Juan Carlos Ferrero, Juergen Meltzer win in straight sets to reach 2nd round in Croatia

September 19th, 2009 Czechs reach 1st Davis Cup final in 29 yearsPOREC, Croatia — The Czech Republic reached its first Davis Cup final in 29 years Saturday after securing an insurmountable 3-0 lead over Croatia by winning the doubles. Radek Stepanek and Tomas Berdych defeated Marin Cilic and Lovro Zovko 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 to decide the best-of-five series.

September 4th, 2009 Serena Williams reaches 4th round at US OpenNEW YORK — Defending champion Serena Williams has moved into the fourth round at the U.S. Open with another straight-set victory.

September 4th, 2009 NEW YORK - India's Somdev Devvarman lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany in the men's second round of the US Open on Thursday. The Indian top ranked singles player lost to his German opponent in four sets 6-3, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2.

August 2nd, 2009 Davydenko beats Ferrero to win Croatia OpenUMAG, Croatia — Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko routed former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 6-0 to win the Croatia Open on Sunday.

August 1st, 2009 Davydenko, Ferrero advance to Croatia Open finalUMAG, Croatia — Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko cruised into the final of the Croatia Open on Saturday by beating Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-1, 6-1. The Russian will face former No.

August 1st, 2009 Davydenko, Ferrero reach semis at Croatia OpenUMAG, Croatia — Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko saved five set points in the first set Friday before reaching the semifinals of the Croatia Open with a 7-6 (10), 6-1 win over Simone Bolelli of Italy. Bolelli had two set points at 6-5 and three more in the tiebreaker.

July 13th, 2009 POREC - Croatia will line up in the Davis Cup World Group semi-finals against the Czech Republic after chasing the 32 times champions United States out of the competition with a 3-1 scoreline. Marin Cilic gave the Croats the winning point beating James Blake 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, on an indoor clay court here Sunday.

July 12th, 2009 Croatia beats US in Davis CupPOREC, Croatia — Croatia has eliminated the United States from the Davis Cup after Marin Cilic beat James Blake for an insurmountable 3-1 lead in the quarterfinals. Cilic defeated Blake 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 on Sunday to help Croatia reach its first Davis Cup semifinal since winning the competition in 2005.

July 11th, 2009 US down 2-0 to Croatia in Davis Cup quartersPOREC, Croatia — Marin Cilic outlasted Mardy Fish in five sets to give Croatia a 2-0 lead over the United States after the opening singles of their Davis Cup quarterfinal on Friday. Cilic beat Fish 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-1, 8-6 in a match that lasted 4 hours, 23 minutes and ended at 1 a.m.

July 10th, 2009 Croatia takes 1-0 lead over US in Davis CupPOREC, Croatia — Ivo Karlovic has rallied from two sets down to beat James Blake 6-7 (5), 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 7-5 and give Croatia a 1-0 lead over the United States in their best-of-five Davis Cup quarterfinal series. Karlovic served 47 aces on the indoor clay court on Friday for his first career five-set victory.

July 10th, 2009 US drops opener to Croatia in Davis Cup quartersPOREC, Croatia — Marin Cilic outlasted Mardy Fish in five sets to give Croatia a 2-0 lead over the United States after the opening singles of their Davis Cup quarterfinal on Friday. Cilic beat Fish 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-1, 8-6 in a match that lasted 4 hours, 23 minutes and ended at 1 a.m.

June 13th, 2009 Murray beats Ferrero to reach Queen's finalLONDON — Andy Murray reached his first grass-court final by beating Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-2, 6-4 Saturday at the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club. The top-seeded Murray is trying to become the first British winner of the pre-Wimbledon tournament since Bunny Austin in 1938.

June 13th, 2009 Murray to face Blake in Queen's finalLONDON — Andy Murray reached his first grass-court final Saturday, while Andy Roddick's quest for a fifth title at Queen's Club ended when he had to retire against James Blake with a foot injury. Murray beat Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-2, 6-4 in their Aegon Championships semifinal, before Roddick had to quit at 4-4 in the first set of his match against Blake.

June 8th, 2009 Juan Carlos Ferrero given Wimbledon wild cardLONDON — Former top-ranked player Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain has been given a wild card for Wimbledon. The 2003 French Open champion received a spot in the draw along with 2008 Wimbledon and U.S.

June 1st, 2009 Nadal won't celebrate at French Open this yearPARIS — Cancel the party, Roland Garros, because Rafael Nadal won't be celebrating his fifth straight birthday — or his fifth straight French Open title — in Paris this year. The top-ranked Spaniard may not exactly be dethroned as the King of Clay, but he did lose for the first time in 32 matches on the red dirt of the French capital, falling to Robin Soderling 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 7-6 (2) Sunday in the fourth round.