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Serbia reaches Davis Cup tennis semifinals; Spain ousts US
Defending champion Serbia beat Sweden in the Davis Cup tennis quarterfinals on Sunday to set up a meeting with Argentina. Spain will host France in the final four after defeating the US.
Defending champion Serbia beat Sweden in the Davis Cup tennis quarterfinals on Sunday to set up a meeting with Argentina. Spain will host France in the final four after defeating the US.
Janko Tipsarevic sealed the victory today with a 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 win over Michael Ryderstedt in Halmstad, Sweden, to give Serbia an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five contest. Sweden's Robert Lindstedt retired against Viktor Troicki to make the final score 4-1.
Serbia, which last year secured the elite men's team championship for first time, had won both the opening singles matches even as world No. 1 Novak Djokovic didn't compete on day one because of a knee injury. Djokovic played in doubles, which Sweden won to keep the tie alive.
Argentina on Saturday completed a 5-0 whitewash of Kazakhstan and will travel to Serbia for the September 16-18 semifinals. France, which headed into Sunday's matches having already won its tie against Germany, finished with a 4-1 victory.
Spain booked the last semifinal spot when David Ferrer beat Mardy Fish 7-5, 7-6 (7-3), 5-7, 7-6 (7-5) to give the Spaniards an unbeatable 3-1 lead over the US in Austin, Texas.
Top-ranked doubles pairing Bob and Mike Bryan had kept the host nation's chances alive with a victory Saturday after Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick both lost their opening singles matches.
Spain, the 2008 and 2009 champion, will have home-court advantage in the semifinals.
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