US top seed John Isner and Belgian sixth seed Olivier Rochus advanced to the final of the $500,000 ATP Hall of Fame Championships with straight-set semifinal victories Saturday. Isner, famous for winning the longest match in tennis history over Frenchman Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon last year, defeated Germany's Tobias Kamke 7-5, 7-6 (7-4). Rochus, who lost to American Mardy Fish in last year's final, booked himself another chance at the crown by downing US qualifier Michael Yani 6-2, 6-4. Vinci wins 3rd WTA title Top-seeded Roberta Vinci of Italy won her third WTA title of the year by beating Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 Sunday in the final of the Budapest Grand Prix. Serbia-Argentina semis Defending Davis Cup champions Serbia shrugged off the absence of Wimbledon winner Novak Djokovic to wrap up a 4-1 win over Sweden and book a semifinal date against Argentina on Sunday. Janko Tipsarevic earned the crucial point, beating Michael Ryderstedt 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 in Halmstad to secure Serbia a home September semis with Argentina, an easy 5-0 winner against Kazakhstan. In Stuttgart, France completed a 4-1 win over Germany. Philipp Petzschner saw off Michael Llodra 6-3, 6-4 for his team's only point with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga then defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5) to wrap up the tie. France will play either the United States or Spain in the semifinals. World No. 1 doubles team Bob and Mike Bryan kept the United States in the hunt with a 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Spain's Marcel Granollers and Fernando Verdasco Saturday in Austin, which leaves them trailing 2-1. Hewitt lifts Australia Lleyton Hewitt secured a 3-1 win for Australia Sunday in an Asia-Oceania second-round Davis Cup tie in Beijing, sending his squad through to the World Group playoffs. The 30-year-old came off the bench, replacing Marinko Matosevic, to defeat Zhang Ze 6-2, 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(2). Hewitt's 18-year-old teammate Bernard Tomic had levelled the tie at 1-1 Friday after beating Zhang 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.
