The fifth seed became the first major casualty at the Cincinnati Masters, losing in the opening round.
The world number one began his bid for a first Rome Masters title in style with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Juan Ignacio Chela.
Spain upset last year's bronze medallist Netherlands 2-1 in a classification match on Saturday to set up a clash against Argentina in the fifth-sixth place play-off of the men's Junior Hockey World Cup, in Lucknow on Saturday.
Argentina came back from the brink to snatch a thrilling 2-1 victory over the Czech Republic in Saturday's final and capture the World Team Cup for the third time.
Reigning champion and ninth seed Juan Ignacio Chela was knocked out in the first round of the Estoril Open.
They were beaten 6-2 4-6 2-6 by the Argentinean pair of Juan Ignacio Chela and Gaston Gaudio.
The Argentine No 1 overpowered Russia's Marat Safin in the second singles after Nikolay Davydenko beat Juan Ignacio Chela.
David Nalbandian and Gaston Gaudio must oust Russians Marat Safin and Igor Andreev in the fourth round for Argentina to have four men in the quarter-finals.
The Briton he lost in the third round to slow court specialist Mariano Zabaleta.
The fifth seeded pair defeated Spaniards Juan Ignacio Carrasco and Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
Andre Agassi reached his first final of the year at the Los Angeles Open with an easy 6-4, 6-2 win over Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela
The top seed powered into the semi-finals of the Los Angeles Open with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 win over Paradorn Srichaphan.
The Indian ace and his Czech partner Tomas Cibulec crashed out of the men's doubles at the Australian Open in the first round.
The British No. 2 put aside his off-court troubles to beat Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela at the Sydney international.
He beat Sargis Sargsian of Armenia 6-4 6-4 in the quarterfinals. Defending champ Guillermo Canas lost to Karol Kucera 6-1 7-5.
He beat Sargis Sargsian of Armenia 6-4 6-4 in the quarterfinals. Defending champ Guillermo Canas lost to Karol Kucera 6-1 7-5.
A bristling Lleyton Hewitt won a bad-tempered encounter with Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open.
Serena Williams creates ripples with her latest outfit.
They posted comfortable semi-final victories over Jean Rene Lisnard of France and Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina respectively in the Tata Open tennis tournament.
Rafa Nadal says his mental stability has returned after a topsy-turvy year for the former world number one.
Eldense provisionally suspended all sporting activities on Sunday, the day after a 12-0 thrashing by Barcelona B which was a joint-record defeat in the third tier of Spanish soccer.
Spain goalkeeper David De Gea is in line to start their Euro 2016 opener against the Czech Republic on Monday despite being involved in an off-field controversy, coach Vicente del Bosque said on Sunday. The final decision, though, would be made on Monday.
"I don't know what can happen in the future or not. But yeah, 11 here already is something really unbelievable. I always say the same. It looks, for the most of you, and even for me, looks so difficult to increase that number for anyone in the future. But if I did it, and I consider myself a normal person, probably someone else is gonna do it."
Madrid's Olympic bid team said on Wednesday that Spain's debilitating economic crisis is ending and the country will have no problem covering investments and rallying support at home to host the 2020 games.
Barcelona hit out at the referee and his assistants for failing to award Lionel Messi's first half 'goal' in an action-packed 1-1 draw at Liga title rivals Valencia on Sunday.
A summary of Sunday's matches at the French Open.
Images from the third day at the US Open, the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, in New York, on Wednesday:
New York City continued their recent surge as Spaniard David Villa notched two classy goals, including the late winner, in a 2-1 away win.
The overall winners will be announced on October 15 at an awards ceremony in the Natural History Museum's iconic Hintze Hall.
Melbourne man McNamara won five singles titles and 19 in doubles and teamed up with compatriot Paul McNamee to win the Australian Open doubles in 1979 and Wimbledon twice in 1980 and 1982.
Barcelona leapfrogged Atletico Madrid to go top of La Liga after Lionel Messi's acrobatic volley secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory against tenacious Malaga on Saturday.
Yadvinder Singh Bhamba was arrested for conspiring to send 400 people from India, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and other countries to the US.
The result also means second-placed Real Sociedad can reclaim top spot if they beat Eibar on Sunday.
