Prague Open semifinals suspended due to rain, to be played Sunday before final

October 11th, 2009 Djokovic beats Cilic to win China Open finalBEIJING — Novak Djokovic won the China Open title with a 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory over Marin Cilic of Croatia on Sunday. The second-seeded Serbian broke Cilic's serve in the sixth game and again in the eighth to take the first set following a 90-minute rain delay.

October 9th, 2009 US women's hoops team beats ZVVC UKA Prague 100-81EKATERINBURG, Russia — Angel McCoughtry scored 17 points to lead five players in double figures and the U.S. women's basketball national team beat ZVVC UKA Prague 100-81 in the opening game of the Ekaterinburg tournament Friday night.

September 20th, 2009 Federer clinches Davis Cup victory for SwitzerlandGENOA, Italy — Roger Federer gave Switzerland a spot in next year's Davis Cup world group by beating Potito Starace for an insurmountable 3-1 lead Sunday against Italy. The top-ranked Federer kept his focus through a two-hour rain delay before completing a 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 win to clinch the best-of-five playoff series.

September 12th, 2009 Nadal resumes, and advances in a breeze at US OpenNEW YORK — After a day of waiting around, Rafael Nadal finally got back on the court. About a half hour later, he was still looking for some action.

September 12th, 2009 Nadal finishes rain-interrupted win at US OpenNEW YORK — Rafael Nadal has reached the U.S. Open semifinals for the second year in a row by finishing a rain-interrupted victory over Fernando Gonzalez.

September 12th, 2009 Wozniacki wins to make first Grand Slam finalNEW YORK — Carolina Wozniacki has moved into her first Grand Slam final, with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Yanina Wickmayer at the U.S. Open. The No. 9 Wozniacki overcame an early break in the second set of the semifinals Saturday night in Armstrong Stadium and won the last four games to close out the win over the 50th-ranked player from Belgium.

September 10th, 2009 Djokovic beats Verdasco to reach US Open semisNEW YORK — Novak Djokovic has reached the U.S. Open semifinals for the third consecutive year.

September 10th, 2009 Williams sisters reach US Open doubles finalNEW YORK — Serena and Venus Williams are back in the U.S. Open women's doubles final for the first time in a decade.

July 19th, 2009 Schiavone and Bammer in Prague Open finalPRAGUE — Top-seeded Francesca Schiavone has outlasted Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 in a rain-delayed semifinal at the Prague Open to set up a title match against Sybille Bammer. Schiavone needed more than 2 hours, 30 minutes on Sunday to prevail in windy conditions against the unseeded Bacsinszky.

July 19th, 2009 Bammer beats Schiavone in Prague Open finalPRAGUE — Sybille Bammer of Austria has beaten top-seeded Francesca Schiavone 7-6 (4), 6-2 to win the Prague Open. Bammer broke Schiavone twice for a 4-0 lead in the first set on Sunday before the Italian rallied tied the score at 5-5.

July 18th, 2009 Errani, Pennetta set up all-Italian Palermo finalPALERMO, Sicily — Defending champion Sara Errani will meet top-seeded Flavia Pennetta in an all-Italian final of the Palermo Open. Fifth-seeded Errani beat Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 in the semifinals on Saturday.

July 17th, 2009 Top-seeded Schiavone reaches semis at Prague OpenPRAGUE — Top-seeded Francesca Schiavone routed Kateryna Bondarenko 6-1, 6-1 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Prague Open. The 30th-ranked Schiavone, who reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon last month, will next play either fourth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain or Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland in one of Saturday's semifinals.

July 10th, 2009 Szavay, Bondarenko reach Budapest semifinalsBUDAPEST, Hungary — Fourth-seeded Agnes Szavay of Hungary defeated qualifier Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 6-2, 6-3 Friday to reach the semifinals of the Budapest Grand Prix. Szavay won the last four games of the first set after breaking Bacsinszky for a 3-2 lead, and continued to control the play in the second.

June 18th, 2009 A look at the opening day of the US OpenFARMINGDALE, N.Y. — A brief look at the opening day of the 109th U.S.

June 8th, 2009 Faulk of US wins 110 hurdles at meet in PraguePRAGUE — Dexter Faulk of the United States has won the men's 110-meter hurdles at the Josef Odlozil Memorial Grand Prix, posting the fifth fastest time in the world this year. Faulk finished in 13.21 seconds at the meet in Prague on Monday.