An ultra-confident Rafael Nadal takes his clay-court master-class to Spain this week going for a third Barcelona Open title in succession.
The third seeded Belgian dropped a set before beating Fabrice Santoro while the world No 2 proved too good for Davide Sanguinetti at the Chennai Open.
David Nalbandian lost 6-1, 6-2 to Italian Davide Sanguinetti in the first round of Toronto Masters.
The Australian wildcard continued his renaissance by beating Italian Davide Sanguinetti.
Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka stunned second seed David to reach the second round of the Zagreb indoor tournament.
Thai Paradorn Srichaphan will take on James Blake in the final of the Stockholm Open.
The unseeded Thai will face Italian David Sanguinetti, who upset number 31 Carlos Moya, in the second round at the US Open.
The two former world number ones and French Open champions traded blows and counter-punches for two hours 48 minutes.
The American ace overwhelmed Italian Davide Sanguinetti in a one-sided final.
The Australian Open champion fought off a match-point to beat Vladimir Voltchkov and book his spot in the semi-finals of the San Jose Open.