Sweden is set to host the United States in the semifinal round of this year's Davis Cup men's team tennis competition. The two nations are extending their long Davis Cup history that dates back to 1946. The winner of this best of five match series beginning Friday in Gothenburg goes to the 2007 final.

Svetlana Kuznetsova saved two match points in the second set tie-breaker before beating Francesca Schiavone 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 7-5 in the first reverse singles on Sunday to give Russia their third Fed Cup title in four years.

Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova clinched Russia's third Fed Cup title on Sunday in Moscow, with a hard-fought victory over Italy's Francesca Schiavone.

The Russian tennis squad's youngest player and the world's No. 5 Anna Chakvetadze will open the final encounter of the Federation Cup in Moscow September 15-16 against the current Fed Cup holders from Italy.

Australia's Lleyton Hewitt has dropped five places in the latest world tennis rankings after a disappointing showing at the recent US Open.

Russia's Dinara Safina and Nathalie Dechy from France clinched the Grand Slam trophy after winning the 2007 U.S. Open tournament in New York in the women's doubles.

Belgium's Justine Henin clinched her second U.S. Open title in New York with a straight-sets victory over Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Russian tennis star Svetlana Kuznetsova has reached her highest-ever position in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings. Before the start of the U.S. Open August 28, the 22-year-old tennis star held fourth place in the WTA rankings.

Roger Federer confidently wins US Open tennis championship of 2007, but Novak Djokovic was a very worthy opponent.

Top-seeded Justine Henin of Belgium battled past two-time champion Venus Williams 7-6, 6-4 this morning (local time) to line up a US Open final against Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Russian tennis champion Svetlana Kuznetsova has said she is proud of her victory over sixth-seeded compatriot Anna Chakvetadze in the U.S. Open women's semifinals in New York Friday.

Taiwan's Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung have reached the women's doubles final at the US Open with a 6-2, 7-6 victory over Agnes Szavay of Hungary and Czech Vladimira Ulihrova.