World number one Roger Federer recovered from one set down to beat unseeded German Denis Gremelmayr 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 on Saturday to reach his first final of the year at the Estoril Open.
India's Somdev Devvarman sailed into the second round of the Wimbledon men's singles event after his German opponent, Denis Gremelmayr, retired hurt midway through the first round match in London on Tuesday.
The winner of the quarter-final between Bhupathi-Mario Ancic and Paes-Aisam Qureshi, who were slated to meet Gremelmayr and compatriot Simon Greul, will receive a walkover into the final.
World number one Roger Federer recovered from a set down to beat unseeded German Denis Gremelmayr 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 on Saturday to reach his first final of the year at the Estoril Open. He will now face the number two seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, who beat France's Florent Serra 6-2, 6-2 in the other semi-final.
Somdev, ranked 68th in the world, will take on Germany's Denis Gremelmayr (ranked 110), while world No 60 Sania is drawn against France's Virginie Razzano, 38 places below her in WTA chart.
Somdev Devvarman scored a comfortable victory over Germany's Denis Gremelmayr to enter the second round in the ATP Legg Mason Classic in Washington on Tuesday. The Indian ace won 6-2, 6-3 in just under an hour.
The US player of Indian origin will make his Australian Open main draw debut against Italy's Simone Bolelli.
Top seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia and second-seeded Croatian Ivan Ljubicic progressed into the second round of the $1 million Qatar Open in contrasting fashions on Tuesday.
Last year's runner-up Ana Ivanovic of Serbia reached the second round of the French Open with a 6-2, 7-5 defeat of Swede Sofia Arvidsson on Sunday. Australian Open champion Djokovic stood firm to record a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 win over Germany's Denis Gremelmayr.
Top seed Rafael Nadal produced a claycourt masterclass on Saturday to demolish German Denis Gremelmayr 6-1, 6-0 to reach the final of the Barcelona Open.
Prakash Amritraj advanced to the final round of qualifying at the Australian Open while Rohan Bopanna lost in the second round.
Rafael Nadal survived an early scare at the Barcelona Open on Friday to beat Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela 6-4, 6-2 for a place in the semi-finals.
The 'Indo-Pak Express' defeated the French duo of David Guez and Nicolas Tourte 6-2, 7-6(1) in the quarter-finals of the ATP Challenger in Bronx.
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