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The Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Finals are going to be held in Barcelona Dec 4-6, 2009 as Spain will host the Czech Republic.

MISS something? In overnight sport, Juan Martin Del Potro kept his ATP World Tour finals hopes alive and India piled on the runs against Sri Lanka.

Juan Martin del Potro squeaked into the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals in London by beating Roger Federer 6-2, 6-7 , 6-3 on Thursday -- the slimmest possible margin to advance and knock Andy Murray out of the tournament.

Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina squeaked into the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals by beating Roger Federer of Switzerland 6-2, 6-7 , 6-3 Thursday - the slimmest possible margin to advance and knock Britain's Andy Murray out of the tournament in London.

Roger Federer overcame an erratic forehand and Fernando Verdasco on Sunday, rallying to beat the Spanish opponent 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the round-robin stage of the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals at London.

For the first time since September, for the first time since the day he stood on the blue cement of the Arthur Ashe Stadium holding the US Open trophy, Juan Martin del Potro has won a match of substance.

Roger Federer overcame an erratic forehand and Fernando Verdasco on Sunday, rallying to beat the Spanish opponent, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1, in the round-robin stage of the ATP World Tour Finals.

Switzerland's Roger Federer returns the ball to Spain's Fernando Verdasco during their ATP World Tour Finals tennis match at the O2 Arena in London, Sunday Nov.

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There have been times when it might have been more appropriate for the competitors to turn up at the men's end-of-season championships with crutches rather than rackets.

ABU DHABI // Stanislas Wawrinka will join his compatriot and world No 1 Roger Federer in the Capitala World Championship following the withdrawal of the Spanish world No 8 Fernando Verdasco.

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Rafael Nadal eliminated defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 7-5 with his best tennis of the week to set up a semifinal against Novak Djokovic at the Paris Masters on Friday.

Nikolay Davydenko Thursday claimed the penultimate spot in ATP year-end field, as a loss by Spain's Fernando Verdasco at the Paris Masters guaranteed the Russian a place in the tournament.

With Federer a shock loser to Frenchman Julien Benneteau on Wednesday, a win for Nadal in Sunday's final would leave him just 305 points adrift of his arch rival with the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals to come in London later this month.

Sweden's Robin Soderling kept alive his hopes of qualifying for the ATP Tour Championships by defeating Russia's Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the third round of the Paris Masters on Thursday.

Defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Nikolay Davydenko won second-round matches at the Paris Masters on Tuesday to stay in contention for the ATP World Tour Finals.

Top-ranked Serena Williams most likely will receive a "significant'' fine but no suspension for her US Open tirade, the president of the International Tennis Federation said.

Photograph: Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images It was Daley Thompson, the double Olympic decathlon champion, who famously used to train on Christmas Day, believing it would give him that slight edge over his rivals.

Top-seeded British star Andy Murray, second-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko and Spanish crowd favorite Fernando Verdasco were among Thursday's second-round winners at the $2.98 million Valencia Open.