IMAGES from Day 8 of the French Open at Roland Garros on Sunday.
A dominant Rafael Nadal arrived at one career milestone on Thursday but the speed of the Spaniard's rampage through the early rounds of the French Open suggests his eyes are fixed firmly on another more significant one.
"It was a very difficult decision as it isn't easy to leave tennis," Corretja told Spanish state television.
'I am very proud to pack for Tokyo and join our national team'
"Think of it from a players' perspective. Some are hoping to reach the second week of a major but some don't even make it to the first week of the event. That's tough to take.
The French Open champion beat Fernando Verdasco 2-6, 7-6, 7-6 in three hours.
The Indo-Belgian pair beat Yves Allegro and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 6-3, 6-1
David Ferrer and former Roland Garros champion Juan Carlos Ferrero had a bad day at the office as the Spanish contingent experienced mixed fortunes at the French Open on Saturday.
Top seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Lizel Huber made a shock first round exit from the mixed doubles event of the French Open with a straight set defeat at the hands of Yung-Jan Chan and Eric Butorac on Saturday.
Rafael Nadal's 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 win over French teenager Gianni Mina looked as stress-free as it gets for the four-times Roland Garros champion but the Spaniard was far from happy on Tuesday.
Somdev Devvarman's French Open adventure ended on Sunday when he lost a topsy-turvy first round match against Swiss Marco Chiudinelli.
World number one Justine Henin-Hardenne will miss the Wimbledon championships later this month.
Suarez and Ruano Pascual repeated their Australian Open victory over the Russians in January to win their third consecutive grand slam title.
They were beaten 6-2 4-6 2-6 by the Argentinean pair of Juan Ignacio Chela and Gaston Gaudio.
The American duo won 5-7, 6-1, 13-11 as they added the season-ending crown to the Wimbledon and US Open titles.
Federer will enter Sunday's Wimbledon final as top dog and he is determined to preserve his status and win an 11th Grand Slam crown.
French Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic in an exclusive interview to rediff.com's Harish Kotian.
Fourth seed Novak Djokovic's Wimbledon preparations were thrown off course on Friday when he was upstaged by Arnaud Clement in the third round at Queen's.
The Spaniard became the first man since Bjorn Borg to win three successive titles at Roland Garros.
Roger Federer reached a record eighth consecutive Grand Slam final by overcoming Nikolay Davydenko 7-5, 7-6, 7-6.
Ana Ivanovic beat the Russian 6-2, 6-1 the enter the French Open final.
Mahesh Bhupathi Radek Stepanek advanced to the semi-finals of the men's doubles at the French Open beating second seeds Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi.
World No 1 Federer's 36-set record winning streak in Grand Slam tournaments was however snapped by Tommy Robredo in the French Open quarter-finals.
Jelena Jankovic beat Czech Nicole Vaidisova while Ana Ivanovic upset 2006 runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova.
The Australian said he saw nothing to change his opinion that the Spaniard is untouchable at Roland Garros.
Leander Paes and Meghann Shaughnessy survived a scare but Sania Mirza and Fabrice Santoro were knocked out of the mixed doubles at the French Open.
The Indo-French pair broke no sweat in defeating Vania King of the US and Frantisek Cermak of the Czech Republic 6-2 6-0 in their opening encounter at Roland Garros on Friday.
Williams surrendered her Wimbledon crown last July when she lost to the 22-year-old Serb in the third round.
Roger Federer moved into the third round of the French Open in the nick of time on Wednesday with a 6-1 6-2 7-6 defeat of wildcard Thierry Ascione.
