Wimbledon picks up the pace dramatically today with the fourth round of the men's and women's singles.
Andy Roddick beat Chile's Fernando Gonzalez to guide the United States into the Davis Cup semi-finals with an unassailable 3-1 lead.
Andy Roddick ran out of firepower and was dumped by David Ferrer at the Nasdaq-100 Open.
The two will clash for the third time this year at the Indian Wells semi-final
Sweden fought back to level their Davis Cup semi-final with United States 1-1 on Friday when Thomas Johansson defeated James Blake for the first time in his career.
Lleyton Hewitt breezed into the last four of the Tennis Channel Open with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Philip Kohlschrieber
The American pulled out of the Las Vegas Open after three successive weeks of tennis
The victory sent Federer into Saturday's semi-finals against fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, who beat 10th seed Tommy Haas 6-3 6-3 6-4.
Russian Nikolay Davydenko saw off Tommy Haas in the U.S. Open quarter-finals for the second successive year, beating the German 6-3 6-3 6-4 on Wednesday to reach the last four without dropping a set.
The British teenager pulled off the biggest win of his career to set up a meeting with Lleyton Hewitt in the final of the SAP Open.
The 20-year-old became the youngest semi-finalist at Melbourne Park since American Andy Roddick, also 20, at the 2003 tournament.
Both survived tough opening matches at the Pacific Life Open Masters Series.
Andy Roddick scored a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Swiss qualifier Michael Lammer
Andy Roddick ended the fairy tale run of John Isner by beating the rookie 6-4, 7-6 in the Washington Open final.
The American said he is feeling quietly confident about his chances of winning the Australian Open.
The world number one admitted he is concerned about finding out something about his first round opponent, Uzbek Denis Istomin.
Second seed Tommy Haas and No 3 Marat Safin were ousted from the Washington Open.
The American was forced to default his semi-final match against Kenneth Carlsen because of an ankle injury
Second seed Andy Roddick eased into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with a 6-3, 7-6, 6-1 win over lowly-ranked Philipp Kohlschreiber.
Richard Gasquet tamed Andy Roddick's power game with some brilliant all-court tennis to upset the American number three seed 4-6 4-6 7-6 7-6 8-6 and reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time on Friday.
The two players were named as the top seeds for the men's and women's singles event at the Australian Open which starts on Monday.
Andy Roddick is the man no one wants to play golf with.
The towering Croatian, who has won 20 of his last 22 matches, will meet the unfancied Tomas Berdych in the Paris Masters final.
The world number three will meet Slovakian 16th seed Dominik Hrbaty in the third round of the Paris Masters.
Argentine Guillermo Coria and Russia's Nikolay Davydenko are front-runners for the last two slots at the end-of-season Masters Cup.
In the semi-finals, Roddick beat Fabrice Santoro while Frenchman Monfils got the better of compatriot Sebastien Grosjean.
The third seed was beaten in the first round of the French Open for the fourth time in his career, ousted by Russian Igor Andreev.
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