NIS, Serbia (AP) — Novak Djokovic was struggling before Daniil Medvedev retired with cramps and handed Serbia a 2-0 lead against Russia in their Davis Cup first-round tie on Friday. Djokovic, playing his first match since a second-round loss at the Australian Open, won 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 1-0 after producing

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP)— John Isner and Sam Querrey won their singles matches Sunday as the U.S. completed a 5-0 sweep of Slovakia in the Davis Cup World Group playoff. Isner captured the final nine games and beat Lukas Lacko 6-3, 6-0. Querrey then defeated Norbert Gombos 6-4, 4-6, 6-4,

NEW YORK (AP) Andy Murray overcame a two-set deficit to defeat Robin Haase and advance to the third round of the U.S. Open with a 6-7 (5), 2-6, 6-2, 6-0, 6-4 victory Friday. The fourth-seeded Murray led 4-0 in the fifth set but Haase won four straight games. Serving at

BREE, Belgium (AP)—Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek won in straight sets to give the Czech Republic a 2-0 lead over Belgium in the opening round of Davis Cup. Berdych defeated Olivier Rochus 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 Friday, and Stepanek downed Xavier Malisse 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Lukas Dlouhy and Jan Hajek

MONTREAL (AP)—Fifth-seeded Petra Kvitova rallied to beat Ksenia Pervak 4-6, 7-6 (0), 6-0 on Wednesday night in the second round of the Rogers Cup. Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon champion, quickly finished off Pervak after the match was delayed for 30 minutes by rain with the players tied 4-4 in the

The Czech Republic has 2-0 lead over Belgium in Davis Cup following Tomas Berdych’s 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 win over Olivier Rochus and Radek Stepanek’s 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(3) victory over Xavier Malisse in Bree. It’s not yet known whether Czech captain Jaroslav Navratil will ask Berdych and Stepanek to play Saturday’s

BARCELONA, Spain(AP) David Ferrer rallied for a 1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 8-6 victory over Radek Stepanek to give defending champion Spain a 2-0 lead in the Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic. Rafael Nadal beat Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-0, 6-2 in the first singles match Friday and Stepanek looked

Welcome to another episode of here for the handshake. Tuesday’s edition brought together Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Pavel Kotov in Mallorca. Despite winning the first set and enjoying the benefits of a home crowd, Davidovich Fokina was denied by the lucky loser.

Justine Henin has won her first grasscourt title since 2007, coming from 3-0 down in the final set to defeat Andrea Petkovic 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 at 's-Hertogenbosch. Sergiy Stakhovsky cruised past Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-0 to win the men's title.

LISBON, Portugal (AP)—Pablo Carreno-Busta of Spain upset fifth-seeded Julien Benneteau in the first round of the Portugal Open on Tuesday, defeating the Frenchman 6-3, 6-4. In the women's event, top-seeded Marion Bartoli also exited the tournament. After a poor start in her first-round match, the Frenchwoman fought back against Peng

PERTH, Australia (AP)—Novak Djokovic comfortably handled Lleyton Hewitt 6-2, 6-4 as Serbia stayed unbeaten at the Hopman Cup by sweeping Australia 3-0 on Tuesday. Ana Ivanovic produced another impressive performance to see off Alicia Molik 6-4, 6-0 and win the first point for Serbia despite suffering an injury scare in

Tuesday's Play (3) Murray d. Troicki, 6-0, 6-3 —Steve Tignor's Racquet Reaction (4) Tsonga d. Kohlschreiber, 6-2, 6-4 —Richard Pagliaro's Racquet Reaction Wawrinka d. (10) Lopez, 6-1, 6-4 Haase d. (11) Monaco, 7-5, 0-6, 2-3 (retired) (12) Nishikori d. Ramos, 6-2, 7-5 (13) Verdasco d. Dodig, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 —Verdasco

• Alex de Minaur defeats Andy Murray on clay.
• Alex de Minaur defeats Andy Murray on grass.
• Alex de Minaur defeats Andy Murray on outdoor hard.
• Alex de Minaur defeats Andy Murray on indoor hard. It’s an eye-catching quartet of 2023 results the Australian competed on Monday

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP)—Juan Monaco and Juan Martin del Potro both won easy three-set matches to give Argentina a commanding 2-0 lead in its Davis Cup quarterfinal against Kazakhstan. No.43 Juan Monaco defeated Andrey Golubev, ranked two places below him, 6-3, 6-0, 6-4, while No.19 Del Potro brushed past Mikhail

TEL AVIV, Israel(AP) Israel took a surprising 2-0 lead over Russia in the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Friday after Dudi Sela rallied to beat Mikhai Youzhny in the second singles match. Sela won 3-6, 6-1, 6-0, 7-5 after Harel Levy beat Igor Andreev 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, putting Israel one

KRALJEVO, Serbia (AP) Viktor Troicki rallied to beat Borna Coric 4-6, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 Friday to give Serbia a 2-0 lead against Croatia in the first round of the Davis Cup. Earlier, Novak Djokovic gave Serbia a 1-0 lead by defeating Mate Delic 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. The top-ranked Serb

Nikolay Davydenko recovered from being bagelled in the first set and facing two match points in the second set to defeat Rafael Nadal 0-6, 7-6(8) 6-4 and win Doha. "The first set was 6-0, everybody saw it," said Davydenko. "I should have won the second set at 5-4 with set

MARSEILLE, France (AP) Sixth-seeded David Goffin of Belgium breezed past South Korean Chung Hyeon 6-3, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Open 13 on Monday. Eighth-seeded Benoit Paire also advanced with a 6-4, 7-5 defeat of Simone Bolelli. Paire, one of the 10 Frenchmen competing in the singles

MILAN (AP) — Americans Brandon Nakashima and Sebastian Korda and favorite Carlos Alcaraz of Spain all won on the opening day of the Next Gen Finals on Tuesday. Alcaraz took just 75 minutes to beat Holger Rune of Denmark 4-3 (6), 4-2, 4-0, seeing out the group match with a

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Agnieszka Radwanska has won her 10th consecutive match of 2013, defeating Australian wild-card entry Bojana Bobusic of 7-5, 6-0 in the first round at the Australian Open on Monday. The No. 4 -seeded Radwanska captured the Sydney International title on Saturday, beating Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-0,