The British teenager pulled off the biggest win of his career to set up a meeting with Lleyton Hewitt in the final of the SAP Open.
The world No. 3 said he wants tp play in the Athens Games next year, because at 28 he has a good chance of winning a medal.\n\n
The world number one admitted he is concerned about finding out something about his first round opponent, Uzbek Denis Istomin.
The two players were named as the top seeds for the men's and women's singles event at the Australian Open which starts on Monday.
The Italian saved two match points in a stunning 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 win over Lleyton Hewitt at the Sydney International.
The world number three was upset 7-6, 6-3 by American Taylor Dent in the Australian hardcourt championship.
Lleyton Hewitt believes the surface at the Australian Open's Melbourne Park is hindering the country's chances of producing a local champion.
Australia's Lleyton Hewitt dispatched Argentine Gaston Gaudio 6-2, 6-1 to clinch his place in the Masters Cup semi-finals.
The move is designed to favour 2002 Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt and this year's runner-up Mark Philippoussis.
The world number one battled back from a break down in the final set to fend off the Aussie and reach the final of the Cincinnati Masters.
Hewitt was in commanding form as he beat Carlos Moya 6-2, 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters, setting up a clash with top seed Roger Federer.
The Australian has withdrawn from the season-ending Masters Cup in Shanghai due to the impending birth of his first child.
Argentine Guillermo Coria and Russia's Nikolay Davydenko are front-runners for the last two slots at the end-of-season Masters Cup.
The 18-year-old Scot, who has shot into the top 100 after starting the year ranked 411, defeated the American third seed to enter the semi-final of the Thailand Open.
Second seed Hewitt survived an enterprising challenge from Czech Lukas Dlouhy while Haas edged past 147th-ranked Irakli Labadze at the Thailand Open.
A factbox on Roger Federer, who won his first U.S. Open title with a 6-0, 7-6, 6-0 victory over Australian Lleyton Hewitt.
Agassi remains top of the 12-month rankings with 4,090 points followed by Ferrero and Federer.
The American is quoted at 11-4 with compatriot Andre Agassi second favourite on 100-30.
The 1996 Wimbledon champions has been bothered by long-standing elbow injury.
The former easily beat former French Open champion Albert Costa while the Belgian accounted for Colombian Fabiola Zuluaga at the US Open.
The World Number One roused himself from a tennis torpor in the nick of time to beat Raemon Sluiter 7-6, 3-6, 7-6.
The Australian edged past Jarkko Nieminen 1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 in the French Open third round.
Favourites Russia Tennis Federation opened their Davis Cup Finals campaign with a resounding victory over Ecuador, Britain began with a win against France and Italy eased into the quarter-finals with a win over Colombia on Saturday.
The 16th seeded Cypriot was a comfortable winner over Dane Kristian Pless while Sharapova proved too good for American Jill Craybas.
Australia's Lleyton Hewitt retired from his first round match against Frenchman Florent Serra at the Montreal Masters.
Roger Federer's free-flowing tennis must blast its way though solid rock when he clashes with Lleyton Hewitt.
The defending champion is on collision course with Lleyton Hewitt, the man whose title he took.
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