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Serena helps put US up 2-0 on Belarus (AP) thumbnail

Serena helps put US up 2-0 on Belarus (AP)

Serena Williams was back in the Fed Cup on Saturday for the first time in five years, giving the United States a strong lineup. Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka was hoping to provide a similar lift for Belarus, but she was sidelined by a lower back injury....
Russia leads Spain 1-0 as Sharapova wins (AP) thumbnail

Russia leads Spain 1-0 as Sharapova wins (AP)

Maria Sharapova routed Silvia Soler-Espinosa 6-2, 6-1 in the opening singles to give Russia a 1-0 lead over Spain in their Fed Cup first-round series. Two-time major winner Svetlana Kuznetsova was scheduled to play against Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro ...
Monaco, Chela into Vina Del Mar semis (AP) thumbnail

Monaco, Chela into Vina Del Mar semis (AP)

Top seed Juan Monaco of Argentina beath fifth-seeded Albert Montanes of Spain 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 Friday to reach the semifinals of the Vina Del Mar VTR Open. Fellow countryman and No. 2 seed Juan Ignacio Chela defeated Joao Souza of Brazil 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-1...
Simon reaches Montpellier semifinals (AP) thumbnail

Simon reaches Montpellier semifinals (AP)

Gilles Simon edged wild card Guillaume Rufin 7-6 (5), 6-7 (2), 6-2 in an all-French match Friday to reach the semifinals of the Open Sud de France. Simon, seeded second, won when a backhand from Rufin sailed long. Rufin was hurt by his serve in the fin...
Berrer ousts top seed Ljubicic in Zagreb (AP) thumbnail

Berrer ousts top seed Ljubicic in Zagreb (AP)

Michael Berrer of Germany upset top-seeded Ivan Ljubicic 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of Zagreb Indoors. Berrer, Last year's finalist, had little trouble as shown by him breaking back immediately in the second set after droppin...
Bogomolov into 2nd round at Zagreb (AP) thumbnail

Bogomolov into 2nd round at Zagreb (AP)

Second-seeded Alex Bogomolov Jr. of Russia beat wild card Dino Marcan of Croatia 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Zagreb Indoors on Tuesday. Bogomolov reached the quarterfinals here last year and was untroubled by Marcan, who was making h...
Djokovic wins longest Slam final ever (AP) thumbnail

Djokovic wins longest Slam final ever (AP)

Novak Djokovic has that unbeatable feeling. And well he should. The Serb outlasted Rafael Nadal to defend his Australian Open title in the longest ever Grand Slam final and become the fifth man to win three straight majors in the Open Era. Djokovic now...
Nadal’s late backhand error crucial (AP) thumbnail

Nadal’s late backhand error crucial (AP)

The turning point in the longest men's final ever at a Grand Slam came when 10-time major winner Rafael Nadal went for a bit too much on a backhand after more than 5 hours on court. Novak Djokovic outlasted Nadal in 5 hours, 53 minutes to win a third A...
Bryan brothers denied record 12th title (AP) thumbnail

Bryan brothers denied record 12th title (AP)

Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek denied Bob and Mike Bryan their record 12th Grand Slam doubles title, beating the American twins 7-6 (1), 6-2 in the final of the Australian Open. The Woodies could probably sleep a little easier Saturday night. The 33-y...
Men struggling with Aussie review system (AP) thumbnail

Men struggling with Aussie review system (AP)

The challenge system is proving, well, challenging for the top men at the Australian Open. No. 4-ranked Andy Murray asked for five line calls to be reviewed by video technology in his quarterfinal against Kei Nishikori on Wednesday and failed on every ...

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SERENA WILLIAMS LEADS U.S. TEAM IN FIGHT FOR FED CUP SPOT

Sisters Serena and Venus Williams, Christina McHale and Liezel Huber Battle Belarus and Australian Open Champion Victoria Azarenka to Compete for 2013 Cup.