Lleyton Hewitt warmed up for a fourth-round Wimbledon date with Roger Federer by hustling past Italy's Simon Bolelli 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 on Friday.
Serb Novak Djokovic moved relentlessly into the Indian Wells semi-finals on Friday, setting up a mouth-watering clash in the last four with Roger Federer for the Swiss world number two's ranking.
The world number one questioned the success of Wimbledon's experiment with the Hawkeye ball tracking system.
Roger Federer bounced back from his crushing French Open final defeat to advance into the second round of the Halle Open with a 6-4, 6-2 win over German Michael Berrer on Wednesday. Defending champion Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, seeded three, suffered a 6-2, 7-5 second-round loss to Sweden's Robin Soderling, who pounded down 13 aces.
Roger Federer has warned Rafael Nadal that he must win the US Open to stand any chance of being labelled as the greatest to ever play the game.
Images from the men's singles quarter-finals at Wimbledon on Wednesday.
The world number one has promised to unveil a new blazer for his opening match against Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili.
Third seed Tomas Berdych saved three match points before beating defending champion Roger Federer in the semi-finals of the Dubai championships on Friday to set up a final against Novak Djokovic.
World number two Roger Federer launches his bid for a sixth US Open title, and his first since 2008, with a first-round match against Argentina's Leonardo Mayer at the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday.
Federer rues missed chances in Tsitsipas thriller
The defending champion beat wily Frenchman Fabrice Santoro 7-5, 7-5, 7-6 to reach the third round.
Roger Federer began the defence of his Hamburg Masters title with an effortless 6-1, 6-3 victory over Jarkko Nieminen.
Roger Federer began his pursuit for a sixth Swiss Indoors Basel title with an explosive 47-minute 6-2, 6-1 victory over Gilles Muller on Wednesday after Rafael Nadal reached the quarter-final with a 6-1, 6-1 win against Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
Roger Federer's hopes of knocking Novak Djokovic off the top of the ATP world rankings before the end of the year took a hit when he lost to big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic in the Paris Masters quarter-finals on Friday.
The Wimbledon champion was dumped by the world No. 47 in the second round of the Swiss Indoors.
Roger Federer beat Andy Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to win a record-equalling seventh Wimbledon title.
Novak Djokovic got the better of defending champion Roger Federer on Thursday to get into the men's final of the Australian Open for the second time. The Serb, a champion at Melbourne in 2008, ended the Swiss player's hopes of a fifth title Down Under with a 7-6, 7-5, 6-4 win.
Andy Roddick upset world number one Roger Federer 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 at the Sony Ericsson Open quarter-final on Thursday. It was only Roddick's second win in 17 career meetings against the Swiss, his last success coming in Montreal five years ago.
Roger Federer fired up the Australian Open with a blistering start to his title defence on Monday, bringing some welcome warmth to an unseasonably cool Melbourne Park on opening day.
Roger Federer will join Switzerland's Davis Cup squad when they fight for World Group survival against the Czech Republic.
An ailing Rafael Nadal slumped out of the Qatar Open on Friday to deprive fans and organisers of an eagerly-anticipated final against his great rival Roger Federer.
Roger Federer eased through to the Halle Open final with a 6-4, 7-6 win over Germany's Tommy Haas.
Less than 24 hours after Federer won a men's singles Grand Slam title, the enormity of his achievement was slowly sinking in.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic is the top seed in the men's draw which includes five-times US Open champion and 17-times Grand Slam winner Roger Federer as seventh seed - his first time the Swiss has been placed outside the top three in a Grand Slam in over ten years.
Their epic rivalry includes three successive Wimbledon finals from 2006
Exhausted French Open champion Roger Federer has pulled out of the Halle grass tournament in Germany to recuperate, the world number two said on his website Tuesday.
Deposed champion Roger Federer left Melbourne Park with his head held high after losing to Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.
Roger Federer slumped to a shock 2-6, 7-6(8), 6-4 loss to German veteran Tommy Haas at the Stuttgart Open on Wednesday in a disappointing comeback after the 18-times grand-slam champion missed the entire claycourt season.
Venus Williams and Ana Ivanovic thundered into the Australian Open quarter-finals and Roger Federer overcome his second stern test of the tournament to reach the last eight.
Roger Federer strolled to a 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 win over Novak Djokovic to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals.
World number one Roger Federer will begin the defence of his Australian Open title against Argentine Diego Hartfield after the draw was made at Melbourne Park on Friday.
The world number one registered a crushing 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 win over Swede Jonas Bjorkman to enter the third round of the Australian Open.
World number one Roger Federer has withdrawn from the Kooyong Classic, the warm-up event for next week's Australian Open, because of a stomach virus.
Serena Williams started her quest to join Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova in joint fourth place on the career Grand Slam list with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over 18-year-old fellow American Taylor Townsend at the US Open on Tuesday.
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will meet in the semi-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open after the old rivals advanced to the last four in contrasting fashions Thursday.
Roger Federer has backed calls to shorten the tennis calendar to protect players from burnout by creating a six week off-season.
Roger Federer is in love with tennis even after nearly two decades but may not be that keen to follow his children if they ever turned professional, the Swiss maestro said after storming into the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday.
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