Andy Roddick and number two Tommy Haas moved closer to a showdown at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic with third-round victories.
The Indian players received two of the allotted three wild cards for the ATP event in Mumbai.
The budget carrier was on the verge of collapsing in Dec.
But for third-placed Spurs, who trail leaders Manchester City and Liverpool by five points, this may prove to be a loss that leaves them with too much ground to make up.
top seed Tommy Robredo lost his opening match at the Swedish Open on Monday to Peruvian Luis Horna.
Haas dispatched big-serving American Sam Querrey 6-4 7-5 while Blake completed his 200th career match victory with a 6-1 6-3 demolition of compatriot Scoville Jenkins.
Tommy Haas might be forgiven if he decided to skip Wimbledon from now on as the tournament brings him nothing but bad luck.
His opponent Tommy Haas withdrew on Sunday with an abdominal muscle strain.
While the year's final grand slam is just underway tennis fans have circled Sept. 8 when, if all goes to form, Nadal and Federer would meet to decide a place in the final.
The Chilean produced a dazzling display to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time.
The Swiss world number one needed more than 2- hours to squeeze past Czech Radek Stepanek in Melbourne.
The unseeded Russian beat Marcos Baghdatis to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time at the French Open.
Abhishek Chaubey talks about Udta Punjab, his actors and how the drug-themed film happened.
The message was scrawled at the bottom of the bill at Anita's New Mexico Style Cafe in Ashburn, Virginia.
The world number two, whose victory took his winning streak on clay to 75 matches, went through to a semi-final against fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko at the Rome Masters.
He beat Haas on Saturday to move within one win of equalling Bjorn Borg's record for consecutive victories on grass.
Tommy Robredo demolished fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 6-2, 6-2 at the Barcelona Open.
Ivo Karlovic utilised a single break of service to upset world number 10 Tommy Haas 7-6 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the US Men's Clay Court Championships on Friday.
Haas, ranked 10th in the world and the 2004 champion here, converted five of 12 break points to defeat the 19-year-old Californian for the third straight time this season.
In the Dubai Open semis, Federer plays Tommy Haas, while Youzhny takes on Robin Soderling.
The German produced a stunning performance to win the Memphis International for the third time.
Andy Roddick has pounded down 56 aces this week, while Tommy Haas has yet to even face a single break point.
Andy Roddick and Andy Murray eased into the quarterfinal of the Memphis International.
Reader Amit Modi sent us a picture of Sania Mirza from Perth, Australia.
The 10th seed reached his first grand slam final in which he will play world number one Roger Federer on Sunday.
A misfiring Roger Federer beat Spain's Tommy Robredo 6-3, 7-6, 7-5 to enter the semi-final of the Australian Open.
Former world number one and 1998 French Open champion Carlos Moya is among those who has confirmed for the event that begins on September 25.
Nadia Petrova and Dmitry Tursunov ensured a 2-0 victory over Spain in the final.
The Indian qualifier, who savoured his best ever performance on the ATP World Tour, went down fighting 4-6, 6-4, 3-6 against the world number 45 from South Africa in the quarter-finals played on Friday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Tommy Robredo came from a set down to beat Mario Ancic and give Spain
Woods, who has three Open wins in his 14 Majors, will be a big contender on Sunday as Carnoustie Golf Links was benign and amiable with no wind and perfect weather.
Top three mobile operators spend $13.6 bln in auction
Philipp Kohlschreiber upset world No 4 Nikolay Davydenko to put Germany level after Igor Andreev trounced Germany's No 1 Tommy Haas in the opening rubber.
World No 2 Rafael Nadal recovered from a slow start to beat compatriot Tommy Robredo and get his Masters Cup campaign back on track.
James Blake beat Russia's Nikolay Davydenko 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the Shanghai Masters.
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