Tennis

Juan Monaco and Carlos Berlocq were both semifinal winners on Saturday at the VTR Open tennis event.

Americans Christina McHale and Serena Williams were both winners on Saturday to give the U.S. a 2-0 advantage over Belarus in a Fed Cup World Group II matchup.

Mikhail Youzhny and Lukas Lacko were semifinal winners Saturday and will meet for the title at the Zagreb Indoors tennis tournament.

Tomas Berdych and Gael Monfils were semifinal winners Saturday and will meet for the title at the Open Sud de France tennis tournament.

Serbia and Belgium are even after the first day of play at their Fed Cup quarterfinal.

Reigning Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka withdrew from her Fed Cup match with a lower back injury on Saturday.

Italy and the Ukraine are surprisingly even after Saturday's opening singles matches of their Fed Cup quarterfinal.

Petra Kvitova and Iveta Benesova each won three-set thrillers to give the Czech Republic a commanding 2-0 lead over Germany in its Fed Cup quarterfinal.

Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova earned dominant straight-set wins Saturday to give Russia a commanding 2-0 edge in its Fed Cup quarterfinal against Spain.

Top seeds Juan Monaco and Juan Ignacio Chela were both winners on Friday and advanced to the semifinals at the VTR Open tennis event.