Fernando Gonzalez claimed a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 victory over third-seeded American Andy Roddick to reach the final of the Vienna Open.
Fifth seed Gonzalez next faces Andy Roddick atthe Vienna Open.
The top seed was drawn against Fernando Gonzalez in the first round of next week's Australian Open.
Top seed Andy Roddick beat Mardy in the quarter-finals of the San Jose Open but James Blake lost to Robby Ginepri.
Andy Roddick celebrated his 24th birthday with a 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 victory over Kristian Pless.
Russia, losing finalists to the US last year, also went 2-0 up on day one, helped by misfortune in the Serbian camp.
Andy Roddick and Juan Carlos Ferrero will contest the Cincinnati Masters final on Sunday.
Rafael Nadal battled past German Tommy Haas 7-6, 6-3 to reach the Cincinnati Masters quarter-finals.
World number two Andy Roddick will take on in-form Russian Marat Safin in the season-ending ATP Tennis Masters Cup.
In a match that finished after 2.00am, the sixth seed was ousted by Kohlschreiber 6-4 3-6 7-6 6-7 8-6, handing Roddick his earliest exit from the event since his debut in 2002.
Andy Murray passed his first test under new coach Brad Gilbert, beating Ramon Delgado 6-4, 6-3 in the second round.
Marat Safin battled to 6-3, 7-6 first round win over Igor Kunitsyn at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.
The top seed, watched by his new coach Jimmy Connors, unleashed nine aces in an easy win over South African Rik de Voest.
Brad Gilbert has agreed to coach Andy Murray and assist the LTA with its performance programmes.
Andy Roddick named former world number one Jimmy Connors as his new coach on Monday.
Top seed James Blake recovered from a shaky start to beat Andy Roddick 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 in the final of the Indianapolis International Championship on Sunday.
Roddick will be hoping to win his first trophy since Lyon last October. He holds a 6-1 record over Blake, his poker-playing partner.
James Blake ended the run of Wesley Whitehouse, beating the South African qualifier 6-7, 6-3, 6-4.
Mark Philippoussis lost 6-4, 7-5 to Korea's Hyung-Taik Lee in the first round
Britain's Andy Murray has said he wants American tennis guru Brad Gilbert to be the coach to take him to the next level.
Andy Murray rode a wave of British fervour to knock out twice runner-up Andy Roddick 7-6, 6-4, 6-4
Andy Roddick and Nadia Petrova made first round exits at the French Open on Tuesday
Rafael Nadal extended his winning streak on clay to 51 matches by cruising past Chile's Fernando Gonzalez at the Rome Masters.
The U.S. second seed, who lost in last year's Wimbledon final to Switzerland's Roger Federer, will face the defending champion again in Sunday's final.
Sebastien Grosjean withdrew from the quarter-final tie against Russia later this month citing fatigue.
The 19-year-old will equal Guillermo Vilas's 1977 record of 53 consecutive wins on clay if he retains the Rome Masters title this week.
The rain that plagued the Wimbledon fortnight came to the rescue of Roger Federer in the men's final on Sunday.\n\n
Wimbledon picks up the pace dramatically today with the fourth round of the men's and women's singles.
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