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2016 DAVIS CUP :
World Group First Round Draw :

Great Britain (1) vs Japan
Serbia (7) vs Kazakhstan
ITALY vs Switzerland (4)
Poland vs Argentina (6)
France (5) vs Canada
Germany (3) vs Czech Republic
Australia (8) vs United States
Belgium (2) vs Croatia

First Round : 4-6 March 2016

RANKINGS AT SEPTEMBER 21ST :

ATP TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Novak Djokovic SRB 16.145 points
2. Roger Federer SUI 9.420 points
3. Andy Murray GBR 8.800 points
4. Stanislas Wawrinka SUI 6.005 points
5. Tomas Berdych CZE 5.050 points
6. Kei Nishikori JPN 5.015 points
7. Rafael Nadal ESP 3.770 points
8. David Ferrer ESP 3.695 points
9. Milos Raonic CAN 2.790 points
10. Gilles Simon FRA 2.560 points
11. Richard Gasquet FRA 2.490 points
12. Kevin Anderson RSA 2.430 points
13. John Isner USA 2.325 points
14. Marin Cilic CRO 2.270 points
15. David Goffin BEL 2.050 points

WTA TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Serena Williams USA 11.501 points
2. Simona Halep ROU 6.780 points
3. Maria Sharapova RUS 5.795 points
4. Petra Kvitova CZE 5.295 points
5. Lucie Safarova CZE 3.525 points
6. Caroline Wozniacki DEN 3.385 points
7. (8.) Flavia Pennetta ITA 3.317 points
8. (9.) Garbine Muguruza ESP 3.121 points
9. (11.) Angelique Kerber GER 3.075 points
10. (12.) Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 3.070 points
11. (10.) Karolina Pliskova CZE 3.040 points
12. (7.) Ana Ivanovic SRB 2.971 points
13. (14.) Agnieszka Radwanska POL 2.820 points
14. (13.) Timea Bacsinszky SUI 2.727 points
15. Belinda Bencic SUI 2.710 points

THIS WEEK SCHEDULE :

Metz (France), 21-27 September : "Moselle Open"
Category : ATP World Tour 250
Prize Money : N/A
Surface : Hard Indoor

St. Petersburg (Russia), 21-27 September : "St. Petersburg Open"
Category : ATP World Tour 250
Prize Money : $ 1.030.000
Surface : Hard Indoor

Tokyo (Japan), 21-27 September : Toray Pan Pacific Open"
Category : WTA Premier
Prize Money : $. 1.000.000
Surface : Hard

Seoul (South Korea), 21-27 September : "Kia Korea Open"
Category : WTA International
Prize Money : $ 500.000
Surface : Hard

Guangzhou (China), 21-27 September : "Guangzhou International Women' s Open"
Category : WTA International
Prize Money : $ 250.000
Surface : Hard

2015 DAVIS CUP :
World Group Semifinals :

Final Results :

Glasgow (Great Britain) : Great Britain 3 - Australia 2
A. Murray (GBR) def. B. Tomic (AUS) 7-5, 6-3, 6-2
T. Kokkinakis (AUS) def. D. Evans (GBR) 7-5, 6-4

Brussels (Belgium) : Belgium 3 - Argentina (5) 2
D. Goffin (BEL) def. D. Schwartzman (ARG) 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
S. Darcis (BEL) def. F. Delbonis (ARG) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3)

GREAT BRITAIN & BELGIUM advance to the Final (27-29 November)

WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS :

New Delhi (India) : India 1 - Czech Republic (1) 3
J. Vesely (CZE) def. Y. Bhambri (IND) 6-3, 7-5, 6-2
S. Devvarman (IND) vs L. Rosol (CZE) NOT PLAYED

Geneva (Switzerland) : Switzerland (2) 4 - Netherlands 1
R. Federer (SUI) def. T. De Bakker (NED) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
H. Laaksonen (SUI) def. T. Van Rijthoven (NED) 7-6 (11), 6-3

Irkutsk (Russia) : Russia 1 - ITALY (3) 4
F. Fognini (ITA) def. T. Gabashvili (RUS) 7-6 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
P. Lorenzi (ITA) def. K. Kravchuk (RUS) 6-4, 7-6 (3)

Tashkent (Uzbekistan) : Uzbekistan 1 - United States (4) 3
J. Sock (USA) def. D. Istomin (UZB) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
F. Dustov (UZB) vs S. Johnson (USA) NOT PLAYED

Pereira (Colombia) : Colombia 2 - Japan (5) 3
K. Nishikori (JPN) def. S. Giraldo (COL) 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
T. Daniel (JPN) def. A. Falla (COL) 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2

Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) : Dominican Republic 1 - Germany (6) 4
P. Kohlschreiber (GER) def. V. Estrella-Burgos (DOM) 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
B. Becker (GER) def. R. Cid (DOM) 6-4, 7-6 (4)

Florianopolis (Brazil) : Brazil 1 - Croatia (7) 3
B. Coric (CRO) def. T. Bellucci (BRA) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 4-0 ret.
J. Souza (BRA) vs M. Delic (CRO) NOT PLAYED

Gdynia (Poland) : Poland 3 - Slovakia (8) 2
M. Klizan (SVK) def. J. Janowicz (POL) 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3
M. Przysiezny (POL) def. N. Gombos (SVK) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

CZECH REPUBLIC (1), SWITZERLAND (2), ITALY (3), UNITED STATES (4), JAPAN (5), GERMANY (6) & CROATIA (7) remained in the
World Group in 2016, POLAND was promoted in the World Group in 2016.
India, Netherlands, Russia, Uzbekistan, Colombia, Dominican Republic & Slovakia (8) remained in Zonal Group I in 2016, Brazil was relegated to Zonal Group I in 2016.

WTA FINALS OF THE WEEK :

WTA International Tokyo : Yanina Wickmayer won her fourth WTA tournament in career (five years after her last and all WTA International),
defeating Magda Linette 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

WTA International Quebec : Annika Beck (5) won her second WTA tournament in career (both WTA International and on Hard lndoor), defeating
Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-2

2015 DAVIS CUP :
World Group Semifinals :

Results After Matchday 2 :

Glasgow (Great Britain) : Great Britain 2 - Australia 1
A. & J. Murray (GBR) def. S. Groth / L. Hewitt (AUS) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4

Brussels (Belgium) : Belgium 1 - Argentina (5) 2
C. Berlocq / L. Mayer (ARG) def. R. Bemelmans / S. Darcis (BEL) 6-2, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 7-6 (5)

WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS :

New Dehli (India) : India 1 - Czech Republic (1) 2
A. Pavlasek / R. Stepanek (CZE) def. R. Bopanna / L. Paes (IND) 7-5, 6-2, 6-2

Geneva (Switzerland) : Switzerland (2) 2 - Netherlands 1
M. Middelkoop / T. De Bakker (NED) def. R. Federer / M. Chiudinelli (SUI) 7-6 (9), 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1

Irkutsk (Russia) : Russia 1 - ITALY (3) 2
S. Bolelli / F. Fognini (ITA) def. E. Donskoy / K. Kravchuk 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2)

Tashkent (Uzbekistan) : Uzbekistan 1 - United States (4) 2
S. Johnson / S. Querrey (USA) def. F. Dustov / D. Istomin (UZB) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2

Pereira (Colombia) : Colombia 2 - Japan (5) 1
J. S. Cabal / R. Farah (COL) def. Y. Nishioka / Y. Uchiyama (JPN) 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-3, 6-2

Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) : Dominican Republic 1 - Germany (6) 2
P. Kohlschreiber / P. Petzschner (GER) def. V. Estrella-Burgos / J. Hernandez (DOM) 6-3, 6-2, 6-3

Florianopolis (Brazil) : Brazil 1 - Croatia 2
B. Coric (CRO) def. J. Souza (BRA) 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1
I. Dodig / F. Skugor (CRO) def. M. Melo / B. Soares (BRA) 6-0, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3)

Gdynia (Poland) : Poland 2 - Slovakia 1
L. Kubot / M. Matkowski (POL) def. A. Martin / I. Zelenay (SVK) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

WTA SEMIFINALS OF THE WEEK :

WTA International Tokyo : Y. Wickmayer def. A. Tomljanovic (5) 7-5, 6-2
M. Linette def. C. McHale (6) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3

WTA International Quebec : J. Ostapenko def. N. Broady (LL) 6-4, 6-2
A. Beck (5) def. M. Lucic-Baroni (2) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4

2015 DAVIS CUP :
World Group Semifinals :

Results After Matchday 1 :

Glasgow (Great Britain), Indoor Hard : Great Britain 1 - Australia 1
A. Murray (GBR) def. T. Kokkinakis (AUS) 6-3, 6-0, 6-3
B. Tomic (AUS) def. D. Evans (GBR) 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (4), 6-4

Brussels, (Belgium), Indoor Hard : Belgium 1 - Argentina (5) 1
D. Goffin (BEL) def. F. Delbonis (ARG) 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-3
L. Mayer (ARG) def. S. Darcis (BEL) 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-3

WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS :

New Delhi (India), Outdoor Hard : India 1 - Czech Republic (1) 1
L. Rosol (CZE) def. Y. Bhambri (IND) 6-2, 6-1, 7-5
S. Devvarman (IND) def. J. Vesely (CZE) 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-3

Geneva (Switzerland), Indoor Hard : Switzerland (2) 2 - Netherlands 0
S. Wawrinka (SUI) def. T. De Bakker (NED) 2-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
R. Federer (SUI) def. J. Huta Galung (NED) 6-3, 6-4, 6-3

Irkutsk (Russia), Indoor Hard : Russia 1 - ITALY (3) 1
T. Gabashvili (RUS) def. S. Bolelli (ITA) 7-6 (2), 6-1, 6-3
F. Fognini (ITA) def. A. Rublev (RUS) 7-6 (8), 6-2, 6-2

Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Outdoor Clay : Uzbekistan 1 - United States (4) 1
D. Istomin (UZB) def. S. Johnson (USA) 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 7-5
J. Sock (USA) def. F. Dustov (UZB) 7-5, 6-3, 6-2

Pereira (Colombia), Outdoor Clay : Colombia 1 - Japan (5) 1
S. Giraldo (COL) def. T. Daniel (JPN) 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4
K. Nishikori (JPN) def. A. Falla (COL) 7-6 (3), 7-6 (1), 7-5

Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Outdoor Hard : Dominican Republic 1 - Germany (6) 1
V. Estrella-Burgos (DOM) def. D. Brown (GER) 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)
P. Kohlschreiber (GER) def. J. Hernandez (DOM) 6-1, 6-3, 6-1

Florianopolis (Brazil), Outdoor Clay : Brazil 1 - Croatia (7) 0
T. Bellucci (BRA) def. M. Delic (CRO) 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
B. Coric (CRO) vs J. Souza (BRA) 6-4, 7-6 (5), 4-1, 30-40 suspended due to rain and postponed to today

Gdynia (Poland), Indoor Hard : Poland 1 - Slovakia (8) 1
M. Klizan (SVK) def. M. Przysiezny (POL) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
J. Janowicz (POL) def. N. Gombos (SVK) 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2

RANKINGS AT SEPTEMBER 14TH :

ATP TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Novak Djokovic SRB 16.145 points
2. Roger Federer SUI 9.405 points
3. Andy Murray GBR 8.660 points
4. (5.) Stanislas Wawrinka SUI 6.000 points
5. (6.) Tomas Berdych CZE 5.050 points
6. (4.) Kei Nishikori JPN 5.015 points
7. (8.) Rafael Nadal ESP 3.770 points
8. (7.) David Ferrer ESP 3.695 points
9. (10.) Milos Raonic CAN 2.790 points
10. (11.) Gilles Simon FRA 2.560 points
11. (12.) Richard Gasquet FRA 2.490 points
12. (14.) Kevin Anderson RSA 2.430 points
13. John Isner USA 2.325 points
14. (9.) Marin Cilic CRO 2.270 points
15. David Goffin BEL 2.130 points

WTA TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Serena Williams USA 11.501 points
2. Simona Halep ROU 6.780 points
3. Maria Sharapova RUS 5.795 points
4. Petra Kvitova CZE 5.295 points
5. (6.) Lucie Safarova CZE 3.570 points
6. (5.) Caroline Wozniacki DEN 3.510 points
7. Ana Ivanovic SRB 3.440 points
8. (26.) Flavia Pennetta ITA 3.317 points
9. Garbine Muguruza ESP 3.305 points
10. (8.) Karolina Pliskova CZE 3.215 points
11. Angelique Kerber GER 3.150 points
12. (10.) Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 3.070 points
13. (14.) Timea Bacsinszky SUI 2.836 points
14. (15.) Agnieszka Radwanska POL 2.820 points
15. (12.) Belinda Bencic SUI 2.735 points

THIS WEEK SCHEDULE :

This week no ATP tournaments, due to Davis cup Semifinals (18-20 September)

Glasgow (Great Britain), Hard Indoor : Great Britain vs Australia
Brussels (Belgium), Hard Indoor : Belgium vs Argentina

Quebec City (Canada), 14-20 September : "Coupe Banque National"
Category : WTA International
Prize Money : $ 250.000
Surface : Carpet Indoor

Tokyo (Japan), 14-20 September : "Japan Women' s Cup"
Category : WTA International
Prize Money : $ 250.000
Surface : Hard

U.S. OPEN 2015 :
Results Finals :

Men' s Singles : Novak Djokovic (1) won his 10th Grand Slam title in career (55th overall and second in New York), defeating
Roger Federer (2) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

After a 3 hours and a half rain delay, Djokovic was the first to break on third game, but he immediately lost it, then he made the deciding break on 7th game, closing the set 6-4, with Federer losing his first set in the tournament; second set was decided by an only break, made by the Swiss champion on 12th game, after the Serbian champion saved two set-points on 4-5; in third set the world' s N° 1 broke the world' s N° 2 in third game, but he lost it the next game and the set was decided by a break on 4-4, with Djokovic closing the set 6-4, after saving 2 break-points; in fourth set Federer was broken two times, in first and in 7th game and Djokovic served for the match on 5-2, but he lost the serve and managed to close the match only on 10th game, after saving 3 break-points and after 3h 20' of match.
For the second time in his career Nole won 3 Slams in the same year (this year he only lost Roland Garros final against Stan Wawrinka)

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Women' s Doubles : M. Hingis / S. Mirza (1) def. C. DellAcqua / Y. Shvedova (4) 6-3, 6-3

2015 U.S. OPEN :
Results Finals :

Women' s Singles : Flavia Pennetta (26) won her first Grand Slam title in career (11th title overall), defeating Roberta Vinci 7-6 (4), 6-2

In the first all Italian final in a Slam ever, Flavia Pennetta began better, breaking Vinci on 2-2, but she was broken back on 3-4, with Vinci saving two 3-5 balls; first set was decided by the tie-break, in which Pennetta led from the beginning till the end, closing 7-4; Vinci suffered the loss of the set and she lost her serve two consecutive times in the beginning of second set, she managed to recover till 2-4, but Pennetta won the last two games and the match.
The 33-year-old Flavia Pennetta, who would raise to N° 8 in the world rankings, said after the match : "This is the way I like to say goodbye to tennis", announcing her retirement at the end of this season.
The 32-year-old Roberta Vinci said : "I am really happy for me and for Flavia. It' s always hard to play against a player who you have known for a long time.
I tried to play my best, but Flavia played unbelievable and I have to say congrats to her".

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Men' s Doubles : P. H. Herbert / N. Mahut (12) def. J. Murray / J. Peers (8) 6-4, 6-4

2015 U.S. OPEN :
Results Semi-finals :

Women' s Singles : R. Vinci def. S. Williams (1) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
F. Pennetta (26) def. S. Halep (2) 6-1, 6-3

First all Italian final in a Slam tournament ever

Women' s Doubles : C. DellAcqua / Y. Shvedova (4) def. A-L. Groenefeld / C. Vandeweghe 6-7 (3), 7-5, 7-5

Men' s Singles : N. Djokovic (1) def. M. Cilic (9) 6-0, 6-1, 6-2
R. Federer (2) def. S. Wawrinka (5) 6-4, 6-3, 6-1

Mixed Doubles Final : M. Hingis / L. Paes (4) def. B. Mattek-Sands / S. Querrey 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 (Super-Tiebreak)

2015 U.S. OPEN :
Results Semi-finals :

Women' s Singles : S. Williams (1) vs R. Vinci
S. Halep (2) vs F. Pennetta (26)
Matches Cancelled due to Bad Weather and Postponed to Tomorrow from h. 11 Local Time (h. 17 CET)

Women' s Doubles : M. Hingis / S. Mirza (1) def. F. Pennetta / S. Errani (11) 6-4, 6-1
C. DellAcqua / Y. Shvedova (4) vs A-L. Groenefeld / C. Vandeweghe 3-4 suspended due to rain

Men' s Doubles : P.H. Herbert / N. Mahut (12) def. D. Inglot / R. Lindstedt 7-5, 6-2
J. Murray / J. Peers (8) def. S. Johnson / S. Querrey 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (7)

Mixed Doubles : M. Hingis / L. Paes (4) def. Y-J. Chan / R. Bopanna (2) 6-2, 7-5
B. Mattek-Sands / S. Querrey def. A. Hlavackova / L. Kubot 6-4, 6-3

2015 U.S. OPEN :
Quarter-finals Bottom Half Complete Results :

Men' s Singles : R. Federer (2) def. R. Gasquet (12) 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
S. Wawrinka (5) def. K. Anderson (15) 6-4, 6-4, 6-0

Women' s Singles : S. Halep (2) def. V. Azarenka (20) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
F. Pennetta (26) def. P. Kvitova (5) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

2015 U.S. OPEN :
Quarter-finals Top Half Complete Results :

Men' s Singles : M. Cilic (9) def. J-W. Tsonga (19) 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4
N. Djokovic (1) def. F. Lopez (18) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2)

Women' s Singles : R. Vinci def. K. Mladenovic 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
S. Williams (1) def. V. Williams (23) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2

2015 U.S. OPEN :
4th Round Bottom Half Complete Results :

Men' s Singles : R. Federer (2) def. J. Isner (13) 7-6 (0), 7-6 (6), 7-5
K. Anderson (15) def. A. Murray (3) 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (0)
S. Wawrinka (5) def. D. Young 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
R. Gasquet (12) def. T. Berdych (6) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1

Women' s Singles : S. Halep (2) def. S. Lisicki (24) 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-2
P. Kvitova (5) def. J. Konta 7-5, 6-3
V. Azarenka (20) def. V. Lepchenko 6-3, 6-4
F. Pennetta (26) def. S. Stosur (22) 6-4, 6-4