World number two Rafael Nadal will spearhead Spain's bid for a second successive Davis Cup title against the Czech Republic next month.
Russian Marat Safin avoided the ignominy of heading into retirement with a first-round defeat in the Paris Masters -- after seeing off Thierry Ascione in a third-set tie-break.
There were mixed fortunes for World Tour Finals contenders Fernando Verdasco and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Valencia Open on Wednesday.
Fourth seed Andy Roddick limped out of the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday after being forced to concede his opening match against Stanislas Wawrinka due to a knee problem.
Andy Roddick joined a select group with his 500th career win on the ATP Tour as he dispatched fellow American Sam Querrey in their third round match at the Legg Mason Classic in Washington.
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.
World number one Rafael Nadal and third seed Novak Djokovic are both through to the last 16 of the Madrid Open after comfortable straight sets victories on Wednesday.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has confirmed that Richard Gasquet has been provisionally suspended after the French star admitted testing positive for cocaine at the Miami Masters tournament in March.
World number one Dinara Safina defeated Russian compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-2 on Saturday to lift the WTA Rome Masters claycourt title.
Two-time defending champion Jelena Jankovic has crashed out of the Rome Masters at the quarterfinal stage, beaten in straight sets by in-form Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova.
World number two Rafael Nadal will spearhead Spain's bid for a second successive Davis Cup title against the Czech Republic next month.
Russian Marat Safin avoided the ignominy of heading into retirement with a first-round defeat in the Paris Masters -- after seeing off Thierry Ascione in a third-set tie-break.
There were mixed fortunes for World Tour Finals contenders Fernando Verdasco and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Valencia Open on Wednesday.
Fourth seed Andy Roddick limped out of the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday after being forced to concede his opening match against Stanislas Wawrinka due to a knee problem.
Andy Roddick joined a select group with his 500th career win on the ATP Tour as he dispatched fellow American Sam Querrey in their third round match at the Legg Mason Classic in Washington.
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.
World number one Rafael Nadal and third seed Novak Djokovic are both through to the last 16 of the Madrid Open after comfortable straight sets victories on Wednesday.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has confirmed that Richard Gasquet has been provisionally suspended after the French star admitted testing positive for cocaine at the Miami Masters tournament in March.
World number one Dinara Safina defeated Russian compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-2 on Saturday to lift the WTA Rome Masters claycourt title.
Two-time defending champion Jelena Jankovic has crashed out of the Rome Masters at the quarterfinal stage, beaten in straight sets by in-form Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Two-time defending champion Jelena Jankovic is through to the third round of the clay-court Rome Masters, but she was made to battle before defeating Argentine Gisela Dulko in straight sets.
Australia's former world number one Lleyton Hewitt fought back from a set down to reach the second round of the Miami Masters with victory over Israel's Dudi Sela.
Spain's defense of their Davis Cup title has been delayed after strong winds forced the opening day of their first round showdown against Serbia in Benidorm to be cancelled.
After a week of play, the 2009 Australian Open has reinforced what most already thought to be the case in tennis: the men's game is gripping on account of the consistently excellent performances of the top players. The women's game is gripping because of the inconsistency at the top, and the wide open fields it creates. Herewith our midterm grades.
Roger Federer remains on course for a record 14th Grand Slam title after a fierce fightback saw him recover from a two-set deficit to defeat Tomas Berdych 4-6 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-2 and reach the Australian Open quarterfinals.
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic eased into the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday as 10th seed David Nalbandian of Argentina made a shock exit.
Former world number one Ana Ivanovic saved two match points before dispatching Roberta Vinci in three sets to reach the quarterfinals of the WTA event in Brisbane on Wednesday night.
British number one Andy Murray launched his title defense at the Qatar Open with a straightforward 6-2 6-4 first round victory over Spain's Albert Montanes on Tuesday.
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.
Frenchmen Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils will meet for the first time in the Thailand Open semifinals in Bangkok on Saturday.
Headed into final week of the final Grand Slam, here are out midterm grades:
Victor Hanescu became the first Romanian to win an ATP title in seven years when he beat seventh seed Igor Andreev 6-3 6-4 in the final of the Gstaad Open in Switzerland on Sunday.
SI.com's Jon Wertheim breaks down the men's and women's seeds at Wimbledon. Read on for the top first-round matchups, dark horses to keep an eye on and his predicted winners.
Roger Federer launched his latest bid to complete a set of grand slam titles with a 6-4 6-4 6-3 victory over Sam Querrey of the United States in the French Open first round.
USA and Argentina joined Russia and Spain in the last four of the Davis Cup by completing victories in Sunday's opening singles matches.
Russia secured a place in the Davis Cup semifinals for the fourth consecutive year Sunday after Czech Tomas Berdych retired hurt in the decisive fifth set against Nikolay Davydenko.
Spanish second seed Rafael Nadal reached the final of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne with a 7-6 6-2 victory over Czech 10th seed Tomas Berdych.
World No. 2 Rafael Nadal overcame windy conditions to begin the defense of his Pacific Life Open title with a 6-3 6-3 win against Colombian qualifier Santiago Giraldo on Saturday.
World number two Rafael Nadal slumped to a shock defeat at the Rotterdam Open on Thursday when the top three seeds were all shown the exit door.
It was business as usual for Roger Federer as he put his third round scare at the Australian Open behind him to ease past 13th seed Tomas Berdych in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals.
Finland's Jarkko Nieminen upset second seed Fernando Gonzalez 6-3 7-5 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors in Basel.
Venus Williams will face 24-year-old French woman Virginie Razzano in the final of the Japan Open as she bids to follow up last weekend's Korea Open triumph.
Top-seed Venus Williams continued her excellent form on her 'Asian swing' with a straight sets victory over fellow American Vania King to progress to the quarterfinals of the Japan Open.
Tomas Berdych will face Benjamin Becker in the semifinals of the Thailand Open after both players recorded straight sets victories in the quarterfinals in Bangkok
Professional tennis takes a backseat to the mainstream sports world in the fall. As far as most Americans are concerned, the ATP season effectively ends after the U.S. Open.
Andy Roddick advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open -- and a possible showdown with top seed Roger Federer -- after Czech ninth seed Tomas Berdych retired in the second set of their match due to illness.
World number two Rafael Nadal recorded his 90th win in 91 clay court matches to make the quarterfinals of the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart at the expense of local hero Philipp Kohlschreiber.
World number two Rafael Nadal brushed aside Germany's Alexander Waske 6-1 6-1 on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Stuttgart ATP claycourt tournament.
Richard Gasquet tamed Andy Roddick's power game with some brilliant all-court tennis to upset the American number three seed 4-6 4-6 7-6 7-6 8-6 and reach the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time on Friday.
Four-times champion Roger Federer has been installed as top seed for the men's singles at Wimbledon next week with Justine Henin accorded the honor in the women's event.
Tomas Berdych won the Halle grasscourt tournament on Sunday, beating Marcos Baghdatis 7-5 6-4 at the Wimbledon warm-up tournament on the Cypriot's 22nd birthday.
Tomas Berdych reached the final of the grasscourt event in Halle for the second successive year after Saturday's semifinal win over Finn Jarkko Nieminen.
Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber outplayed American third seed James Blake on Friday to seal a place in the semifinals of the Halle Open with a 6-4 6-3 success.
Third seed James Blake made light work of Russian second-round opponent Evgeny Korolev to book his quarterfinal spot at the ATP Halle tournament on Wednesday.
Roger Federer pulled out of his regular Wimbledon warm-up event in Halle on Monday, blaming fatigue after losing to Rafael Nadal in Sunday's French Open final.
After the numerous upsets of day three, the fourth day of this year's event, comparatively, ran according to plan.
Robin Soederling battled to a 7-6 6-2 victory over Max Mirnyi of Belarus to reach the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday.
Fabrice Santoro, who caused one of the most dramatic surprises of his long career when he won the Dubai Open title five years ago, produced another lesser one when he reached the quarterfinals at the age of 34 on Wednesday.
Andy Roddick led the United States into the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Sunday as six nations clinched their places with a rubber to spare in their first-round ties.
Russia began their defense of the Davis Cup in impressive style as they took a 2-0 lead over Chile on the clay in La Serena in their first round World Group tie.
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.
World number 12 Tomas Berdych will head the Czech Republic team for their Davis Cup World Group first-round tie against the U.S.
Do you think Rafa Nadal's career may follow a similar arc to Jim Courier's? Both made their names by imposing their gritty, physical games on opponents. This led to early success for both, especially at Roland Garros. But Courier's career peaked early as other players began to figure out how to play (and beat) him. It appears that Nadal is in a similar situation. Maybe I should wait until after the clay season to make this metaphor, but after his loss to Xavier Malisse, Rafa looks to have lost some momentum. -- Jay Lassiter, Philadephia
India upset the Czech Republic 2-1 in a thrilling first round tie at the Hopman Cup mixed teams' event in Perth on Sunday.
Radek Stepanek has retired from the Czech Republic Davis Cup team after a bitter dispute with his home federation.
Local favorite Julien Benneteau thrilled the home fans by defeating world number eight Fernando Gonzalez at the Paris Masters 3-6 6-4 7-5.
Czech Tomas Berdych started the defense of his Paris Masters title with a 6-7 6-4 6-2 victory over Belgian Olivier Rochus on Wednesday but still dropped out of the race to the Masters Cup.
Tomas Berdych ended Rafael Nadal's hopes of retaining his Madrid Masters title by producing a near flawless display to shock the world number two 6-3 7-6 in the quarterfinals on Friday.
Sixth seed Andy Roddick and world number eight Tommy Robredo suffered straight-sets defeats in the third round of the Madrid Masters on Thursday.
American James Blake dominated top-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 6-3 6-1 on Sunday to win the Thailand Open final in Bangkok.
Andy Murray defeated compatriot Tim Henman for the second time in two weeks, earning a 4-6 6-4 7-5 victory to go into the second round of the Cincinnati Masters on Tuesday.
Richard Gasquet brought Thomas Berdych crashing back to reality on Friday, a day after the Czech put out Rafael Nadal, hammering out a 6-4 6-1 win to reach the semifinals of the Toronto Masters.
Tomas Berdych earned a career-high ranking by beating Nicolas Lapentti 6-1 6-2 to reach the semifinals of the Mercedes Cup on Friday.
Czech third seed Tomas Berdych was ousted 6-2 7-6 by Spanish claycourt star Nicolas Almagro in the first round of the Swedish Open.
Roger Federer equalled Bjorn Borg's record of 41 consecutive victories on grass with a 6-0 6-7 6-2 victory over Czech Tomas Berdych in the final of the Halle Open on Sunday.
World number one Roger Federer stayed on course to become only the sixth man in history to win all four grand slam titles as he eased into the French Open quarter-finals on Sunday.
Germany's Nicolas Kiefer backed Gaston Gaudio to do well at Roland Garros next week despite humiliating the former French Open champion 6-2 6-3 at the World Team Cup.
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.
Third seed David Nalbandian fought back to beat Czech Tomas Berdych 6-7 6-1 6-0 and reach the fourth round of the Nasdaq-100 Open in Miami on Sunday.
Slumping Andy Roddick broke his racket and received a point penalty as he crashed out of the ATP event in Indian Wells to 24th-seeded Russian Igor Andreev in a fourth round match on Wednesday night.
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.
Croatia's Mario Ancic ensured the three seeds appearing at the Australian hardcourt championships in Adelaide advanced to the second round.
World number eight Ivan Ljubicic will play at the invitational Kooyong Open next January, organisers have revealed.
Tomas Berdych sealed one of the shocks of the season when he tamed in-form Croatian Ivan Ljubicic 6-3 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-4 to win the Paris Masters.
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.
Russia's Nikolay Davydenko and Croatian Ivan Ljubicic moved closer to qualifying for the Masters Cup by reaching the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters.
Guillermo Coria's hopes of qualifying for the Masters Cup in Shanghai were jolted when he crashed 6-4 6-2 to Czech Tomas Berdych in the second round of the Paris Masters.
Fifth-seeded David Nalbandian was the highest ranked player to advance Tueday in the Madrid Masters.
American wild card James Blake produced an inspired performance to beat second seed Rafael Nadal of Spain in the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows on Saturday.
Spaniard Rafael Nadal continued his untroubled progress at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart on Friday, beating Tomas Zib 6-2 6-1 to reach the semifinals.
Results of Wednesday's second round men's singles matches (Seeds in bold):
Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero outwitted Russian third seed Marat Safin while world No. 1 one Roger Federer earned some sweet revenge at the Hamburg Masters on Wednesday.
Briton Greg Rusedski has pulled out of his second round match at the Marseille Open with a rib injury, sending qualifier Sebastien De Chaunac into the last eight.
Top-seeded Roger Federer suffered a shock defeat in the second round at the Olympic tournament on Tuesday, losing 4-6 7-5 7-5 to Czech teenager Tomas Berdych.
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.
Second seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, the 2003 French Open champion, crashed out of the Swiss Open in the first round at Gstaad on Tuesday.
Teenager Rafael Nadal was the hero as Spain sealed a heroic 3-2 Davis Cup World Group win over the Czech Republic.
Defending champion Andre Agassi's bid for a fifth Australian Open title continued with a 6-0 6-2 6-4 win over Czech Tomas Berdych in the second round.
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