LONDON (AP) _ The two highest-ranked players in the first round of the Fed Cup will play in the opening singles matches for Russia on Saturday. Ninth-ranked Nadia Petrova and fifth-ranked Svetlana Kuznetsova were picked Friday to lead a deep Russian ...

LONDON (AP) _ Marat Safin saved Russia, and sent the defending champions into the Davis Cup semifinals. The former top-ranked Russian played for the first time in the best-of-five series on Sunday and beat Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2 in the ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) _ Andy Roddick leaned back in his chair, drink in hand, and yelled, ``Let's go, Bob!'' With the U.S. assured a spot in the Davis Cup semifinals, Roddick rested his sore left hamstring on a stress-free Sunday. But he remained ...

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) _ Andy Murray, bothered by a hip injury, will play the opening singles match for Britain against the Netherlands in the Davis Cup on Friday. Murray was drawn Thursday to play Raemon Sluiter on indoor hardcourts at the NEC Ar ...

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) _ Justine Henin raised a fist, shook it and punched the balmy air Thursday after reaching the Key Biscayne final for the first time by beating Anna Chakvetadze 6-2, 6-3 at the Sony Ericsson Open. The top-ranked Henin is a fiv ...

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) _ Rafael Nadal said he's skipping Spain's Davis Cup quarter-final match against the United States next month because he needs to rest his injured foot. Nadal said his foot has been bothering him for the past month. Despite th ...

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) _ The match included 25 double faults, one on a second serve that landed wide of the doubles alley. There were 91 unforced errors and 13 service breaks, resulting in 2{ hours of fitful tennis before a stadium crowd that groan ...

NEW YORK (AP) _ Justine Henin regained the No. 1 ranking on Monday and will head into this week's Sony Ericsson Open in Miami as the favourite. Russian Maria Sharapova would have stayed No. 1 if she'd reached the semifinals in defence of her Pacific ...

Top-ranked Maria Sharapova retired during the second set of her Pan Pacific Open semifinal against Ana Ivanovic on Saturday because of a hamstring injury. After dropping the first set 6-1, the Russian star consulted with her trainer. She won the firs ...

Switzerland's Roger Federer and Russia's Maria Sharapova top the lists of seeds at the Australian Open, with organizers sticking to thh world rankings. Federer, the defending champion, is aiming for his 10th Grand Slam singles title and has been atop ...