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Top-seeded Richard Gasquet defeated Oscar Hernandez of Spain 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 Tuesday in the first round at the BCR Open Romania. The 12th-ranked Frenchman, who entered as a wild card, dominated Hernandez with his serve after losing the first set. Defending champion Gilles Simon of France cruised past Evgeny Korolev of Russia 6-1, 6-2. Teimuraz [...]

Results Tuesday from the US$527,700 BCR Open Romania. Played on outdoor clay at the Progresul BNR Arenas (seedings in parentheses): Singles First Round Richard Gasquet (1), France, def. Oscar Hernandez, Spain, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Gilles Simon (2), France, def. Evgeny Korolev, Russia, 6-1, 6-2. Teimuraz Gabashvili, Russia, def. Ernests Gulbis (5), Latvia, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. [...]

Top-ranked Rafael Nadal will lead Spain when it hosts the defending champion United States in the Davis Cup semifinals. The Wimbledon and French Open champion was chosen Tuesday by Spain captain Emilio Sanchez Vicario, who also picked David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez for the best-of-five series against the 32-time champion Americans from Sept. [...]

Top-ranked Rafael Nadal will lead Spain when it hosts the defending champion United States in the Davis Cup semifinals. The Wimbledon and French Open champion was chosen Tuesday by Spain captain Emilio Sanchez Vicario, who also picked David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez for the best-of-five series against the 32-time champion Americans from Sept. [...]

James Blake was left off the defending champion U S Davis Cup team because of exhaustion and replaced by Sam Querrey on Tuesday. Querrey was chosen ahead of Blake for the best-of-five series against Spain on outdoor clay Sept. 19-21 in Madrid. Andy Roddick and doubles specialists Bob and Mike Bryan round out the U.S. [...]

Second-seeded Jelena Jankovic beat No 21 Caroline Wozniacki 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 Sunday to reach the quarterfinals of the U S Open. Jankovic went into her trademark splits early in the third set reaching for a shot. She lost the point and stayed splayed on the court, and fans wondered whether she’d hurt herself. But Jankovic [...]

It wasn’t supposed to be this tough for Novak Djokovic in the U S Open third round. He is, after all, the reigning Australian Open champion and firmly entrenched as the No. 3 tennis player in the world. He was, don’t forget, the runner-up to Roger Federer at Flushing Meadows last year. Plus, Djokovic’s opponent [...]

Andy Roddick is causing quite a racket at this U S Open. Breaking a few of them, too. With fans shouting encouragement from all corners of Arthur Ashe Stadium, Roddick advanced to the round of 16 by beating No. 31 Andreas Seppi 6-2, 7-5, 7-6 (4) Sunday. Always a crowd favorite at Flushing Meadows, the [...]

Jankovic-Wozniacki U S Open Boxscore. Sunday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Fourth Round Jelena Jankovic (2) def. Caroline Wozniacki (21), 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 Jankovic Wozniacki 1st Serve Percentage 78 67 Aces 0 6 Double Faults 5 3 1st Serve Winning Pct. 78 54 2nd Serve Winning Pct. 43 52 [...]

U S Open Results. NEW YORK -Results Sunday from the U.S. Open (seedings in parentheses): Singles Men Third Round Nikolay Davydenko (5), Russia, def. Dmitry Tursunov (26), Russia, 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Radek Stepanek (28), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, def. Nicolas Almagro (18), Spain, 6-7 (3), [...]