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Caroline Wozniacki Joins Bjorn Borg, Tamarine Tanasugarn In US Open Trivia Book With Win On New Grandstand

August 29, 2016 by Admin

By Randy Walker

@TennisPublisher

Caroline Wozniacki joined Bjorn Borg and Tamarine Tanasugarn in the US Open trivia book Monday.

Wozniacki defeated Taylor Townsend 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to become the first player to win a match on the new. Grandstand court at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.Borg and Tanasugarn hold the distinctions of winning the first ever matches on Louis Armstrong and Arthur Ashe Stadium respectively. Borg defeated Bob Hewiit 6-0, 6-2 in the first ever match on Louis Armstrong Stadium, then the main court for the US Open in a best-of-three set first-round match in the first round of the 1978 US Open. Tanasugarn beat Chanda Rubin 6-4, 6-0 in the opening match on Arthur Ashe Stadium in the first round of the 1997 U.S. Open.

Ironically, Wozniacki and Townsend’s historic match came 88 years to the day of Borg’s win at Louis Armstrong Stadium, which was the officialy first session unveiling of the USTA National Tennis Center after its move from the West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills.

That days history is excerpted below from the “On This Day In Tennis History” book, ebook, audio book and mobile app, available where books are sold and at www.TennisHistoryApp.com

August 29, 1978…

The gates open at the new USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. for the grand opening of the newly-constructed public facility that is the new home of the U.S. Open. “Tonight the US Open belongs to us, the people, the tennis fans,” says actor and comedian Alan King, the master of ceremonies for the opening session of the tournament. “Ten months ago when we broke ground I thought they were crazy. But here we are. This is where the legends begin.” Bjorn Borg and Bob Hewitt play the first match at the new facility with Borg winning the best-of-three set first round match 6-0, 6-2. “Probably when I get to be 75 years old and look back, I’ll say I was the first one to play in the new stadium,” says Borg after defeating Hewitt in front of only 6,186 fans during the opening night session of the tournament.

US Open Ceremony Anniversaries Abound

August 25, 2010 by Admin

August 25 is an historic day for the United States Tennis Association and the U.S. Open as it was on this date in 1997 that the new Arthur Ashe Stadium was christened in a moving on-court ceremony, as documented in the book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY by Randy Walker ($19.95, New Chapter Press, www.TennisHistoryBook.com). August 25 also marked the day that Pete Sampras officially ended his miraculous career in another memorable on-court ceremony, while August 26 marks the date when the 2002 U.S. Open kicked off paying homage in an opening ceremony to the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City by raising the American flag that flew over the World Trade Center over Arthur Ashe Stadium. Events from August 25 and August 26 are documented below in this exclusive book excerpt.

1997 – The United States Tennis Association dedicates Arthur Ashe Stadium with a dramatic on-court ceremony featuring Ashe’s widow Jeanne Moutassamy Ashe, Whitney Houston and 38 former champions. Tamarine Tanasugarn wins the first-ever match on Arthur Ashe Stadium defeating Chanda Rubin 6-4, 6-0. Future world No. 1 and two-time U.S. Open champion Venus Williams makes her U.S. Open debut, also on Arthur Ashe Stadium Court, and defeats Larisa Neiland of Latvia in the first round 5-7, 6-0, 6-1.

2003 – In an emotional on-court ceremony at Arthur Ashe Stadium on the opening night of the U.S. Open, five-time U.S. Open champion Pete Sampras officially announces his retirement from professional tennis. Just 12 months earlier, Sampras, seeded No. 17, brushing off the critics that say he is washed up and dramatically wins the U.S. Open – ending a tournament title slump of nearly 26 months – beating arch rival Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the final. Sampras appears on the court with his wife Bridgette and his 9-month-old son Christian, whom he carries in his arms as he takes one final victory lap around the center court at the U.S. Open. “I’m going to miss playing here,” Sampras tells the crowd. “I really loved playing in New York, loved playing in front of you guys. But I know in my heart, it’s time to say goodbye.”

1927 – Althea Gibson, the woman who broke the color barrier at the U.S. Championships in 1950 and became one of the world’s most talented and accomplished players, is born in Spring, S.C. Gibson is the first black player to win a major title at the French Championships in 1956 and also becomes the first black player to win at Wimbledon (1957-1958) and at the U.S. Championships (1957-1958).

1950 – Play begins at the 50th anniversary edition of the Davis Cup Challenge Round as the United States and Australia open up play at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, N.Y. Australia takes a 2-0 on the Davis Cup holders as Frank Sedgman defeats Tom Brown 6-0, 8-6, 9-7 and Ken McGregor defeats Ted Schroeder 13-11, 6-3, 6-4. Australia goes on to claim its first Davis Cup title since 1939 the next day as Sedgman and John Bromwich defeat Gardnar Mulloy and Schroeder 4-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 giving Australia an insurmountable 3-0 lead. Brown prevents an Australian shutout on the third day of play as he comes back from two-sets-to-love deficit to defeat Ken McGregor 9-11, 8-10, 11-9, 6-1, 6-4 in the fifth and final match. Brown, a finalist at Forest Hills in 1946 and at Wimbledon in 1947, continues to play competitive tennis well into his 70s. In 1994, he undergoes shoulder replacement surgery where his arm was disconnected from his body and surgically re-attachment with an artificial shoulder.

2007 – James Blake wins his 10^th career ATP singles title, defeating good friend Mardy Fish 7-5, 6-4. in the final of the Pilot Pen Championships in New Haven, Conn., just down the road from Blake’s childhood home of Fairfield, Conn.

August 26

1933 – Helen Wills Moody’s 45-match winning streak at the U.S. Championships ends in controversial circumstances as she quits her match with rival Helen Jacobs while trailing 0-3 in the final set of the women’s singles final at the West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills. Trailing 0-3 in the final set, Moody walks to the chair umpire and informs him that she can no longer continue due to pain in her back. Jacobs pleads with Moody to continue, but the seven-time U.S. champion retreats to the dressing room, giving Jacobs the 8-6, 3-6, 3-0, ret. victory in front of a shocked crowd of 8,000 fans. Moody’s loss is the first of any kind, in any circumstance since 1926. Moody issues a statement that reads, “In the third set of my singles match, I felt as though I was going to faint because of pain in my back and hip and complete numbness of my right leg. The match was long and by defaulting I do not wish to detract from the excellence of Miss Jacobs’s play. I felt that I have spoiled the finish of the national championship, and wish that I had followed the advice of my doctor and returned to California. I still feel that I did right in withdrawing because I felt that I was on the verge of a collapse on the court.” The loss marks the first loss for Moody in the championship since the 1922 U.S. women’s final.

1951 – Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor clinch the first Grand Slam in doubles, defeating fellow Aussies Mervyn Rose and Don Candy 10-8, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in the doubles final of the U.S. Championships, played at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, N.Y.

1986 – John McEnroe suffers his first – and only – first round loss at the U.S. Open, when fellow Long Island native Paul Annacone fires 23 aces and dismisses the four-time champion 1-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 on the opening day of the tournament. McEnroe, the four-time U.S. Open champion, plays only his third event after returning from a six-month sabbatical from the game that featured him being married to actress Tatum O’Neal and the birth of his first child. Says McEnroe of his lack of vigor in his first-round exit, “I have to look at myself in the mirror and ask whether I have the enthusiasm. There’s not much sense in pretending it’s there.” Says Annacone of the victory, “I kind of felt awkward beating him. He’s a great champion. He’s entertained so many millions of people and done so much for the game. I want to see him come back, but I feel he has got to get some more matches under his belt.” While McEnroe is beginning the downward path of his career, Andre Agassi, a standard bearer for the next generation of American tennis, makes his U.S. Open debut as a 16-year-old. The future two-time U.S. Open champion also loses in the opening round, falling to Jeremy Bates of Great Britain, 7-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

1991 – No. 8 seed Andre Agassi commits 61 unforced errors in his 7-5, 7-6, 6-2 first round loss to Aaron Krickstein at the US Open. Says Krickstein simply of Agassi and the upset-win,” He had a lot more to do with what happened than I did.” Says Agassi, who lost in the finals of the U.S. Open to Pete Sampras the previous year, “I don’t know what is harder, to lose in the first round or to lose in the finals.”

2002 – The United States Tennis Association pays tribute to the City of New York nearly one year after the Sept. 11 World Trade Center tragedy with a moving on-court “Opening Night” ceremony at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The World Trade Center flag that flew over the Kandahar Airport in Afghanistan is unfurled on-court, then raised over the stadium. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Tony Bennett, actor Judd Hirsch, Queen Latifah, John McEnroe and Billie Jean King join New York City police and fire fighters during the ceremonies.

1949 – Twenty-one-year-old Richard “Pancho” Gonzales makes his Davis Cup debut defeating Frank Sedgman 8-6, 6-4, 9-7 to help the United States to a 2-0 lead over Australia after the first day of the Davis Cup Challenge Round at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens, N.Y. Born of Mexican parents in Los Angeles, Gonzalez wins the singles title at the U.S. National Championships at Forest Hills the year before in 1948 and goes on to defend his title in 1949. Following his triumph at Forest Hills in 1949, Gonzales, short of money, turns professional thus not being eligible to play Davis Cup again until the advent of Open tennis in 1968.

1974 – Bjorn Borg, who earlier in the year wins the Italian and French Championships, wins the U.S. Pro Championships in Boston, defeating Tom Okker in the final, 7-6 (3), 6-1, 6-1. Borg rallies from being down 2-5 in the first set to easily capture his first title in the United States. In the semifinals, Borg comes back from a 1-5 deficit in the fifth set to beat Jan Kodes 7-6 (7-3), 6-0, 1-6, 2-6, 7-6 (7-4) in the semifinals.

1991– After mysteriously skipping Wimbledon earlier in the summer, Monica Seles is unveiled as the spokesperson for the blue-jean manufacturer “No Excuses” in a press conference in New York. Seles, who absence from Wimbledon was the only blip on a season that saw her win the other three major tournaments she entered, used the excuse of shin splits for her Wimbledon withdrawal after weeks of speculation and secrecy regarding the reasoning for her no show.

2006 – Nikolay Davydenko of Russia defeats Agustin Calleri of Argentina 6-4, 6-3 in the final of the Pilot Pen Championships in New Haven, Conn., to win his eighth career ATP singles title. Davydenko wins the crown in New Haven – his first title in North America – without losing a set.

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: NADAL TAKES MONTE CARLO

April 19, 2010 by WTM

STARS

Rafael Nadal beat Fernando Verdasco 6-0 6-1 to win the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters in Monte Carlo, Monaco

Samantha Stosur beat Vera Zvonareva 6-0 6-3 to win the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina

Francesca Schiavone beat Roberta Vinci 6-1 6-1 to win the Barcelona Ladies Open in Barcelona, Spain.

Dustin Brown beat Izak van der Merwe 7-6 (2) 6-3 to win the Soweto Open men’s singles in Johannesburg, South Africa

Nina Bratchikova beat Tamarine Tanasugarn 7-5 7-6 (4) to win the women’s singles at the Soweto Open in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Goran Ivanisevic beat Thomas Enqvist 6-4 6-4 to win the Champions Cup in Barcelona, Spain

SAYINGS

“For sure, this year is really special for me. One of the most special because I had a little bit of a hard time for the last year.” – Rafael Nadal, after winning the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters.

“If he plays like this, no one can beat him. He beat everyone in six years here and I’m just one of them.” – Fernando Verdasco, after losing the Monte Carlo final to Rafael Nadal.

“This is going to be the one he loses. He has to lose some time and I’m feeling fit and playing well.” – Goran Ivanisevic, promising to be the first player to beat Thomas Enqvist on the ATP Champions Tour. In the final of the Barcelona Champions Cup, Ivanisevic made good on his promise.

“I wasn’t very good today. It was the first time in a few years that the court felt so small. I just could not find the court. When it’s like that, it’s difficult to play.” – Andy Murray, after losing to Philipp Kohlschreiber in his opening match at Monte Carlo.

“To be able to play that well in a final is a great feeling. You always hope you’ll do that, but to actually go and perform that way is very, very pleasing.” – Samantha Stosur, after crushing Vera Zvonareva 6-0 6-3 to win the Family Circle Cup.

“You know, you just gotta try to change something up. Just maybe break a racquet, forget about what was happening for the past half an hour and start all over again.” – Vera Zvonareva, who smashed a racquet in frustration while losing to Samantha Stosur.

“I played at a very high level and I was having fun playing. Roberta had some problems with her ankle, so it wasn’t easy for her. It just wasn’t her day.” – Francesca Schiavone, after beating Roberta Vinci to win the Barcelona Ladies singles.

SIXTH STRAIGHT

Rafael Nadal feels right at home in Monte Carlo and has the trophies to prove it. The Spaniard won his sixth straight Monte Carlo Masters, becoming the only player to win six consecutive titles at the same tournament since the Open Era began in 1968. And Nadal’s win on the clay courts in Monaco tied him with Britain’s Reggie Doherty, who won the Monte Carlo event six times overall between 1897 and 1904. Nadal’s 6-0 6-1 crushing of fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco was his first tournament title since the Rome Masters in May 2009. “Last year I didn’t play well but won. This year the level is completely different,” Nadal said. “I have been playing well since the start of the season.” It was Nadal’s 32^nd straight match win at Monte Carlo and his 37^th career title. “I hope one day Rafa gets tired of winning here,” Verdasco said.

SOWETO STUNNER

It wasn’t the usual suspects who found themselves in the final of the Soweto Open. And when the ATP Challenger was over, it was Jamaica’s Dustin Brown who had beaten South Africa’s Izak van der Merwe 7-6 (2) 6-3 at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Center. South African newspapers called Brown’s huge serve, booming returns and angled chip shots “Rasta magic.” It was enough to win his third Challenger title as Brown finished with 11 aces to four for Van der Merwe. It was a double defeat for Van der Merwe, who with fellow South African Davis Cup member Raven Klaasen fell in the doubles final to Nicolas Mahut and Lovro Zovko 6-2 6-2.

Another who stumbled twice in Soweto was Thailand veteran Tamarine Tanasugarn. The 32-year-old lost the singles final to Nina Bratchikova 7-5 7-6 (4), then, with teammate Marina Erakovic of New Zealand, fell in the doubles final to Vitalia Diatchenko of Russia and Eirini Georgatou of Greece 6-3 5-7 16-14 (match tiebreak).

SENIOR STOPPER

Goran Ivanisevic knew what he was talking about. “This is going to be the one he loses,” Ivanisevic said of Thomas Enqvist, who had never tasted defeat since joining the ATP Champions Tour. Ivanisevic backed up his words and won his first title since Budapest, Hungary, in 2008. Enqvist had won five consecutive tournaments on the senior circuit. Instead, it was Ivanisevic, who won only one clay court title on the ATP Tour during his professional career, who came away with the top prize. With the win, Ivanisevic moves into first place in the ATP Champion Tour rankings, taking over for John McEnroe. Enqvist advanced to second place in the rankings.

SWINGING FOR US OPEN

The US Open is becoming even more open to tennis players of all ages. At the age of 61, Richie Bustamante is seeking a spot in the US Open draw. Bustamante, from East Norwich, New York, USA, is one of many around the United States who are fighting for a wild-card entry into the US Open qualifying tournament in August. The first of 16 sectional tournaments was held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City with 150 men and 44 women entered. The youngest was 14-year-old Angela Assal of the Bronx, New York. The men’s national final will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, in July, with the women competing for their one wild-card berth at Stanford, California.

SERENA IN ROME

Serena Williams will return to action at the Italian Open. The world’s top-ranked woman asked for and received a wild-card entry into the Rome tournament. Williams has not played since winning the Australian Open in January, having been sidelined with a lingering knee injury. She won the Italian Open in 2002 en route to her only title at Roland Garros.

SUFFERING

Tendinitis in his right wrist has caused Juan Martin del Potro to pull out of the Barcelona Open. The injury has sidelined the 21-year-old since he lost to Marin Cilic at the Australian Open in January. Del Potro is the reigning US Open champion, having won his first Grand Slam singles crown last September. In a statement on the Barcelona Open website, del Potro said his wrist is improving but he has been unable to train properly. Also withdrawing from the Barcelona Open with a wrist injury was Russian Nikolay Davydenko.

SENT PACKING

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Andy Murray, the world’s fourth-ranked player, was embarrassed at the Monte Carlo Masters, losing 6-2 6-1 to Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber. Even the crowd booed Murray for what seemed to be lackluster play. “I wasn’t very good today,” the Scot admitted. “I tried different things. I tried serve and volleying a couple of times. I tried hitting some high balls. It did not really make a whole lot of difference.”

SITTING IT OUT

Russia will play its Fed Cup semifinal against the United States without Svetlana Kuznetsova. The world’s fifth-ranked player will skip the international team competition and instead play a WTA Tour event in Stuttgart, Germany, the day after the Fed Cup ends. “I will have to miss the semifinal with the United States because my personal schedule is too tight,” Kuznetsova said. “It’s unreal to go to Stuttgart directly from the United States.” The Russian is recovering from a shoulder injury and has not played since losing a fourth-round match at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Florida. Three times she received on-court treatment for her shoulder during the match.

Without Kuznetsova, world number three Dinara Safina and Maria Sharapova, the Russian Fed Cup team will be led by Elena Dementieva. Captain Shamil Tarpischchev also has named Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Ekatarina Makarova and Alla Kudryavtseva to the tie, which will be held in Birmingham, Alabama. The Americans will counter with 18-year-old Melanie Oudin, Bethanie Mattek-Sands and doubles specialist Liezel Huber. The United States has left a spot vacant, hoping either one of the Williams sisters, Serena or Venus, will be healthy enough to compete.

Flavia Pennetta, Francesca Schiavone, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci will be in the lineup as defending champion Italy takes on the Czech Republic in a semifinal match. The Czech team will be composed of Lucie Safarova, Petra Kvitova, Lucie Hradecka and Kveta Peschke. Italy has won the last three Fed Cup encounters between the two nations.

SHUDDERING HALT

Caroline Wozniacki injured her right ankle, forcing a sudden halt to her semifinal match against Vera Zvonareva at the Family Circle Cup. After injuring her ankle in a tumble, the top-seeded Dane fell behind Zvonareva 5-2 before calling it quits. Wozniacki tripped while sliding in to retrieve a drop shot. After being helped from the court, she had her ankle taped and played one more game before pulling out.

SUSPENSION AHEAD?

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is reviewing the rules that prevented it from suspending Wayne Odesnik after the American pleaded guilty to importing banned substances into Australia. Under current rules, the governing body of tennis can only suspend players who are being investigated for a failed drug test. Currently, players cannot be prevented from playing for possessing a banned substance. Stuart Miller, the ITF anti-doping manager, says there’s clearly a need to review those rules.

SERB PAROLED

Damir Dokic is out of jail. The father of Jelena Dokic was paroled by a Serbian court a year after being convicted of threatening to blow up the car of Australian ambassador Claire Birkin because of articles in the Australian press in which the player accused her father of beating her. Dokic was sentenced to 15 months in prison, but the sentence was later reduced to 12 months.

SPLITSVILLE

Novak Djokovic has split with his American coach Todd Martin. The 22-year-old Djokovic started working with Martin last year, but said it has become too complicated working at the same time with two coaches who styles are so different. The Serb is continuing to working with Marian Vajda. “Todd is a fantastic person who has so much experience and he shared everything with me,” Djokovic said. “But it just did not work out in the end and we separated with no hard feelings.”

STAYING POWER

It took an extra day before Joao Souza could win his first tournament title as a pro. The Brazilian captured the rain-delayed Bancolombia Open singles final in Bogota, Colombia, upsetting top-seeded Alejandro Falla of Colombia 4-6 6-4 6-1. Souza, who knocked off second-seeded Santiago Giraldo of Colombia in the semifinals 6-3 6-3, has only played one match outside South America since turning pro, losing his opening match at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Florida, USA, this year. The victory boosted Souza’s ranking to 153^rd in the world, his best yet.

SMITH IN CHARGE

Andy Murray’s former coach Leon Smith is Great Britain’s new Davis Cup captain. The 34-year-old Scot takes over for John Lloyd, who resigned following Britain’s embarrassing loss to Lithuania last month. Smith most recently had been the Lawn Tennis Association’s (LTA) head of men’s player development. The new coach hopes to persuade Murray to return to Davis Cup after he skipped the tie against Lithuania.

SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE

When Mahesh Bhupathi retired because of a left leg injury, it meant Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic had become the first doubles team in eight years to successfully defend their title at the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters. The top-ranked pair were leading Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi 6-3 2-0 when Bhupathi couldn’t go on. “Of course with Mahesh getting injured, it’s not the way you want to win, but we played well the whole weekend,” Zimonjic said. “It’s my fourth title here and it’s nice to win at least one tournament more times than Daniel has.” Nestor has now won 67 doubles titles, while Zimonjic has captured 35. Zimonjic also won Monte Carlo in 2004 with Tim Henman and in 2005 with Leander Paes.

SHERR IN NEW ROLE

Lewis H. Sherr has been named Managing Director, Corporate Partnerships, by the United States Tennis Association (USTA). He will be responsible for new corporate sales and partnership development for the USTA, the US Open, the Olympus US Open Series, community based programs and all USTA properties. Sherr most recently was senior vice president, Marketing Partnerships, for Madison Square Garden (MSG) and MSG Entertainment.

SHARED PERFORMANCES

Barcelona: Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci beat Timea Bacsinszky and Tathiana Garbin 6-1 3-6 10-2 (match tiebreak)

Charleston: Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova beat Vania King and Michaella Krajicek 6-3 6-4

Johannesburg (men): Nicolas Mahut and Lovro Zovko beat Raven Klaasen and Izak van der Merwe 6-2 6-2

Johannesburg (women): Vitalia Diatchenko and Eirini Georgatou beat Marina Erakovic and Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-3 5-7 16-14 (match tiebreak)

Monte Carlo: David Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic beat Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi 6-3 2-0 retired

SITES TO SURF

Barcelona: www.barcelonaopenbancosabadell.com/

Athens: www.statusathensopen.gr/

Davis Cup: www.daviscup.com/

Fed Cup: www.fedcup.com/

Rome: www.internazionalibnlditalia.it/

Stuttgart: www.porsche-tennis.de/

Fez: www.frmtennis.com/

Tunis: www.tct.org.tn/

Cagnes-Sur-Mer: www.opendecagnes.com/

TOURNAMENTS THIS WEEK

(All money in USD)

ATP

$2,100,000 Barcelona Open BancSabadell, Barcelona, Spain, clay

$113,000 Status Athens Open, Athens, Greece, hard

DAVIS CUP

Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV at Amman, Jordan, hard (round robin): Bahrain, Brunei, Iraq, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Qatar, Singapore, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

FED CUP

World Group Semifinals

Italy vs. Czech Republic at Rome, Italy

United States vs. Russia at Birmingham, Alabama, USA

World Group Playoffs

Belgium vs. Estonia at Hassell, Belgium; Ukraine vs. Australia at Kharkiv, Ukraine; Germany vs. France at Frankfurt, Germany; Serbia vs. Slovak Republic at Belgrade, Serbia

World Group II Playoffs

Poland vs. Spain at Sopot, Poland; Sweden vs. China at Helsingborg, Sweden; Canada vs. Argentina at Montreal, Canada; Slovenia vs. Japan at Maribon, Slovenia

America’s Zone Group II at Guayaquil, Ecuador, clay (round robin, two groups): Bahamas, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago

Europe/Africa Zone Group II at Cairo, Egypt, clay (round round, two groups): Algeria, Egypt, Iceland, Ireland, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, Turkey

TOURNAMENTS NEXT WEEK

ATP

$3,026,000 Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy, clay

$125,000 Tunis Open, Tunis, Tunisia, clay

WTA

$700,000 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany, clay

$230,000 Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Fes, Morocco, clay

$100,000 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes 2010, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, clay

DAVIS CUP

Asia/Oceania Zone Group III, Tehran, Iran, clay (round robin, two groups): Bangladesh, Iran, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Vietnam

FED CUP

Europe/Africa Zone Group II, Yerevan, Armenia, clay (round robin, two groups): Armenia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, South Africa