Fourth-seed Tommy Robredo fell to wily Frenchman Fabrice Santoro 7-6, 6-4.
Images from Friday's Australian Open men's singles second semi-final between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
Roger Federer never doubted his ability to win Grand Slam titles during a two and a half year drought in which he was written off in some quarters and passed the 30 year age barrier that often signals the beginning of the end for top tennis players.
Roger Federer's late bid to secure his customary place in the season-ending ATP World Tour finals began with a routine opening round win over Adrian Mannarino in his home town tournament in Basel on Monday.
The world number one was beaten 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 by Germany's Tommy Haas at the invitational Kooyong Classic.
World number two Roger Federer edged past Ivo Karlovic 7-6(3), 7-6(4) on Saturday to reach the Halle Open final and stay on course for his eighth title in the grasscourt Wimbledon warmup event.
Federer has now gone a complete year since he last lost a match in the final of a tournament.
Swiss former world number one Federer overcame some dogged resistance from David Ferrer, winning 7-5, 6-3 for his 12th victory in 12 against the gritty Spaniard before crowd-pleasing Tsonga stormed to a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Czech Tomas Berdych.
Roger Federer has still not reached his peak and is destined to become the greatest player of all time, according to his Australian coach Tony Roche.
A ruthless Rafael Nadal demonstrated that he was primed to win back the French Open crown from Roger Federer when he whipped Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-1, 6-3 in his opening match at the Rome Masters. A day after the world number one had been felled at the first hurdle by Latvian Ernests Gulbis, Nadal left Kohlschreiber a punched out wreck on Wednesday as he began his charge towards a fifth Rome title in six years.
Federer played a more aggressive game than the Spaniard but 27 unforced errors cost him a place in the final .
World number one Roger Federer underlined his dominant position in the game by securing his sixth ATP title of the year with an impressive 6-0, 7-6 win over Novak Djokovic in the Cincinnati Open final on Sunday.
Roger Federer believes that criticism from tournament organisers of a spate of pullouts at the year-ending Masters Cup was fully justified
World number one Roger Federer visited the Tsunami survivors in Tamil Nadu as Unicef ambassador.
Fans and pundits alike are expecting 2007 to be a mirror image of 2006 -- another season of total domination by the Swiss.
The Swiss world number one needed more than 2- hours to squeeze past Czech Radek Stepanek in Melbourne.
Roger Federer recovered to beat Germany's Michael Berrer 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in the first round of the Swiss Indoors.
The 19-year-old Czech Jakub Mensik beat his childhood idol Novak Djokovic in the Miami Open final in an upset for the ages on Sunday.
Roger Federer squandered three match points before suffering a shock 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 defeat at the hands of Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis at the Indian Wells ATP tournament on Tuesday.
He said that experience had taught him how to handle "an incredibly good baseliner" like Nalbandian.
Roger Federer has confirmed that he will play in Switzerland's Davis Cup playoff tie away to Netherlands at the weekend, the Swiss Tennis Federation said on Tuesday.
Federer rues missed chances in Tsitsipas thriller
World number ones Roger Federer and Ana Ivanovic head a strong field at the Olympic tennis tournament in Beijing next month. The International Tennis Federation , which released the entry lists for the men's and women's singles and doubles on Wednesday, said Beijing would witness the best lineup since tennis returned as a full medal sport in Seoul 1988.
The world number one's off-season preparation will now be geared towards breaking Pete Sampras's record of 14 Grand Slam singles titles in 2008.
Russian Nikolay Davydenko's 6-4, 6-3 victory over Chile's Fernando Gonzalez was enough to send Federer through in the Masters Cup. The world number one then destroyed Andy Roddick 6-4, 6-2.
The Swiss beat Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 6-3 to stay alive in the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, while American Andy Roddick became the first player to book a semi-final spot at the season-ending event in Shanghai after crushing Chile's Fernando Gonzalez 6-1, 6-4.
Tennis superstar Roger Federer gave his backing to disgraced American golfer Tiger Woods, saying he should now be left alone to repair his marriage. Federer revealed that he has not spoken to Woods since the revelations about his private life, but insists that he remains friends with the American.
India's Somdev Devvarman sailed into the second round of the men's singles event at the French Open with a 6-3 6-3 7-5 win over Daniel Munoz-De La Nava of Spain at the Roland Garros in Paris.
World number one Roger Federer advanced to the quarter-finals of the Halle Open on Thursday with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Jan Vacek of the Czech Republic.
Serena Williams and Roger Federer both enjoyed Sunday afternoon strolls at Roland Garros as they seized the opportunity to gain head starts over their French Open rivals in ruthless fashion.
Images from the men's singles quarter-finals at Wimbledon on Wednesday.
The 36-year-old was given a thorough workout by Sock although had he been a little more clinical the scoreline would have been more heavily-weighted in his favour.
The mind games have already started ahead of Sunday's Australian Open final between Roger Federer and Andy Murray.
The combined forces of Federer and an Italian prankster proved too much for the Spaniard.
He beat Haas on Saturday to move within one win of equalling Bjorn Borg's record for consecutive victories on grass.
World number ones Serena Williams and Roger Federer showed little gratitude to their hosts as they knocked out the last remaining home players on Monday to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
Images from day six of the 2010 Australian Open on Saturday.
Roger Federer and Serena Williams booked a second round berth, while Robin Soderling was booted out, during the Australian Open on Tuesday.
Defending champion Roger Federer became the second high-profile casualty at the Madrid Open when he was beaten 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 by Japanese 14th seed Kei Nishikori in the third round.
Roger Federer Rafael Nadal had a easy day out at the NYC Street Slam on Lexington Avenue and 54th Street on Friday.
