To my surprise the United States womens team will advance after beating France in the 1st round of the World Group. Melanie Oudin led the way with 2 singles wins, and the doubles team of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Liezel Huber clinched the win for the U.S. 4-1
The defending Fed Cup champions Italy had little trouble taking out the Ukraine in their first round matchup. Italy wins 4-1 Flavia Pennetta was the star for the Italians winning both of her singles matches.
The best matchup of the weekend was the Russians and the Serbs in Belgrade, Serbia. It came down to the final match, and the team of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Alisa Kleybanova beat the 2 Serb stars Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic. Russia advances with a 3-2 win. Jelena Jankovic kept the Serbs in it by going 2-0 in her singles matches. Ana Ivanovic continued her horrible streak as she went 0-2 in singles and also lost the doubles. The curse still runs strong with Ana.
The Czech Republic edged Germany 3-2 to advance to the next round. Lucie Hradecka had a good Fed Cup going 1-0 in singles and also contributing in the doubles victory. Now Lucie is off to Midland, Michigan to defend her title at the Dow Corning Tennis Classic.
In a surprising turn of events the 2 top seeds, Gael Monfils and David Ferrer lost in the semifinals which opened the door for 2 unlikely opponents to reach the finals. Feliciano Lopez was able to handle Stephane Robert in the final 7-5, 6-1. Who thought a model could also win a title as well. Maybe this will be the beginning of Lopez getting back into the top 25 once again. Has he become immune to the curse? Him and Ana should talk.
Marin Cilic's hot streak continues on with a victory over Michael Berrer in the final of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors in Zagreb, Croatia. It wasn't easy but Cilic was able to win the title in 3 sets. 6-4, 6-7, 6-3. Cilic has now won 2 tournaments this year and made it to the semifinals of the Australian Open. This looks like the making of a breakout year for the young Croatian.
Thomasz Bellucci went through the top 2 seeds at the Movistar Open in Santiago, Chile to win the title. On Saturday evening Bellucci upset the #1 seed Fernando Gonzalez in Gonzalez's home country and earned the trip to the final where he would face the #2 seeded Argentine Juan Monaco in the final. Before the tournament had started I picked Monaco to win this event, but after 3 sets Bellucci proved me wrong. Taking down the Argentine in a tough battle on the red clay 6-2, 0-6, 6-4.
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