The Heineken Open lost a second drawcard Wednesday when former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero limped out of the second round with an ankle injury. The loss of the third seed as he trailed Swiss qualifier Michael Lammer 3-1 in the first set followed the withdrawal from the Auckland event on Monday of Argentina's David Nalbandian with an ...

Top-seeded Tommy Robredo contended with a swirling wind to reach the quarterfinals of the Heineken Open with a 7-6 (1), 7-6 (2) win over Simon Greul on Wednesday. Robredo was playing his first match at the tournament after a bye to the second round and found conditions trying on center ...

MURCIA, Spain (Reuters) - Juan Carlos Ferrero and David Ferrer gave champions Spain a 2-0 lead over Israel with crushing victories in their Davis Cup semi-final on Friday. Roared on by boisterous home support, former world number one Ferrero thumped Dudi Sela 6-4 6-2 6-0 after Ferrer had thrashed Harel Levy 6-1 6-4 6-3. Israel, in the semis for the first ...

MADRID (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal has pulled out of Spain's team for next week's Davis Cup World Group semi-final against Israel because of stomach muscle problems and has been replaced by Juan Carlos Ferrero. The injury has not prevented Nadal reaching the last eight at the U.S. Open, where he faces Chile's Fernando Gonzalez, but Spain captain ...