World number two Rafael Nadal will spearhead Spain's bid for a second successive Davis Cup title against the Czech Republic next month.
Novak Djokovic continued his superlative end of season form with a straight sets demolition of second seed Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the Paris Masters on Saturday.
Andy Murray produced a sluggish performance as he was knocked out of the Paris Masters by Radek Stepanek on Thursday.
Novak Djokovic upset Roger Federer in the final of the Swiss Indoors tournament on Sunday to end the world No. 1's bid for a fourth successive title at his home event.
Roger Federer will play Novak Djokovic for the title at the ATP tournament in Basel after contrasting semifinal victories on Saturday.
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are both through to the semifinals of the Swiss Indoor event in Basel, although they reached the last four in contrasting ways.
Top seed Rafael Nadal was given a scare before being handed a place in the semifinals of the Shanghai Masters.
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic remain on course for a final showdown at the Shanghai Masters as both cruised into the quarterfinals with convincing victories in China on Thursday.
Fourth seed Novak Djokovic cruised to a fourth-round victory over 15th seed Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic, winning 6-1 6-3 6-3 at the U.S. Open.
Andy Murray survived a five-set thriller on Monday to defeat Stanislas Wawrinka and advance to the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
World number two Rafael Nadal will spearhead Spain's bid for a second successive Davis Cup title against the Czech Republic next month.
Novak Djokovic continued his superlative end of season form with a straight sets demolition of second seed Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the Paris Masters on Saturday.
Andy Murray produced a sluggish performance as he was knocked out of the Paris Masters by Radek Stepanek on Thursday.
Novak Djokovic upset Roger Federer in the final of the Swiss Indoors tournament on Sunday to end the world No. 1's bid for a fourth successive title at his home event.
Roger Federer will play Novak Djokovic for the title at the ATP tournament in Basel after contrasting semifinal victories on Saturday.
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are both through to the semifinals of the Swiss Indoor event in Basel, although they reached the last four in contrasting ways.
Top seed Rafael Nadal was given a scare before being handed a place in the semifinals of the Shanghai Masters.
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic remain on course for a final showdown at the Shanghai Masters as both cruised into the quarterfinals with convincing victories in China on Thursday.
Fourth seed Novak Djokovic cruised to a fourth-round victory over 15th seed Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic, winning 6-1 6-3 6-3 at the U.S. Open.
Andy Murray survived a five-set thriller on Monday to defeat Stanislas Wawrinka and advance to the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
The absence of defending champion Rafael Nadal has overshadowed the men's singles at Wimbledon and has increased British expectations that Andy Murray may finally become the first home winner of the tournament in over 70 years.
Third seed Andy Murray is through to the second round of the Wimbledon men's singles, but he dropped a set to American Robert Kendrick before eventually progressing 7-5 6-7 6-3 6-4.
Second seed Roger Federer is through to the last eight of the Rome Masters after beating 16th seed Radek Stepanek in straight sets to gain revenge for his defeat by the Czech in last year's quarters.
Fifth seed Fernando Gonzalez has prevented a clean-sweep of the top four seeds reaching the Barcelona Open semifinals, after seeing off second-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in Friday's final quarterfinal match.
Eighth seed Stanislas Wawrinka became the biggest casualty of this week's clay-court Barcelona Open when he was beaten in three sets by Czech Radek Stepanek.
Andy Murray charged into the quarterfinals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami with a 6-1 6-0 demolition of Serbian Victor Troicki in just 58 minutes.
World number one Rafael Nadal brought defending champions Spain to the brink of victory in their Davis Cup last 16 match at home to Serbia, crushing Janko Tipsarevic in straight sets in Benidorm.
Andy Roddick powered to his first ATP Tour title of the season with a 7-5 7-5 victory over fifth seed Radek Stepanek in Memphis.
Top seed Andy Roddick edged out Lleyton Hewitt in a battle of the former world number ones to reach the final of the Memphis Open.
Top seed Andy Roddick is through to the semifinals of the Memphis Open after a battling three-set victory over fellow-American Sam Querry on Friday.
Lleyton Hewitt continued his fine run in the ATP tournament in Memphis by beating fellow-Australian Chris Guccione to reach the quarterfinals as his comeback gathers pace.
Top-seed Andy Roddick stepped up his bid for a fourth tournament victory in San Jose with a 7-5 6-4 win over Germany's Tommy Haas on Friday night.
Radek Stepanek claimed the men's title at the inaugural Brisbane International tournament by upsetting Fernando Verdasco of Spain in a three-set final on Sunday.
France's Amelie Mauresmo is an injury doubt for the Australian Open after a thigh strain forced the former world number one to quit her semifinal at the WTA tournament in Brisbane.
British number one Andy Murray booked his place in the Masters Cup semifinals after a comfortable 6-4 6-2 win over Frenchman Gilles Simon in Shanghai on Wednesday.
Roger Federer returned to competitive action for the first time since his U.S. Open triumph to beat Radek Stepanek 6-3 7-6 on Wednesday in the second round of the Madrid Masters.
Juan Martin Del Potro has withdrawn from the Austrian Open in Vienna after suffering from an injury to his right toe.
Czech star Radek Stepanek is a doubt for Wimbledon after the top seed pulled out of the ATP grasscourt event at Nottingham with a rib injury.
Second-seeded Richard Gasquet was upset by fellow Frenchman Marc Gicquel 7-5 7-6 (6) in the second round of the Ordina Open on Tuesday.
Stanislas Wawrinka reached the final of the Rome Masters on Saturday when sixth seed Andy Roddick retired after losing the first three games of their semifinal.
Russia and Argentina took 2-1 leads in the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Saturday while Spain wrapped up victory over Germany by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead over Germany and France cut into the United States' lead by claiming a shock doubles win.
Roger Federer remains on course for his first title of 2008 after cruising into the quarterfinals of the Sony Ericsson Open on Tuesday.
Robin Soderling advanced to his second consecutive ATP final on Saturday when he beat Radek Stepanek 7-6 (2) 6-3 in the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships.
Lleyton Hewitt got off to a solid start in the Sydney International by beating Frenchman Nicolas Mahut 6-3 6-4.
World number three Novak Djokovic battled through painful leg cramps to outlast Radek Stepanek in a gruelling five-set thriller to reach the third round of the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows.
They broke out odd little dances after hitting big shots, swaying their hips and rocking their arms to music only in their heads.
SI.com's Jon Wertheim breaks down the men's and women's seeds at the U.S. Open. Read on for the top first-round matchups, dark horses to keep an eye on and his predicted winners.
Refs on the take in the NBA, (alleged) steroid user assaulting the cherished 755 in MLB, dog-fighting scandal in the NFL (along with the Bengals) -- is this the perfect time for tennis to make some market gains in the States? We have the U.S. Open coming up, some great storylines, and hopefully no scandals on the horizon (save for Nadal's capris being made in an unsavory sweatshop or something). -- Brian, Santa Monica, Calif.
Hopes of an all-French final at the Swiss Open ended on Friday when three of the country's four quarterfinalists were beaten.
Three times former champion Andy Roddick put the dark days of clay behind him on Tuesday to record a confident 6-4 6-4 second-round victory over Radek Stepanek on the grass at Queen's.
The sun shone on day three, but the top seeds started to fall by the wayside as the first round got well and truly under way.
With the ongoing 2007 French Open, all eyes are on Paris's red clay courts to see who will take the title.
Roger Federer will play the French Open and Wimbledon without a coach after splitting with Tony Roche, the world number one said on Monday.
David Nalbandian survived an early scare to move into the Monte Carlo Masters second round with a 3-6 6-2 6-1 victory over Italian qualifier Federico Luzzi on Monday.
I just looked at the draw sheet for last week's Tennis Channel Open: first a qualifying bracket, then a "main draw elimination" bracket (e.g., more qualifying), followed by a round-robin competition and then finally the "finals round." Is it just me or is this complete madness?
Serbian Novak Djokovic ousted second seed Tommy Robredo 4-6 6-4 7-5 to reach the semifinals of the World Indoor Tournament in Rotterdam on Friday.
The 2007 Davis Cup competition begins Friday with the men of the United States lacing up their clay-court sneakers to face the Czech Republic on their turf. The Americans' clay-court struggles are well documented, but I'm confident they will net their first world group clay-court victory in 10 years.
Roger Federer was given a scare in his first competitive match of 2007 before defeating Radek Stepanek 7-6 6-7 7-6 in the Kooyong exhibition tournament on Wednesday night in Melbourne.
Lleyton Hewitt has crashed out of the Adelaide International at the hands of world number 94 Igor Kunitsyn of Russia.
Martina Hingis rounded off her first full year back in professional tennis with a straight sets win over Austria's Sybille Bammer in the opening round of the Australian women's hardcourt championships on Sunday.
Radek Stepanek has retired from the Czech Republic Davis Cup team after a bitter dispute with his home federation.
World No. 1 Roger Federer will fine-tune preparations for his Australian Open title defense by playing at the Kooyong Classic in Melbourne.
Former world number one Andy Roddick has slid out of the world's top 10 for the first time since 2002.
Croatia claimed a 2-1 win over the United States while the Czech Republic surprised Argentina with an identical scoreline at the World Team Cup on Monday.
Spain's Tommy Robredo won his first Masters Series title on Sunday, defeating Czech Radek Stepanek 6-1 6-3 6-3 in a one-sided final in Hamburg.
Spain's Tommy Robredo reached the final of a Masters Series event for the first time when he beat Mario Ancic of Croatia 7-5 6-4 to set up a Hamburg title clash with Czech Radek Stepanek.
Mario Ancic fought back from a set down against fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko at the Hamburg Masters, winning 5-7 7-6 6-3 to set up a semifinal with Tommy Robredo.
Radek Stepanek became the first player to reach the semifinals of the Hamburg Masters on Friday, defeating Max Mirnyi of Belarus 7-6 6-1.
Nikolay Davydenko of Russia wasted little time in defeating Italian Andreas Seppi 6-1 6-2 to reach the third round of the Hamburg Masters.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal remain on course for a showdown in the final of the Rome Masters after they both enjoyed comfortable wins to reach the last eight.
World number one Roger Federer reached the last 16 of the Rome Masters with a nervy 6-3 7-6 win over Italian wildcard Potito Starace on Wednesday.
Rafael Nadal dug deep to extend his winning streak on clay to 45 matches with a 4-6 6-4 6-3 win over Finn Jarkko Nieminen in the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open.
Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka is the first man into the semifinals of the Barcelona Open after overcoming giant Croatian Ivo Karlovic on Friday.
Radek Stepanek thrashed Christophe Rochus 6-0 6-3 in 45 minutes in the Rotterdam World Tennis final to clinch his maiden ATP title.
Seeds continued to tumble at the Zagreb indoor tournament when Radek Stepanek, Feliciano Lopez, Jarkko Nieminen and Mario Ancic all lost their second round matches.
American ace Andy Roddick dispatched giant South African Wesley Moodie in straight sets to reach the third round of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Top-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia continued his magnificent form of late last year by clinching the Chennai Open in Madras with a straight sets win over two-time defending champion Carlos Moya on Sunday.
Twice defending champion Carlos Moya reached the Chennai Open final for the third straight year with a 6-4 6-7 7-6 victory over Czech Radek Stepanek.
Ivan Ljubicic extended his brilliant indoor run by outgunning top seed Andy Roddick 6-3 7-5 with an impressive display to reach the Paris Masters final.
Top seed Andy Roddick saved two match points before overcoming David Ferrer 2-6 6-3 7-6 to reach the Paris Masters semifinals.
Radek Stepanek defeated defending champion Feliciano Lopez 7-6 7-6 to reach the semifinals of the Vienna Trophy.
Top seed Mariano Puerta, the subject of doping allegations, slumped to an embarrassing 6-2 6-7 7-5 defeat to Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis at the Japan Open.
Paul-Henri Mathieu turned the form book on its head with a stunning first round victory over third seed Andy Roddick in the first round of the Montreal Masters on Tuesday.
British favorite Tim Henman has crashed out in the second round, losing 3-6 6-2 3-6 6-3 8-6 to Russian Dmitry Tursunov.
Thursday results at Wimbledon (seeds in bold)
Andy Roddick overcame the stubborn challenge of Czech Radek Stepanek to reach the final of the Stella Artois championships at Queen's Club in London on Saturday.
Results of Wednesday's second round men's singles matches (Seeds in bold):
Rafael Nadal's impressive season continued with a 6-1 6-2 win over Dominik Hrbaty on Thursday that took him into the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open.
World number one Roger Federer warmed up for an explosive semi-final showdown with Mario Ancic with a battling 7-5 7-5 win over Russia's Nikolay Davydenko at the World Indoor Tournament.
Lleyton Hewitt stretched his winning streak to 18 at the Sydney International Thursday to set up a semi-final showdown with the 'Beast of Belarus' .
Defending champion Lleyton Hewitt scored an emphatic opening win in the Sydney International with a 6-1 6-2 victory over Slovak Karol Beck on Tuesday.
Czech qualifier Radek Stepanek booked his place in the semi-finals of the Paris Masters with a 7-6 6-3 win over Mikhail Youzhny, who knocked out holder Tim Henman the day before.
French Open champion Gaston Gaudio has reached the semi-finals of the 614,750-euro ATP tournament in Stuttgart, to become the final seed left in the clay court competition.
Top seed Rainer Schuettler has been knocked out of the Stuttgart Cup, going down 6-7 6-3 6-2 to Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic in the second round.
Holders Chile reached the final of the 2.1-million-euro ATP world team cup on Thursday after winning both their singles matches against hosts Germany.
Defending champions Chile face hosts Germany on Thursday for a place in the World Team Cup final after both stayed unbeaten in Duesseldorf on Tuesday.
Czech outsider Radek Stepanek defeated holder Nikolay Davydenko in the opening round on Monday, removing the Russian 7-6 6-3 in Estoril.
Spanish teenager Rafael Nadal makes his Davis Cup debut against Czech No. 1 Jiri Novak in the opening singles of their first-round World Group match.
World No. 1 Andy Roddick comfortably won his first match of the season on Tuesday, beating Russia's Nikolay Davydenko 6-3 6-4 in 67 minutes at the Qatar Open.
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