Spain's depth of talent and growing appetite for Davis Cup success mean the only team that could have given them a real run for their money in this year's final would have been "Spain B".
The seventh seeds were subdued 6-1, 7-6 (4) by Janko Tipsarevic and Mikhail Youzhny
Neeraj Chopra beat a star-studded field with a best throw of 88.67m to begin his season in style.
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Showing great mobility, the towering Czech neutralised the potentially tricky world number 25 in a sometimes tetchy two-hour contest on Margaret Court Arena.
Former champion Ana Ivanovic was at her brilliant, aggressive best on Tuesday. The seventh seed swept aside Ukraine's Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-2 to storm into the French Open semi-finals.
The Dutch striker has been banned for two World Cup qualifying matches for insulting referee Anders Frisk.
A look at the Greece squad ahead of their Euro 2004 semi-final against the Czech Republic.
Fourth seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy entered the semi-finals of the men's doubles at the US Open, beating seventh seeds Wesley Moodie of South Africa and Dick Normam of Belgium 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 on Tuesday.
They were beaten 6-2 4-6 2-6 by the Argentinean pair of Juan Ignacio Chela and Gaston Gaudio.
Vijay Sundar Prasanth made it to the main draw joining compatriots Somdev Devvarman and Ramkumar Ramanthan.
The Indian under-14 girls' team qualified for the finals of World Junior tennis competition after blanking Uzbekistan 3-0 in a quarter-final match of the Asia/Oceania zone qualifier in Delhi.
Olympic champion Neeraj admitted that his comeback from outside the medal position midway into World Athletics javelin throw final was 'challenging, but he knew that a good throw was around the corner.
Czechs beat Slovaks 1-0 to ensure Nations League B survival
The Indo-Aussie pair beat Jared Easton and Bernard Tomic to advance to the boys' doubles quarter-finals at the Australian Open.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Martin Damm lost 3-6, 6-7 (7-9) against Kevin Ullyett and Wayne Black in the quarterfinals in Montreal
Andy Roddick beat Tomas Berdych 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-6 (7-4) to give the U.S. an unassailable 3-1 lead in their Davis Cup first round tie against the Czech Republic on Sunday.
World number one Serena Williams survived a scare to beat China's Li Na 4-6, 7-6, 6-2 on Wednesday and reach the Sony Ericsson Open semi-finals -- where she will meet her sister Venus.
The victory after four qualifiers moved Ireland on to four points but they are still struggling in fifth place.
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The former made it to the second round in the girls' doubles while the latter couldn't.
Petr Nitka's advice for Indians: 'It's time we destroyed prejudices and stereotypes'
The sixth seeds beat fourth seeds Paul Hanley of Australia and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe in a nail-biting men's doubles semi-final at the US Open.
A summary of Friday night's action in the season-opening leg of the Diamond League in Doha on Friday.
Second seed Maria Sharapova crushed defending champion Mary Pierce 6-2 6-3, setting up a last four clash with Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, who beat number four Elena Dementieva 6-4 6-3.
World number one Novak Djokovic received a free pass into the third round of the U.S. Open when Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic withdrew from their match on Wednesday due to a left forearm injury. The walkover provided the top-seeded defending champion with an extended break to improve his niggling left wrist injury before his next match against either Guido Pella of Argentina or Mikhail Youzhny of Russia.
It was also a bad day for India's juniors at US Open on Sunday.
The unseeded Indian rallied after dropping the first set to make the second round in the ITF Futures tournament.
The 17-year-old beat Russian Dinara Safina 6-3, 6-4 for her third career title
The pair weathered a tough opening set to beat Safin and his compatriot 7-5, 6-3.
National women's champion Aparna Popat moved into the second round of the tournament.
Organisers are confident a rain-hit opening day will not hold up the tournament.
The 13th seeded Czech proved too strong for Serb, who lifted the Suzanne Lenglen Cup in 2008, winning 7-5, 6-4.
U.S. captain Billie Jean King called up the big guns for the tie against the Czech Republic.
The Indians pairing with David Rikl and Max Mirnyi respectively scored contrasting wins in the first round doubles at Wimbledon.\n\n
IMAGES from the Australian Open matches played on Thursday
Yuki Bhambri geared up for India's Davis Cup tie against Czech Republic by annexing his first Challenger level singles title of the season as he defeated local favourite Di Wu in the final of the $50,000 tournament, in Shanghai on Sunday.
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