The United States was eliminated from the Davis Cup semifinals Sunday when Andy Roddick lost 17-15 to Russia’s Dmitry Tursunov in a fifth-set marathon that concluded a match lasting nearly five hours. The Americans trailed 2-1 entering the last day of the best-of-five competition and needed singles victories from Roddick and Blake to advance.

Martina Hingis defeated first-time finalist Olga Poutchkova of Russia 6-0, 6-4 Sunday to win the Sunfeast Open for her second title since coming out from retirement. The top-seeded Swiss overcame an erratic serve in the second set to make short work of Poutchkova. This was the 42nd WTA Tour title for the five-time major winner.

Fifteen-year-old Tamira Paszek of Austria won her first WTA Tour title Sunday, beating sixth-seeded Maria Elena Camerin of Italy 7-5, 6-1 at the Slovenia Open. Paszek, ranked 259th, played her first WTA tournament in October 2005 in Linz, Austria, where she reached the second round. She joined her country’s Fed Cup team last year.

Jose Acasuso upset Lleyton Hewitt in a rain-delayed singles match and Argentina won its doubles match Saturday to beat Australia 3-0 and reach its first Davis Cup final in 25 years. Argentina will face the U.S. against Russia winner in the other World Group semifinal. Acasuso beat Hewitt 1-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 in a rain-delayed match the extended into Saturday.

Alex Corretja, the winner of 17 ATP singles titles and a former No. 2-ranked player, announced his retirement Saturday. “I am retiring with the tranquility that I have given 100 percent all the time,” the 32-year-old Corretja said in a statement released by the ATP. “I am very proud of what I have achieved, and I am very happy and content with my tennis career.” The announcement came during the…

Justine Henin-Hardenne might be sidelined until the tour’s season-ending championships in November because of a knee injury that forced her to quit during the decisive match of the Fed Cup final. Henin-Hardenne, the French Open champion who is ranked No. 2, pulled out of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany, early next month and is doubtful for the Zurich Open beginning Oct.

Top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova eased past Erika Takao 6-1, 6-2 Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Wismilak International. Kuznetsova, No. 7 in the world, outplayed the 18-year-old Takao, who struggled with her serve while the Russian fired eight aces. Marion Bartoli defeated Casey Dellacqua 6-1, 6-3, and Hana Sromova advanced with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Aiko Nakamura.

Nikolay Davydenko showed few signs of weariness Wednesday, cruising past Kenneth Carlsen 6-3, 6-4 at the China Open. Davydenko, who arrived in Beijing on Monday night, looked strong despite having little rest after his U.S. Open run. He reached the U.S. Open semifinals Saturday before being knocked out by eventual champion Roger Federer.

Carlos Moya beat Luis Horna of Peru on Tuesday to advance to the second round of the BCR Open Romania. The third-seeded Spaniard won 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 7-5 on clay. Second-seeded Florent Serra of France had a much easier task, moving past Argentina’s Juan-Martin Aranguren 6-1, 6-0. Germany’s Florian Mayer, seeded seventh, beat Italy’s Potito Starace 6-2, 6-3, while eighth-seeded Paul-Henri Mathieu of…

Three players who reached the semifinals at the U.S. Open will meet next week in the Davis Cup semifinals. Mikhail Youzhny should get a rematch against Andy Roddick when Russia faces the United States from Sept. 22-24 in Moscow on indoor clay. Both players were officially selected to their teams Tuesday, the International Tennis Federation said.

Roger Federer’s third consecutive U.S. Open title guaranteed he’ll finish a third consecutive year at No. 1 in the rankings. At least Andy Roddick can say he’s No. 1 in the United States again. Roddick’s runner-up finish to Federer at the U.S. Open moved him from No. 10 to No. 6 in the ATP rankings Monday, ahead of fellow American James Blake, and put him in position to qualify for the season-ending…

Maria Sharapova began the U.S. Open with as much buzz about her sponsorships as her strokes, as much talk about her getups as her game. She’s long insisted she’s more about substance than style, though, and now she owns a second Grand Slam title to prove it. Better on the biggest points all night, the third-seeded Sharapova beat No.

Jimmy Connors has been drawing crowds for his DVD-autographing sessions at the U.S. Open and kudos for the help he’s given Andy Roddick. Roddick’s run to Saturday’s semifinals at Flushing Meadows was built on big serving, of course, but also plenty of new nuances: charging the net more, two-fisted backhands down the line, stronger returning.

Martina Navratilova’s last match will be for a Grand Slam title. Navratilova and Bob Bryan advanced to the mixed doubles final at the U.S. Open when their semifinal opponents withdrew Friday because of an injury. Navratilova has announced she will retire for a second time after this tournament. She and Bryan were supposed to face Meghann Shaughnessy and Justin Gimelstob in the semifinals, but…

Maria Sharapova’s pursuit of a second Grand Slam title keeps stalling in the semifinals. Since bursting onto the scene at 17 by winning Wimbledon in 2004, she’s accumulated millions of dollars in endorsement deals, briefly reached No. 1 in the rankings, and come oh-so-close over and over again to claiming another major trophy.