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Alex Bogomolov Jr.'s disastrous Davis Cup debut for Russia continued Sunday as he was swept aside in straight sets by Jurgen Melzer, giving Austria the win in Wiener Neustadt.

Jurgen Melzer recorded a hard-fought win over Igor Kunitsyn on Friday to give Austria an early edge in their Davis Cup first-round match with Russia.

With four of the world's top five players sitting out this weekend, Davis Cup promises to provide opportunities to shine for a group of hungry players, some of whom are getting their first taste of World Group action.

The Cyprus national tennis team got a welcome boost ahead of its 2012 Davis Cup tie against Morocco following the return of tennis star Marcos Baghdatis.

Russia captain Shamil Tarpischev has opted to use Igor Kunitsyn for the opening singles of the Davis Cup series against Austria instead of his highest ranked player, Mikhail Youzhny.

Alex Bogomolov Jr., shown here at the Sydney International on Jan. 12, was born in Russia but has been living and training in the U.S. since 1992.

Lavrov did not specify what Medvedev wants to tell Assad Communist Gennady Zyuganov and businessman Mikhail Prokhorov kicked off the presidential campaign season on Monday with a testy TV debate that centered on Zyuganov's political accomplishments and Prokhorov's connection to the chaotic 1990s Russia's second largest bank VTB sent to the ... (more)

United States beats Belarus 5-0 at Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; Japan beat Slovenia 5-0 at Hyogo, Japan; Slovak Republic beats France 3-2 at Bratislava, Slovak Republic; Australia beats Switzerland 4-1 at Fribourg, Switzerland Europe/Africa at Eilat, Israel, hard - Great Britain and Sweden advance to 2012 World Group II playoffs; Estonia and ... (more)

Mikhail Youzhny won his eighthA ATP World Tour title on Sunday, stopping first-time finalist Lukas Lacko 6-2, 6-3 in the Zagreb final.

Serena Williams returned to Fed Cup play Saturday, giving the United States a strong lineup for its matchup against Belarus.

Mikhail Youzhny of Russia defeated Michael Berrer of Germany 6-3, 6-4 Saturday to advance to the Zagreb Indoors final.

Lukas Lacko of Slovakia ousted second-seeded Alex Bogomolov Jr. of Russia 6-0, 6-7 , 6-1 to advance to the Zagreb Indoors quarterfinals on Thursday.

FINALS a A Three of the Top 4 seeds are in action Thursday as the second round wraps up at the PBZ Zagreb Indoors , an ATP World Tour 250 event held on the indoor hard courts of the Croatian capital.This is the first time in the tournament's history all eight seeds won opening round matches.

Second-seeded Alex Bogomolov Jr. of Russia beat wild card Dino Marcan of Croatia 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Zagreb Indoors on Tuesday.

The top-seeded Ljubicic slammed 16 aces and held off Slovak Karol Beck 7-6 , 3-6, 6-3 in 2 hours, 18 minutes on the indoor hardcourts at Dom Sportova.

"Not to his drive, his strongest shot. Losing your concentration means going to the net and hitting the ball to his forehand, or omitting in a rush of blood to serve to his backhand always to his backhand or going for a winner when it's not time." It may seem strange that Rafa's strategy against Federer could be so simple, but it is.

Last week, I wrote about the precipitious decline of Russian men's tennis , as personified by the fact that Alex Bogomolov Jr., a 28-year-old who has spent almost his entire career as a journeyman, is ranked ahead of such former luminaries as aging Nikolay Davydenko and Mikhail Youzhny.

WHEN Milos Raonic arrived at Melbourne Park a year ago, it was as the 26th seed in qualifying, a lowly ranked 20-year-old from Canada who had played in the main draw of just four ATP-level events.

A couple of weeks before the Australian Open, a fellow journalist heading for Melbourne told me that he "couldn't wait to see live tennis again." It was true, it had been a while, and I kept those words in mind through the tedious and enervating moments-which was pretty much all of them-of my 14-hour flight from Los Angeles to Australia.