Former champion Croatia advanced to the 2009 Davis Cup quarterfinals Saturday by building an insurmountable 3-0 lead over Chile at Porec, Croatia. The homestanding Croatians forged their advantage with a 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 doubles victory by Mario Ancic and Marin Cilic against Paul Capdeville and Nicolas

Marin Cilic piled up seven served breaks in a straight-set rout that gave Croatia a 2-0 lead in its best-of-five, first-round Davis Cup series against Chile. Cilic needed just an hour and a half to complete a 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 victory over Paul Capdeville in Friday's second match in Porec, Croatia.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Defending champion and top seed Andy Roddick eased into the second round of the U.S. Clay Court Championships in Houston on Tuesday, with a straightforward 6-3 6-2 win over Paul Capdeville of Chile.

By Matthew Cronin RANCHO MIRAGE (Reuters) - Bob and Mike Bryan crushed Chile's Adrian Garcia and Paul Capdeville 6-1 6-2 6-4 to give the United States a 2-1 lead in their Davis Cup quarter-final on Saturday.

By Bill Barclay LONDON (Reuters) - Australia marched into the Davis Cup semi-finals while France kept alive their hopes of joining them by winning Saturday's doubles against Russia.