Spain will host the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup final in December after both countries won their semi-finals. The two Contries have played each othe 5 times before, with Spain narrowly ahead 3-2.  Spain are aiming to become the first Country since Sweden in 1997-98 to win successive davic Cup titles.

Both teams completed dead singles rubbers on Sunday after taking an unassailable 3-0 lead into the final day.

Tommy Robredo and Feliciano Lopez beat Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram 7-6 6-7 6-4 6...

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World number three Rafael Nadal took just 34 minutes to complete a rain-delayed win over Fernando Gonzalez and reach the semi-finals of the US Open.

Nadal resumed leading by a set and 3-2 in the tie-break, and he won four straight points for a two-set lead.

The Spaniard then raced away to a 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-2) 6-0 victory.

The match had been delayed from Thursday, with Friday's play washed out, and Nadal goes on to face Juan Martin del Potro on Sunday.

With the men's final rescheduled...

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World number three Rafael Nadal took the first set against 11th seed Fernando Gonzalez before rain stopped play in their US Open quarter-final.

Third seed Nadal saved two set points and had treatment for an abdominal injury, but still led 7-6 (7-4) 6-6 (3-2) when rain hit the night session.

It was the second interruption, after the players had been forced off for 75 minutes early in the second set.

Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro awaits the winner in the semi-finals.

Nadal was four ...

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World number three Rafael Nadal put his injury worries behind him to beat France's Gael Monfils and reach the quarter-finals of the US Open.

The Spaniard, who is on his way back from a serious knee injury, has also had an abdominal problem but showed no sign of it in Tuesday's night match.

Nadal showed great reserves of strength to win 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 6-1 6-3 and set up a match with Fernando Gonzalez.

Juan Martin del Potro and Marin Cilic also won to set up a quarter-final tie.

In the f...

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World number three Rafael Nadal played through pain to beat fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 7-5 6-4 6-4 and stay in the hunt for his first US Open title.

Nadal, who missed this year's Wimbledon through tendinitis in both knees, was hampered in the later stages by a midriff injury and required treatment.

The 23-year-old looked short of his best but Almagro repeatedly lost the initiative after taking the upper hand.

Juan Martin del Potro and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga both won in straight sets.

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World number three Rafael Nadal was given a stern test by Nicolas Kiefer before coming through in four sets to reach round three of the US Open.

The Spaniard dominated the first set but a number of unforced errors allowed the veteran back in before he regained control to win 6-0 3-6 6-3 6-4.

The 23-year-old will next face 32nd seed and compatriot Nicolas Almagro.

Elsewhere, sixth seed Juan Martin Del Potro and seventh seed Jo-Wilfred Tsonga eased through in straight sets.

World number...

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Novak Djokovic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga opened their US Open campaigns with crushing wins.

Fourth seed Djokovic, who is a possible semi-final opponent for Roger Federer, thrashed former world number three Ivan Ljubicic 6-3 6-1 6-3.

Tsonga needed just 78 minutes to outclass American wildcard Chase Buchanan 6-0 6-2 6-1.

The Frenchman, seeded seventh, is looking to get beyond the third round for the first time in his career.

"I'm here to win and to go to the next step," said the 24-year-ol...

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Maria Sharapova is out of Wimbledon. Perhaps that is worth repeating: Maria Sharapova will play no further part in the 123rd Wimbledon Championships.

The crowd favourite and 2004 champion was beaten in three fraught and painful sets by Gisela Dulko 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 in the second round, her worst result here since – well, since here last year.

Of course, she has only been back in action for just over a month after surgery on a long-term shoulder injury. Still feeling her way back, she is no...

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