here on Sunday to make it four titles in five years when Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 to give the visitors an unassailable 3-0 lead over Spain.

  • French player Gilles Simon returns the ball to Spanish player Carlos Moya in the final match of the ATP tournament in Bucharest. Simon, seeded two, retained his title at the ATP tournament in Bucharest, beating Spanish sixth seed Carlos Moya 6-3, 6-4.(AFP/Daniel Mihailescu)
    Simon retains Bucharest tennis title AFP - Sun Sep 14, 9:24 AM ET

    BUCHAREST (AFP) - Frenchman Gilles Simon, seeded two, retained his title at the ATP tournament in Bucharest on Sunday, beating Spanish sixth seed Carlos Moya 6-3, 6-4.

  • Switzerland's Patty Schnyder, seen here, snapped a three-year title drought as she defeated Austrian teenager Tamira Paszek 6-3, 6-0 to win the Bali Open(AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka)
    Schnyder ends three-year drought in Bali tennis Open AFP - Sun Sep 14, 6:59 AM ET

    NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) - Switzerland's Patty Schnyder claimed her first WTA title in three years as she thrashed Austrian teenager Tamira Paszek 6-3, 6-0 to win the Bali Open on Sunday.

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