VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Milos Raonic downed Julien Benneteau Friday to draw Canada even with France after the opening day of their first-round Davis Cup series.
PARIS, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Angelique Kerber eliminated No. 1-seeded Maria Sharapova in Friday's quarterfinal action of the GDF Suez Open tennis tournament in Paris.
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The Czech Republic is one win away from the Davis Cup quarterfinals after victories Friday by Radek Stepanek and Tomas Berdych over Italy.
WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Jurgen Melzer and Andreas Haider-Maurer posted victories Friday that put Austria ahead of Russia 2-0 in a best-of-five Davis Cup series.
OVIEDO, Spain, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Defending champion Spain, with wins Friday from Juan Carlos Ferrero and Nicolas Almagro, took a 2-0 lead over Kazakhstan in a first-round Davis Cup series.
FRIBOURG, Switzerland, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- John Isner stunned world No. 3 Roger Federer in four sets Friday and put the United States up 2-0 in its best-of-five Davis Cup series with Switzerland.
BAMBERG, Germany, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Juan Monaco and David Nalbandian gave Argentina a 2-0 lead over Germany Friday in the countries' best-of-five Davis Cup first-round series.
NIS, Serbia, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Solid wins by Janko Tipsarevic and Viktor Troicki put Serbia up 2-0 over Sweden Friday in their best-of-five Davis Cup series.
PATTAYA CITY, Thailand, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- No. 4-seeded Maria Kirilenko defeated a local favorite Friday in gaining a semifinal berth at the PTT Pattaya Open tennis tournament in Thailand.
HYOGO, Japan, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Wins by Japan's Go Soeda and Croatia's Ivo Karlovic left the teams tied after Friday's play of the best-of-five, first-round Davis Cup series in Japan.
PARIS, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Marion Bartoli piled up seven breaks in a straight-set win Thursday in second-round play of the GDF Suez Open tennis tournament in Paris.
FRIBOURG, Switzerland, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Davis Cup first-round series are set for this weekend with some unusually high-profile names taking part.
PATTAYA CITY, Thailand, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- No. 3-seeded Daniela Hantuchova posted one of four straight-set wins Thursday in the second round of the PTT Pattaya Open tennis tournament in Thailand.
PARIS, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Maria Sharapova and Julia Goerges picked up second-round victories Wednesday at the GDF Suez Open tennis tournament in Paris.
PATTAYA CITY, Thailand, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- No. 1-seeded Vera Zvonareva had five service breaks in a straight-set, second-round win Wednesday at the PTT Pattaya Open tennis tournament in Thailand.
PARIS, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Seeded players Li Na and Jelena Jankovic both are out of the GDF Suez Open tennis tournament in France because of injuries.
PATTAYA CITY, Thailand, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Vera Zvonareva advanced but No. 2-seeded Dominika Cibulkova was ousted Tuesday at the PTT Pattaya Open tennis tournament in Thailand.
PATTAYA CITY, Thailand, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Seventh-seed Sorana Cirstea and unseeded Anastasia Rodionova claimed wins Monday in opening-day play of the PTT Pattaya Open tennis tournament in Thailand.
VINA DEL MAR, Chile, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Argentine Juan Monaco claimed his fourth career title Sunday, besting countryman Carlos Berlocq in the final of the VTR Open tennis event.
BIELLA, Italy, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci teamed up for a doubles win Sunday, leading Italy to a 3-2 Fed Cup quarterfinals decision over Ukraine.
CHARLEROI, Belgium, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The doubles team of Bojana Jovanovski and Aleksandra Krunic logged a triumph Sunday, handing Serbia a Fed Cup quarterfinal win over Belgium.
ZAGREB, Croatia, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Mikhail Youzhny swept past Lukas Lacko for a straight-set win Sunday in the championship match of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors tennis tournament in Croatia.
