SOCCER

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Saturday — Blackburn Rovers 1 Fulham 0 Bolton Wanderers 1 Arsenal 3 Liverpool 0 Stoke City 0 Sunderland 2 Middlesbrough 0 West Ham United 3 Newcastle United 1

TENNIS

DAVIS CUP

WORLD GROUP SEMI-FINALS

Spain 2, United States 1—Madrid, Doubles—Mike Bryan and Mardy Fish, US def. Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez ESP 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 Argentina 2, Russia 1—Buenos Aires, Doubles—Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) def. David Nalbandian and Guillermo Canas (Arg) 6-2, 6-1, 6-7 (9-11), 3-6, 8-6.

WORLD GROUP PLAYOFFS

Britain 1, Austria 2—Wimbledon, Doubles—Julian Knowle and Jurgen Melzer (Aut) def. Ross Hutchins and Jamie Murray (GBR) 6-4, 6-3, 6-1l Romania 2, India 1 —Bucharest, Doubles — Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes (Ind) def. Horia Tecau and Adrian Cruciat (Rom) 6-4, 7-6 (7-0), 6-4lIsrael 2, Peru 1—Tel Aviv, Doubles—Andy Ram and Harel Levy (Isr) def. Matias Silva and Maurico Echazu (Per) 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 The Netherlands 2, South Korea 1—Apeldoorn, Doubles—Peter Wessels and Jesse Huta Galung (Ned) def. Lee Hyung-taik and Jun Woong-sun (Kor) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 Switzerland 3, Belgium 0—Lausanne, Doubles—Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) def. Xavier Malisse and Olivier Rochus (Bel) 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3, 6-3 Croatia 2, Brazil 1—Doubles—Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa (Bra) def. Ivo Karlovic and Lovro Zovko (Cro) 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3 Slovakia 0, Serbia 3—Bratislava, Doubles—Viktor Troicki and Nenad Zimonjic (Srb) def. Michal Mertinak and Filip Polasek (Slo) 7-6 (10-8), 6-4, 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (5) Chile 2, Australia 1—Antofagasta, Doubles—Chris Guccione and Carsten Ball (Aus) def. Fernando Gonzalez and Nicolas Massu (Chi) 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (10-8), 6-3, 5-7, 7-5.

ASIA-OCEANIA ZONE

Group One: Relegation Playoff: Kazakhstan 3,Philippines 0 Group Two: Final—New Zealand 2, China 3

EUROPE/AFRICA ZONE

Group One: Relegation Playoffs—Belarus 2, Georgia 0 Italy 2, Latvia 1 Group Two: Semi-finals—Ukraine 3, Portugal 0 Monaco 1, South Africa 2

AMERICAS ZONE

Group One: Relegation Playoff—Mexico 2, Uruguay 1 Group Two: Final—Paraguay 1, Ecuador 2