The United States won 4-1 and will host defending champions Russia in the final.
World number one Roger Federer faces a lofty challenge in his bid for a fourth straight U.S. Open title when he takes on American wildcard John Isner in the third round on Saturday.
Fifa President Sepp Blatter says female soccer players should wear tighter shorts to promote "a more female aesthetic".
Serena Williams stayed on course for a fourth Sony Ericsson Open title with a ruthless 6-1 6-4 win over Czech Nicole Vaidisova in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra kept France alive in their Davis Cup quarter-final against the United States on Saturday with an impressive 6-7, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 win over Bob and Mike Bryan. The Americans will go into Sunday's reverse singles with a 2-1 lead but will be disappointed their top-ranked doubles duo did not close out the tie on day two of the tie.
Martina Hingis was nearly caught napping on a gloomy day before she woke up in the nick of time to reach the second round.
The Swiss world number one needed more than 2- hours to squeeze past Czech Radek Stepanek in Melbourne.
Bernard Tomic's on-court commitment has come under renewed scrutiny after the Australian played match point holding his racquet backwards in defeat to Fabio Fognini at the Madrid Open.
The unseeded Russian beat Marcos Baghdatis to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time at the French Open.
Ferrari has threatened to pull the closest F1 battle in several years off the race-track and into the appeal courts.
The Argentine concluded an ideal warm-up for the French Open with a 7-6, 6-0 win over the Frenchman in the Poertschach International final.
Roger Federer slumped to a 6-2, 6-4 defeat against Italian wild card Filippo Volandri in the last 16.
Roger Federer beat Ivan Ljubicic 7-6, 6-4 to bring David Nalbandian through with him.
The 10th seed reached his first grand slam final in which he will play world number one Roger Federer on Sunday.
The Swiss holds the rare distinction of not attracting any negative press despite being a top sportsman.
The Russian blasted tournament referee Wayne McKewen for making him play on what he considered was a wet surface following a rain interruption, against Andy Roddick.
Marat Safin survived another tense match to beat Israel's Dudi Sela 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 7-6, 6-0 in the second round.
Ivo Karlovic has a winning serve but his lack of movement on court proves his undoing.
James Blake joined compatriots Andy Roddick and Robby Ginepri in the last four of the RCA Championships.
James Blake ended the three-year Queen's Club reign of Andy Roddick to announce himself as a surprise contender for Wimbledon.
Sweden fought back to level their Davis Cup semi-final with United States 1-1 on Friday when Thomas Johansson defeated James Blake for the first time in his career.
The world number one believes he is pulling away from his rivals in men's tennis.
He said that experience had taught him how to handle "an incredibly good baseliner" like Nalbandian.
Russian Nikolay Davydenko saw off Tommy Haas in the U.S. Open quarter-finals for the second successive year, beating the German 6-3 6-3 6-4 on Wednesday to reach the last four without dropping a set.
They head the line-up for the select eight-man field at the Jan. 10-13 event.
World No 1 Roger Federer book his place in the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters with a clinical win over unseeded American Robby Ginepri.
Fernando Gonzalez claimed a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 victory over third-seeded American Andy Roddick to reach the final of the Vienna Open.
Fifth seed Gonzalez next faces Andy Roddick atthe Vienna Open.
Bhupathi's sports management company will look after "future stars" Shikha and Neha Uberoi.
The United States will take on Chile in the Davis Cup quarter-final on grass courts.
Rafael Nadal battled past German Tommy Haas 7-6, 6-3 to reach the Cincinnati Masters quarter-finals.
Andy Murray passed his first test under new coach Brad Gilbert, beating Ramon Delgado 6-4, 6-3 in the second round.
Brad Gilbert has agreed to coach Andy Murray and assist the LTA with its performance programmes.
Britain's Andy Murray has said he wants American tennis guru Brad Gilbert to be the coach to take him to the next level.
The world number one was beaten 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 by Germany's Tommy Haas at the invitational Kooyong Classic.
He strongly criticised Wimbledon organisers after his fellow Australian Lleyton Hewitt was seeded three.
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