Former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero advanced to his first Auckland Open final with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over France's Julien Benneteau on Friday.
Germans Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber stunned third seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy 6-3, 6-0 at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel.
Eighth seed Gael Monfils upset number two Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-3, 7-6 on Friday to advance to the semi-finals of the Vienna Open. The 22-year-old Frenchman put in a gutsy performance, saving seven out of eight break points before dominating the tiebreak 7-2. Monfils, a former junior world number one, is through to his fourth semi-final of the year but is yet to reach a final in 2008.
Austrian Dominic Thiem became the first player to capture titles on three different surfaces this year when he finished off Philipp Kohlschreiber to win the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart on Monday.
Andy Murray misjudged the strength of the Perth sun but timed everything else to perfection as he led Britain to a 2-1 win over Germany to move a step closer to the final of the Hopman Cup mixed team event on Wednesday.
World number one Roger Federer cruised to his fifth Halle Open title in Germany on Sunday, beating Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 6-4. Federer was rarely troubled by his German opponent, extending his winning streak on grass to 59 matches ahead of Wimbledon which starts on June 23.
World number one Roger Federer swept into the final of the Halle Open with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Nicolas Kiefer.
Tommy Robredo won a first-round thriller against Philipp Kohlschreiber in the first round of the Hamburg Masters.
They beat the Soderling and Kohlschreiber 6-7, 7-6, 10-7 at the Gerry Webber Open tennis tournament.
Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez displayed nerves of steel to win a marathon doubles match on Saturday and propel Spain into the Davis Cup semi-finals. They battled for almost five hours before grinding out a 6-7 7-6 6-4 2-6 12-10 win over Philipp Kohlschreiber and Philipp Petzschner, giving Spain an unbeatable 3-0 lead over Germany in Bremen.
Rafael Nadal shrugged off a bout of jet-leg to beat Nicolas Kiefer before David Ferrer outpunched Philipp Kohlschreiber to give Spain a 2-0 lead over Germany on day one of their Davis Cup quarter-final. Nadal won 7-6, 6-0, 6-3 while Ferrer rallied aftewr losing the first set to win 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
Stanislas Wawrinka breezed into the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open on Monday and saw another seed removed from his path to the final when lucky loser Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan turned his match against Tomas Berdych upside down.
Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber will take on former Australian Open semi-finalist Marcos Baghdatis in the other semi-final at the Munich Open.
Roger Federer lost his first set of the tournament but still managed to conjure a comfortable 6-3, 6-2, 6-7, 6-1 victory over Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber at Wimbledon on Friday.
Top seed James Blake breezed through his opening match as sixth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber made an early exit from the $416,000 Delray Beach International on Tuesday.
The Czech Republic sealed a place in the final of the World Team Cup with a 3-0 victory over holders Germany on the last day of group action on Friday.
The Russian was too strong for second seed Berdych in the semis, Kohlschreiber went through to his first ATP final beating fourth seed Marcos Baghdatis.
The Indo-Czech pair went down to Russia's Mikhail Youzhny and Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany in the BMW Open.
The Indo-Czech pair beat Germany's Andreas Beck and Dominik Meffert in the quarter-finals.
World number one Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal reached milestones as they eased into he Monte Carlo Masters Series semi-finals on Friday.
Indian Aces continued their dominance in IPTL 2 with a 25-18 win over Japan Warriors on the opening day of tournament's Dubai leg on Monday.
Second seed Rafael Nadal ground down German Philipp Kohlschreiber to win a tough match 7-5 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the Australian Open second round on Thursday.
Both the Indian aces fell at the first hurdle in different tournaments on the ATP Tour.
Thomas Johansson rattled off a whirlwind 6-2, 6-1 win over Stefan Koubek in the first round of the Barcelona Open
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.
Second seed Andy Roddick eased into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with a 6-3, 7-6, 6-1 win over lowly-ranked Philipp Kohlschreiber.
Igor Andreev took Russia to their second successive Davis Cup final by beating Philipp Kohlschreiber in the fifth and deciding rubber.
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 1 Novak Djokovic began his Paris Masters title defence with a routine 6-3, 6-4 win over German Philipp Kohlschreiber in the second round on Tuesday.
Rafael Nadal struggled to finish off Fabio Fognini at the Barcelona Open on Friday but eventually quelled one of his most troublesome opponents 6-2, 7-6(1) to reach the semi-finals.
World number one Roger Federer breezed through to the Halle Open semi-finals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber.
The duo beat the Taipei pair of Ti Chen and Tzuoo Yeu in the ATP Challenger.
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Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff and Tim Puetz pulled off a shock 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(4), 7-5 win over Spain's Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez to give Germany a 2-1 lead in their Davis Cup quarter-final on Saturday.
Roger Federer bounced back to form with a quick-fire win over Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan on Tuesday as he began his bid for a seventh title at his hometown tournament in Basel.
World No 1 Novak Djokovic and the man who can dislodge him from the top spot by next week, Rafael Nadal, kicked off their China Open campaign with straight set victories on Tuesday.
World No 3 Andy Murray remained on course for a first career clay court title.
Murray, playing in his first Davis Cup tie since 2016 and only five months after returning to the sport following career-saving hip surgery, clawed out a 6-7(7), 6-4, 7-6(5) victory
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