Daily tennis results round-up (17/04)

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Irina Falconi won her first WTA title at the Claro Open Colsanitas in Bogota, Colombia; Getty Images

Monte Carlo Rolex Masters – ATP Masters 1000
Final
[5] R. Nadal (ESP) d [13] G. Monfils (FRA) 75 57 60

Claro Open Colsanitas, Bogota – WTA International
Final
[5] I. Falconi (USA) d S. Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 62 26 64

FED CUP

World Group semifinals

CZECH REPUBLIC d SWITZERLAND 3-2
Lucerne, Switzerland
Barbora Strycova (CZE) d Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 60 62
Viktorija Golubic (SUI) d Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 36 64 64
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 64 62
Viktorija Golubic (SUI) d Barbora Strycova (CZE) 36 76(6) 61
Lucie Hradecka/Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d Viktorija Golubic/Martina Hingis (SUI) 62 62

FRANCE d NETHERLANDS 3-2
Trélazé, France
Kiki Bertens (NED) d Caroline Garcia (FRA) 64 62
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d Richel Hogenkamp (NED) 62 64
Kiki Bertens (NED) d Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 75 64
Caroline Garcia (FRA) d Arantxa Rus (NED) 63 64
Caroline Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d Kiki Bertens/Richel Hogenkamp (NED) 46 63 63

World Group Play-offs

BELARUS d RUSSIA 3-2
Moscow, Russia
Darya Kasatkina (RUS) d Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 63 36 61
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) 62 63
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d Darya Kasatkina (RUS) 62 57 63
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) d Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) 46 61 75
Darya Kasatkina/Elena Vesnina (RUS) d Olga Govortsova/Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 64 62

SPAIN d ITALY 4-0
Lleida, Spain
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 76(4) 60
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) d Roberta Vinci (ITA) 61 61
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d Roberta Vinci (ITA) 62 62
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) v Francesca Schiavone (ITA) – not played
Anabel Medina Garrigues/Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) d Karin Knapp/Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 11  ret.

GERMANY d ROMANIA 4-1
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Angelique Kerber (GER) d Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 62 63
Simona Halep (ROU) d Andrea Petkovic (GER) 64 67(5) 64
Angelique Kerber (GER) d Simona Halep (ROU) 62 62
Andrea Petkovic (GER) d Monica Niculescu (ROU) 06 76(1) 63
Annika Beck/Julia Goerges (GER) d Irina-Camelia Begu/Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) 67(5) 76(4) [10-7]

USA d AUSTRALIA 4-0
Brisbane, Australia
Madison Keys (USA) d Daria Gavrilova (AUS) 64 62
Christina McHale (USA) d Sam Stosur (AUS) 36 61 75
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d Samantha Stosur (AUS) 26 75 64
Daria Gavrilova (AUS) v Christina McHale (USA) – not played
Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d Daria Gavrilova/Arina Rodionova (AUS) 61 64

World Group II Play-offs

BELGIUM d SERBIA 3-2
Belgrade, Serbia
Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) d Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 64 76(8)
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d Jovana Jaksic (SRB) 75 60
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 16 75 86
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d Ivana Jorovic (SRB) 76(8) 64
Jovana Jaksic/Nina Stojanovic (SRB) d Ysaline Bonaventure/An-Sophie Mestach (BEL) 46 60 [10-5]

SLOVAKIA d CANADA 3-2
Bratislava, Slovakia
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d Francoise Abanda (CAN) 46 63 61
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) d Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 64 46 64
Francoise Abanda (CAN) d Jana Cepelova (SVK) 75 62
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 62 60
Sharon Fichman/Charlotte Robillard-Millette (CAN) d Jana Cepelova/Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) 63 06 [10-8]

CHINESE TAIPEI d POLAND 4-1
Inowroclaw, Poland
Hsu Ching-Wen (TPE) d Paula Kania (POL) 63 64
Magdalena Frech (POL) d Lee Ya-Hsuan (TPE) 46 60 62
Lee Ya-Hsuan (TPE) d Paula Kania (POL) 26 63 97
Hsu Ching-Wen (TPE) d Magdalena Frech (POL) 62 46 63
Chan Chin-Wei/Chuang Chia-Jung (TPE) d Klaudia Jans-Ignacik/Katarzyna Kawa (POL) 62 76(1)

UKRAINE d ARGENTINA 4-0
Kiev, Ukraine
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d Maria Irigoyen (ARG) 61 61
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) d Nadia Podoroska (ARG) 61 64
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) d Maria Irigoyen (ARG) 60 63
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) v Nadia Podoroska (ARG) – not played
Kateryna Bondarenko/Olga Savchuk (UKR) d Maria Lourdes Carle/Guadalupe Perez Rojas (ARG) 61 63

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