Wimbledon champion Federer displayed deft touch while US Open champ Andy Roddick exuded brute force at the Kooyong International.
Play was called off on the second day of the Davis Cup World Group play-off between India and Sweden due to rain.
Safin was followed through the exit door at the Nasdaq Open by fifth-seeded Spaniard Carlos Moya.
Three-time winners Sweden won a place in the final of the World Team Cup on Thursday after forging an unassailable 2-0 lead in their Red Group tie against the United States.
Roddick beat Nicolas Kiefer while Federer rallied to down Thomas Johansson in the semi-finals of the Toronto Masters.
Twice champion James Blake came from behind to beat Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6-7 6-4 6-2 and book a place in the Stockholm Open semi-finals on Friday.
Edmund is no flash Harry, on or off the court
Flavia Pennetta, Italy's newly-crowned US Open women's singles champion, will represent Mumbai Masters in this year's Champions Tennis League along with 1996 Wimbledon men's champion Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands following the players' draft, in Mumbai, on Wednesday. The second edition of the Champions Tennis League, the brainchild of former India Davis Cup captain Vijay Amritraj, will be played from November 23 to December 6, an increase of four days from last year's ten-day duration, announced Amritraj at a media conference after the players' draft.
I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims. We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing each scientist mentioned here along with about a dozen of our ancient mathematicians, recommends Professor Kalyan Singhal, historian of science and technology.
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