James Blake fought off two match-points to beat Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 and lifted the United States to a 2-0 lead over France in their Davis Cup quarter-final on Friday. Earlier in the day, Andy Roddick gave the US a 1-0 lead in a close 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 victory over Michael Llodra.
They head the line-up for the select eight-man field at the Jan. 10-13 event.
The top seed was drawn against Fernando Gonzalez in the first round of next week's Australian Open.
World No 1 Roger Federer book his place in the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters with a clinical win over unseeded American Robby Ginepri.
Roger Federer was back to his best on Tuesday to reach the last eight at the Sony Ericcson Open with a 7-6, 6-2 win over Jose Acasuso.
Fernando Gonzalez claimed a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 victory over third-seeded American Andy Roddick to reach the final of the Vienna Open.
Fifth seed Gonzalez next faces Andy Roddick atthe Vienna Open.
Top seed Andy Roddick beat Mardy in the quarter-finals of the San Jose Open but James Blake lost to Robby Ginepri.
Andy Roddick celebrated his 24th birthday with a 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 victory over Kristian Pless.
World number two Andy Roddick will take on in-form Russian Marat Safin in the season-ending ATP Tennis Masters Cup.
Andy Roddick and Juan Carlos Ferrero will contest the Cincinnati Masters final on Sunday.
Russia, losing finalists to the US last year, also went 2-0 up on day one, helped by misfortune in the Serbian camp.
Rafael Nadal battled past German Tommy Haas 7-6, 6-3 to reach the Cincinnati Masters quarter-finals.
Andy Murray passed his first test under new coach Brad Gilbert, beating Ramon Delgado 6-4, 6-3 in the second round.
Marat Safin battled to 6-3, 7-6 first round win over Igor Kunitsyn at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.
The top seed, watched by his new coach Jimmy Connors, unleashed nine aces in an easy win over South African Rik de Voest.
Brad Gilbert has agreed to coach Andy Murray and assist the LTA with its performance programmes.
In a match that finished after 2.00am, the sixth seed was ousted by Kohlschreiber 6-4 3-6 7-6 6-7 8-6, handing Roddick his earliest exit from the event since his debut in 2002.
Andy Roddick named former world number one Jimmy Connors as his new coach on Monday.
Top seed James Blake recovered from a shaky start to beat Andy Roddick 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 in the final of the Indianapolis International Championship on Sunday.
Roddick will be hoping to win his first trophy since Lyon last October. He holds a 6-1 record over Blake, his poker-playing partner.
James Blake ended the run of Wesley Whitehouse, beating the South African qualifier 6-7, 6-3, 6-4.
Mark Philippoussis lost 6-4, 7-5 to Korea's Hyung-Taik Lee in the first round
Britain's Andy Murray has said he wants American tennis guru Brad Gilbert to be the coach to take him to the next level.
Andy Murray rode a wave of British fervour to knock out twice runner-up Andy Roddick 7-6, 6-4, 6-4
Andy Roddick and Nadia Petrova made first round exits at the French Open on Tuesday
The U.S. second seed, who lost in last year's Wimbledon final to Switzerland's Roger Federer, will face the defending champion again in Sunday's final.
Sebastien Grosjean withdrew from the quarter-final tie against Russia later this month citing fatigue.
Rafael Nadal extended his winning streak on clay to 51 matches by cruising past Chile's Fernando Gonzalez at the Rome Masters.
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