While Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova was buried 6-0, 6-0 by Lindsay Davenport in the semi-finals.
Gaston Gaudio beat Alberto Martin in straight sets to set up an all-Argentine final against wildcard Mariano Puerta in the Buenos Aires Open.
The defending champion is on collision course with Lleyton Hewitt, the man whose title he took.
Paradorn's role as the flag-bearer of Asian tennis makes him a hero throughout the region.
The former world No. 1 pair will play against each other at the ATP event in January.
The new president of the Spanish tennis federation (RFET) has fired the nation's first female Davis Cup captain, Gala Leon, two weeks before the Group I second-round tie away to Russia.
In the semi-finals, Spain beat France while the United States accounted for Belarus.
Both countries took a 2-0 lead over The Netherlands and Argentina respectively in their Davis Cup World Group quarter-finals.\n\n
The sixth-seed from Ecuador saved five match points to defeat Spanish teenager Rafael Nadal.
The Dutchman Martin soared up the ATP Tour rankings to 15th from 46th place after reaching the French Open final. \n\n
The sixth seed was beaten in the first round of the Australian Open by Robin Soderling.
Prakash Amritraj will face Harsh Mankad in the first round of the ATP Tour Tata Open at Chennai.
Carlos Moya, Paradorn Srichaphan and Felix Mantilla are the other top players who have already confirmed their entry.
The claycourt specialist won 6-4 6-4 as he followed up last week's win in Vina del Mar, Chile with another title, his first on home soil.
They were upset by their unseeded opponents on the third day of the Chennai Open.
Robredo joins compatriots Carlos Moya, Juan Carlos Ferrero and his next opponent, holder Albert Costa, in the last eight.
Juan Carlos Ferrero beat Filippo Volandri 6-4, 6-4 at the Barcelona Open to extend his winning streak to nine games.
Female fans from other countries have previously been permitted to attend games at the Azadi Stadium, including Syrian women for a World Cup qualifier in September last year.
Japan Warriors did not have to break much sweat in getting past Philippine Marvericks 29-15 but it was a tough day out for UAE Royals, who edged out hosts Singapore Slammers 27-23 in their IPTL match, riding on Roger Federer's win in the deciding men's singles, in Singapore on Friday.
Rafael Nadal will play for the Indian side in the second edition of the International Premier Tennis League.
World number one Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the Indian Premier Tennis League (IPTL), commencing from Wednesday, citing fatigue, and he has been replaced by Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka in his team- OUE Singapore Slammers.
A look at the records of Spain's Rafael Nadal and Serbia's Novak Djokovic before their title clash at the Australian Open on Sunday (prefix number denotes seeding):
The victory gave Agassi a record six Key Biscayne titles.
Barcelona closed to within a point of La Liga leaders Real Madrid when Lionel Messi scored one goal, created two and conceded a penalty in a 3-1 win at home to champions Atletico Madrid on Sunday that eased pressure on under-fire coach Luis Enrique.
Nadal has turned back the clock to sweep through the European claycourt season with titles in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Madrid and is a daunting obstacle for anyone with genuine title ambitions.
Heavyweights Serena Williams, Andre Agassi, and Patrick Rafter will represent Singapore Slammers for the home leg in the inaugural International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) to be held from December 2-4.
Spaniard Feliciano Lopez has not beaten Roger Federer in 13 attempts but he finally got one over him on Tuesday without even needing to lay a glove on the Swiss great.
Mavericks won the men's doubles and men's legends singles rubber, but the Slammers clinched the women's singles, mixed doubles and men's singles to come out trumps.
Rafael Nadal is adamant that he will not be discouraged by the memory of recent Wimbledon woes as he prepares to follow up his landmark 10th French Open triumph with a third success on the sport's most storied lawns.
Indian Acres' Rafael Nadal beat UAE Royals' Roger Federer to win the last set 6-5 through a shoot-out to help the Indian team win the Delhi leg of the Indian Premier Tennis League in New Delhi on Saturday.
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