Champions Barcelona moved five points clear at the top of La Liga with a 2-1 win at Getafe, while Real Madrid fell to a 2-0 defeat by Real Sociedad.
Struggling Rayo win at Valladolid after late penalty save
Paradorn Srichaphan overcame a fighting Tomas Zib 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 to enter his fourth successive ATP Chennai Open final.
Rafael Nadal cruised into the Swedish Open final with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over fellow Spaniard Tommy Robredo.
Croatian Marin Cilic prepares to try to stop the Swiss claiming a sixth Australian Open title on Sunday.
Belgium hammered the final nail into Egypt's halting World Cup warm-up campaign with an assured 3-0 win in Brussels on Wednesday that settled some nerves among the fancied hosts.
The defending champion did not require his dazzling best against 80th-ranked Hungarian Marton Fucsovics in his first match scheduled during the day session but still emerged a comfortable 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-2 winner.
The world No. 1 thrashed Tomas Berdych to reach the third round of the Hamburg Masters.
Leander Paes gave up his chance to move up to the eighth place for most Davis Cup wins in the all time list
The two former world number ones and French Open champions traded blows and counter-punches for two hours 48 minutes.
Paes,partnering David Rikl, romped into the second round of the Australian Open doubles tournament. Bhupathi and Joshua Eagle of Australia failed to make it.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring as Juventus beat visiting Bologna 2-1 on Saturday to move four points clear at the top of the Serie A table. Ronaldo struck from close range after 19 minutes, but Danilo levelled for the visitors soon afterwards.
Yuki Bhambri struggled to rein in his unforced errors and played well only in patches as his third Australian Open appearance ended with a straight-set first-round defeat at the hands of a seasoned Marcos Baghdatis, in Melbourne on Monday.
Lleyton Hewitt survived a Rainer Schuettler onslaught to advance 7-6, 2-6, 6-4 into round three of the Pacific Life Open.
Doctors operated on all five fingers of her left hand and she will not be able to exert pressure on the injured hand for three months to let repairs to tendons heal, Karel Tejkal, spokesman for the Czech Fed Cup team, said.
The Indo-Aussie pair was beaten by fifth seeds Wayne Black and Kevin Ulleytt of Zimbabwe 7-6(7-3), 6-3 in the quarter-finals.
Leander Paes-David Rikl and Mahesh Bhupathi-Max Miryni scored contrasting wins to make the quarters.
Wimbledon champion Roger Federer took just 46 minutes to beat Tomas Behrend 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of the Swiss Open on Tuesday.
The Czechs are determined to give Karel Poborsky the perfect retirement gift -- a Euro 2004 winners' medal to go with his 100th international cap.
World number five Carlos Moya beat Spanish compatriot Guillermo Garcia-Lopez on Saturday to set up a repeat of last year's final at the Chennai Open.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Justine Henin-Hardenne entered the round of the women's singles routing Venezuela's Maria Vento-Kabchi.
The French Open champion made the grade after chalking up two contrasting wins on Thursday.
Peru beat 10-man Venezuela 1-0 at the Copa America on Thursday.
Fourth seed Rafa Nadal was stunned by Serb Viktor Troicki in an upset-filled Shanghai Masters second round on Wednesday while Andy Murray breezed past American Steve Johnson and Nick Kyrgios slumped to a listless defeat. Troicki, ranked 31st in the world, overcame Nadal 6-3 7-6(3) in an hour and 34 minutes to secure his first ever victory in five previous attempts against the 14-time grand slam winner. The unseeded Serb broke twice to seal the opening set before Nadal came back strongly in the second. The Spaniard saved a match point at 5-4 down but was defeated in the tiebreak.
Borussia Dortmund beat Hertha Berlin 3-2 on penalties to reach the German Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday after the match finished 1-1 after extra time.
Three-times Grand Slam winner Murray has struggled to regain form since undergoing hip surgery last January and was knocked out in the first round of the Australian Open on Monday having said the tournament could be his last as a professional.
Heavyweights Serena Williams, Andre Agassi, and Patrick Rafter will represent Singapore Slammers for the home leg in the inaugural International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) to be held from December 2-4.
Rafael Nadal will be pose a significant Grand Slam threat again next year after showing signs of returning to his best, according to two of the Spaniard's greatest rivals.
Novak Djokovic claimed a fourth Wimbledon title in ruthless fashion as he beat giant South African Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(3) in the final.
The Indian ace and his Czech partner Tomas Cibulec crashed out of the men's doubles at the Australian Open in the first round.
He and Donald Johnson made a first round exit from the $800,000 grass court tournament in Halle, Germany.
