World number three Novak Djokovic opened the defence of his Toronto Masters title in impressive style with a 6-4 6-4 win over Canadian Frank Dancevic.
The threadbare state of American men's tennis surfaced again on Monday when John Isner lost to Fernando Verdasco in the fourth round of the US Open to make it the worst home showing in the professional era.
It has been a tale of two draws at the US Open, with the men's seeds advancing full steam ahead and the usually fastidious women's field in disarray. Eight of the top 16 women's seeds have been given the boot at Flushing Meadows, while all 16 men have strolled forward.
Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic and unseeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka will meet in the final of the Rome Masters on Sunday after their semi-final opponents retired injured on Saturday. Serbian third seed Djokovic went through after unseeded Czech Radek Stepanek, pulled out when 6-0 1-0 down while Wawrinka made the final after American sixth seed Andy Roddick withdrew at 3-0 down in the first set because of a back injury.
Six years after getting a taste for grand slam titles, Roger Federer returned to the scene of his first major triumph on Sunday to rewrite the record books.
Factfile on Switzerland's Roger Federer, who won a record 15th Grand Slam title after winning Wimbledon with a 5-7, 7-6(6), 7-6(5), 3-6, 16-14 defeat of American sixth seed Andy Roddick on Sunday.
Argentina, the Czech Republic and Spain also booked their places in the last eight by opening up 3-0 leads.
Indian sportspersons will be in action in the following events at 28th Olympic Games in Athens on Monday.
World number one Rafael Nadal survived a second-set scare to beat Spanish compatriot Fernando Verdasco 6-4 7-5 and seal his place in the semi-finals of the Madrid Open Friday.
Spain shrugged off the absence of Rafa Nadal to take a 2-0 lead over hosts the United States in their Davis Cup World Group quarter-final after gutsy wins by Feliciano Lopez and David Ferrer on Friday.
Roger Federer has been drawn with Andy Roddick, Nikolay Davydenko and Fernando Gonzalez at the Shanghai Masters Cup.
World number one Rafael Nadal romped into the third round of the ATP event in Indian Wells on Sunday with a crushing 6-2, 6-1 victory over German Michael Berrer. Champion Novak Djokovic had a harder time of it before beating Martin Vassallo Arguello of Argentina 7-5, 6-4, while sixth seed Juan Martin Del Potro and number seven Andy Roddick also advanced.
Novak Djokovic defeated fourth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer 7-5 6-3 on Saturday to win the Dubai Championships.
Here is a quick glance of all the highs and lows from Nadal's stupendous career:
Super Serbs Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic and Novak Djokovic locked in their second round Australian Open spots on Monday as Andy Roddick routed a sacrificial Swede on Day One of the year's first grand slam.
The top seeded pair was shocked by Americans Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish in the first round of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships.
World number two Rafael Nadal led an exodus of seeds at Queen's Club on Friday when swirling winds threw Wimbledon preparations off course for several players.
Just 24 hours after showing second seed Andy Roddick the exit, the French wildcard ended Hewitt's challenge at the Poertschach International.
Czech Tomas Berdych halted fifth seed Juan Martin Del Potro's hot streak by beating the Argentine 6-1, 6-4 to win the Japan Open on Sunday. Ninth seed Berdych's fourth ATP Tour title and his first since winning on grass in Halle last year came after Del Potro left the court to take medicine for an upset stomach.
Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro ended top seed David Ferrer's reign as Japan Open champion with a 6-1, 7-5 quarter-final victory.
Top seed David Ferrer of Spain was bundled out of the $524,000 China Open by Israel's Dudi Sela on Thursday, while big-serving American Andy Roddick swept past compatriot Brendan Evans to book a quarter-final place.
Serena Williams stayed on course for a fourth Sony Ericsson Open title with a ruthless 6-1 6-4 win over Czech Nicole Vaidisova in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Novak Djokovic said he overreacted to jokes about his long list of injuries when he lashed out at Andy Roddick after defeating the American on Thursday to reach the semi-finals of the US Open. Roddick had commented to the crowd courtside after his previous match on the assorted maladies cited by Djokovic, who complained about stomach, hip, ankle and breathing problems during his five-set win against Spain's Tommy Robredo.
He strongly criticised Wimbledon organisers after his fellow Australian Lleyton Hewitt was seeded three.
Russian Igor Kunitsyn ended the run of Indian qualifier Somdev Devvarman with a 6-4, 6-1 victory in the quarter-finals of the Washington ATP.
The fourth seeded Indo-Bahamas pair got a walkover from the American duo of Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick in the second round of the ATP Rogers Masters.
The Swiss world number one needed more than 2- hours to squeeze past Czech Radek Stepanek in Melbourne.
Rafael Nadal ended Andy Roddick's bid for a record fifth title at Queen's by charging into the final with a 7-5, 6-4 win.
Roger Federer beat Ivan Ljubicic 7-6, 6-4 to bring David Nalbandian through with him.
Tennis ace Andy Roddick's luscious blonde wife Brooklyn Decker says she is too curvy to be a runway model.
World number two Andy Roddick will take on in-form Russian Marat Safin in the season-ending ATP Tennis Masters Cup.
James Blake joined compatriots Andy Roddick and Robby Ginepri in the last four of the RCA Championships.
James Blake ended the three-year Queen's Club reign of Andy Roddick to announce himself as a surprise contender for Wimbledon.
Wimbledon picks up the pace dramatically today with the fourth round of the men's and women's singles.
James Blake beat Russian Mikhail Youzhny in the second singles after American No 1 Andy Roddick outclassed Dmitry Tursunov in the opening rubber.
