Roger Federer returned to winning ways on Sunday by claiming the Cincinnati Masters and announced himself once again as the man to beat at the US Open.
World No 1 Rafa Nadal fell to Cyprus's Marco Baghdatis 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Masters Friday as three of the top four seeds lost out.
Leander Paes and the Czech Republic's Lukas Dlouhy stumbled yet again in the second round, crashing out of the Cincinnati Masters, following a straight-set defeat to Mardy Fish and Mark Knowles. Seeded third, they lost 3-6, 2-6 to the unseeded American-Bahamas pair.
Italian Simone Bolelli upset local favourite Nicolas Almagro 7-6, 6-1 at the Madrid Masters on Monday.
Spain took a 2-0 lead in their Davis Cup semi-final against the United States on Friday after world number one Rafael Nadal survived a spirited attack from rookie Sam Querrey and David Ferrer beat Andy Roddick. Nadal won 6-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 while world number five Ferrer sealed the match 7-6, 2-6, 1-6, 6-4, 8-6.
US Davis Cup debutant Sam Querrey will face world number one Rafael Nadal in the opening rubber of the semi-final on Friday.
World number one Novak Djokovic moved into the semi-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open after holding off a brave second set effort from Spain's David Ferrer to win 6-2, 7-6 on Thursday.
Indian sportspersons will be in action in the following events at 28th Olympic Games in Athens on Monday.
The Indo-Bahamian duo lost 2-6, 3-6 to the American pair of James Blake and Mardy Fish in the pre-quarter-finals. Leander Paes, the other Indian in the fray, and his new Spanish partner Tommy Robredo got a first round bye. They face the formidable third seeded Israeli duo of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram in the pre-quarter-finals.
Novak Djokovic ran into a spot of bother before seeing off Davis Cup team mate Viktor Troicki 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 to secure his place in the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters on Thursday. Czech Tomas Berdych booked his place for the ATP World Tour Finals with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Serb Janko Tipsarevic.
Roger Federer lost his first set of the tournament but still scored a comfortable victory over Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber at Wimbledon.
Novak Djokovic made serene progress into the fourth round at Wimbledon with a 6-4 6-4 6-4 win over American Mardy Fish Friday.
French Open champions Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy fell at the first hurdle in the men's doubles at Wimbledon, losing to James Blake and Mardy Fish on Thursday. The third seeded pair, who was losing semi-finalists at the championships last year, were handed a 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 drubbing by the unseeded Americans.
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.
The top seeded pair was shocked by Americans Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish in the first round of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships.
Top seed Andy Roddick advanced to the Memphis Championship final with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Juan Martin Del Potro on Saturday and will face big-hitting Canadian Milos Raonic.
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi went down 6-4, 7-6(1) to unseeded American duo of Mardy Fish and John Isner in the doubles final.
Rohan Bopanna's dream run at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships came to an end after he was handed a straight-set defeat by Prakash Amritraj in an all-Indian quarter-final of the USD 385,000 event in Newport, United States.
Indian Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna set up a second round clash with top seed Mardy Fish after defeating Kim Kevin on Monday in straight sets at the US $385,000 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, United States. Bopanna beat his American opponent 6-3, 6-4 in an hour and 11 minutes.
Leander Paes and Tommy Robredo held their nerves in the super-tie breaker to stun third seed Israeli duo of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram and book a quarterfinal berth in the Euro 2,270,000 Hamburg ATP Master Series event on Wednesday night.
The Indo-Bahamian duo lost 2-6, 3-6 to the American pair of James Blake and Mardy Fish in the pre-quarter-finals. Leander Paes, the other Indian in the fray, and his new Spanish partner Tommy Robredo got a first round bye. They face the formidable third seeded Israeli duo of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram in the pre-quarter-finals.
American James Blake eased into the semi-finals of the US Clay Court Championship on Friday after a comfortable 6-4, 6-3 win over Argentine Agustin Calleri. The top seeded world number eight will face Oscar Hernandez of Spain in Saturday's semi-finals.
Arnaud Clement stunned third seed Lleyton Hewitt 7-6, 6-4, to record his first win over the Australian in eight attempts
The United States booked their place in the Hopman Cup final by moving into an unassailable 2-0 lead over Australia in their Group B match.
Roger Federer ended a seven-month title drought with a 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 win over American Mardy Fish in the Cincinnati Masters final on Sunday to send a timely reminder of his class just a week before the US Open. Federer captured his 63rd title in his 90th final and his victory was his fourth at Cincinnati since his first win in the tournament in 2005.
Somdev Devvarman advanced to the second round in the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships after scoring a straight-set win over America's Kevin Kim in Newport. The unseeded Indian took 63 minutes to complete a 6-4, 6-3 win in the first round of the US $442,500 grass court event.
Andy Roddick and Andy Murray eased into the quarterfinal of the Memphis International.
A misfiring Roger Federer beat Spain's Tommy Robredo 6-3, 7-6, 7-5 to enter the semi-final of the Australian Open.
Paes and Bhupathi will stand on the opposite sides of the net in the quarter-final of the ATP Tour tennis event in Sydney on Thursday.
The fifth seed became the first major casualty at the Cincinnati Masters, losing in the opening round.
Andy Murray took another step closer to becoming the first British champion at Queen's Club for more than 70 years when he beat American Mardy Fish 7-5, 6-3 to reach the semi-finals on Friday. Andy Roddick made sure he stayed in the hunt to set up a final date with Murray, scoring a 7-6, 7-6 win over fellow big server Ivo Karlovic of Croatia.
The Indian doubles specialist and his Romanian partner defeated the Scottish-Canadian team 2-6, 6-1, 10-3 in the opening round of the US $1,753,020 hard-court event.
World number two Andy Roddick will lead the U.S. against Spain in the Davis Cup final next month.
The United States swept past Belarus on Saturday to clinch their first Davis Cup final appearance since 1997.
The ace Indian doubles pair beat Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish in their opening match of the men's doubles tennis at the Olympics.
The world No. 2 overcame shaky serving to beat Thomas Enqvist in the Davis Cup World Group quarer-final.\n\n
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