Andy Murray's latest bid for a maiden clay title ended when he fell to Tomas Berdych in the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Friday, leaving Rafa Nadal as the only member of the 'big four' still alive at the Masters event.
Holders Czech Republic took a 2-1 lead over hosts Serbia in the Davis Cup final after Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek romped to a 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(4) win over Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac in Saturday's doubles.
The Indian Express of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi moved to the men's doubles semi-finals without breaking a sweat while Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi crashed out of the ATP Western & Southern Open after a straight set defeat.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic will face top seed and four-times former champion Roger Federer in the final of the Dubai championships after a dramatic victory over Tomas Berdych on Friday. The Australian Open winner struggled before overcoming the third-seeded Czech, who retired injured with Djokovic leading 6-7, 6-2, 4-2. Federer defeated unseeded Richard Gasquet 6-2, 7-5 after the Frenchman had served for the second set at 5-3.
Roger Federer shone brightly on his first appearance on Indian soil as he fired the Indian Aces to a convincing 26-16 victory over Singapore Slammers in the Delhi leg of the International Premier Tennis League in Delhi.
A competitor lambasted the French Open as "one big circus" on Thursday as soggy weather once again came back to exasperate players seeking a foothold in the semi-finals of the rain-hit claycourt major.
Look who was watching the Wimbledon men's singles semi-final between Roger Federer and Tomas Berdych on Friday.
Defending champion Robin Soderling came within a point of losing to Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber at the World Indoor tournament on Thursday before sealing a quarter-final spot with a 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 victory.
Roger Federer beat Tomas Berdych in the final in Halle to equal Bjorn Borg's record of 41 wins on the trot on grass
The Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych brought the hosts level at 1-1 with holders Spain in the Davis Cup final with a battling five-set victory over Nicolas Almagro on Friday.
Roger Federer scored a 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Czech Tomas Berdych in the fourth round
Canadian Milos Raonic recovered to upset seven-times champion Roger Federer 6-3 6-7(3) 4-6 7-5 6-3 at Wimbledon to reach his first grand slam final on Friday. The sixth seed will meet the winner of the second semi-final between Britain's 2013 champion Andy Murray and Czech 10th seed Tomas Berdych, runner-up in 2010, in Sunday's showpiece match.
Roger Federer dug himself out of a late slump to fend off American qualifier Noah Rubin 7-5, 6-3, 7-6(3) on Wednesday and draw vital confidence for a tough third round clash against 10th seed Tomas Berdych at the Australian Open.
Big-serving Milos Raonic fought back from a set down to upset Rafa Nadal 4-6, 7-6(10), 7-5 in a pulsating quarter-final at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday.
Justine Henin-Hardenne entered the round of the women's singles routing Venezuela's Maria Vento-Kabchi.
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.
World number three Stan Wawrinka beat Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(8) 6-2 on Saturday and will play Alexander Zverev in the St. Petersburg Open final. The Swiss top seed, playing his first tournament since beating Novak Djokovic to win the U.S. Open title, wore down the Spanish fourth seed Bautista Agut after a tight first set.
Andy Roddick beat Tomas Berdych 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-6 (7-4) to give the U.S. an unassailable 3-1 lead in their Davis Cup first round tie against the Czech Republic on Sunday.
US Open finalists Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy stormed into the semi-finals of the Bangkok Open with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Tomas Berdych and Simone Bolelli on Friday. The will take on Fabrice Santoro and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for a place in the final.
The world number one looked unstoppable as he battered Berdych 7-6, 6-1 to set up last four clash with home favourite Andy Murray before Novak Djokovic crushed a jaded Andy Roddick 6-2, 6-3 in the final Group A action to book a meeting with Roger Federer.
The Sony Open, one of tennis's most prestigious events, was left devastated when both men's semi-finals ended in walkovers on Friday sending World No 1 Rafael Nadal and No 2 Novak Djokovic through to the final without hitting a ball.
The Russian was too strong for second seed Berdych in the semis, Kohlschreiber went through to his first ATP final beating fourth seed Marcos Baghdatis.
Novak Djokovic continued his awe-inspiring run of form to claim the Monte Carlo Masters.
Leander Paes and Martin Damm were ousted in the first round at the Dubai Open.
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic strolled to easy victories in the Dubai Championships second round on Wednesday, keeping the world's top two players on course for a showdown in Saturday's final.
The parade of serial grand slam champions is reserved for Tuesday at the ATP World Tour Finals but the supporting cast provided compelling opening acts with Stanislas Wawrinka and Juan Martin del Potro in the spotlight.
The towering Croatian, who has won 20 of his last 22 matches, will meet the unfancied Tomas Berdych in the Paris Masters final.
Rafael Nadal cruised into the Swedish Open final with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over fellow Spaniard Tommy Robredo.
Former world number seven Gael Monfils has pulled out of this month's Wimbledon tournament for "personal reasons", the French tennis federation said on Twitter on Wednesday.
Former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt gave Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov a grasscourt masterclass in a second-round victory at the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club on Wednesday.
Roger Federer erased the bitter memory of his loss to Tomas Berdych at the Athens Olympics four years ago when he beat the Czech 6-3, 7-6 on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the men's singles.
The world No. 1 thrashed Tomas Berdych to reach the third round of the Hamburg Masters.
Rafael Nadal beat Czech sixth seed Tomas Berdych 6-2, 6-4 to reach the Italian Open final on Saturday with a dominant performance that he described as emotional after his long injury absence.
World number seven Juan Martin del Potro has withdrawn from next week's Madrid Open because of a viral infection, organisers said on Friday.
Images from Friday's Australian Open men's singles second semi-final between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
Seedings for the June 23-July 6 Wimbledon men's singles championship were announced on Wednesday.
Novak Djokovic extended his winning streak to 17 matches by beating Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 7-6 in the Dubai tennis championship semi-finals on Friday to stay on track for a potential final with holder Roger Federer.
Holders Czech Republic showed how tenaciously they will fight to retain the Davis Cup on Saturday, while five-times champions Spain avoided being knocked out in the first round for the first time since 2006 by winning their doubles rubber against Canada.
Novak Djokovic quickly got back in the groove after his Australian Open triumph with a crushing defeat of Olivier Rochus as Serbia surged into a 2-0 lead in their Davis Cup, first round tie in Belgium on Friday.
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