Tennis

Former world No. 1 Justine Henin was among Wednesday's first-round winners at the $4.5 million BNP Paribas Open tennis event.

Fernando Gonzalez straight-setted Dudi Sela on Monday, sending Chile into the 2010 Davis Cup quarterfinals. The Chileans cruised past Israel, 4-1.

The WTA Tour and Sony Ericsson announced a two-year extension of their existing partnership on Sunday.

Third-seeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won her second match of the day on Sunday to capture the title at the $220,000 Monterrey Open.

Israeli doubles specialists Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram posted a big victory on Sunday, as the Israelis pulled within 1-2 of the host Chileans in their best-of-five first-round Davis Cup matchup.

Third-seeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova got past Latvian Anastasija Sevastova in Sunday's semifinal at the $220,000 Monterrey Open. Pavlyuchenkova will face second-seeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova in Sunday's finale at this hardcourt tournament.

Novak Djokovic outlasted big John Isner in five sets on Sunday to lift Serbia past the United States and into the 2010 Davis Cup quarterfinals.

The Czech Republic wound up with a 4-1 victory over host Belgium in a first-round Davis Cup tie in Bree.

David Nalbandian defeated Andreas Vinciguerra to give visiting Argentina a 3-2 victory over Sweden in their first-round Davis Cup matchup in Stockholm.

Croatia put the finishing touches Sunday on a 5-0 sweep of visiting Ecuador in a best-of-five Davis Cup first-round matchup.