The U.S. took a winning 3-0 lead over Spain in their Davis Cup world group quarter-final tie on Saturday when Bob and Mike Bryan beat Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco 7-5 6-3 3-6 7-6.
Federer overcame Robin Soderling 7-6, 6-4, and Roddick cruised to a 6-3, 6-4 win over Thomas Johansson at the Thailand Open.
The top seed edged a 7-6, 7-5 victory over American James Blake in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters.\n
The top seed beat Mariano Puerta in 72 minutes to set up a semi-final with France's Paul-Henri Mathieu in the Montreal Masters.
A thunderbolt serve, a peerless recent record and a celebrity girlfriend have turned the American into hot property.
The World number was pitted against Spaniard Albert Costa in Wednesday's draw.
Taylor Dent and Robby Ginepri will contest the first all-American final in Indianapolis since Pete Sampras beat Jim Courier 13 years ago.\n
A summary of Wednesday's action at the US Open.
Factbox on Rafael Nadal, who beat Novak Djokovic 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 on Sunday to win a record-extending 13th French Open title:
Top seed Andy Roddick survived a battle against Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan on Friday to set up a mouthwatering semi-final clash with Andy Murray at the Memphis International.
The Indian pair was drawn in a relatively easy bottom half in the men's doubles tennis at the Athens Games.
Defending champions Andy Murray will play Ivo Karlovic in the final of the San Jose Open.
In the other semi-final at the San Jose Open, German sixth seed Benjamin Becker, who upset Marat Safin will take on Ivo Karlovic.
The American was beaten by world number 103 Ivo Karlovic of Croatia in the second round.
List of Wimbledon men's singles champions since 1922.
The American teenager beat compatriot Paul Goldstein in the San Jose Open first round on Monday.
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.
Tomas Berdych beat James Blake after Andy Roddick had give the US a 1-0 lead.
The Thai was pushed to a first-set tiebreaker before cruising past the Frenchman in the second round of the RCA Championships.
The big-serving Aussie beat Sebastien Grosjean in the first men's semi-final at Wimbledon.
The Briton escaped with a $2,500 fine following his foul-mouthed tirade at an umpire during his second round defeat by American Andy Roddick.
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 American won his third successive Stella Artois title with a tight 7-6, 7-6 victory over Croatian Ivo Karlovi.
Andy Roddick is looking to break the world number one's 12-1 commanding hold over him when they meet in the Australian Open semis.
Hingis said Federer now had to make sure he stayed focused on his training and is prepared to "say no".
The beaten Wimbledon finalist has now lost six of his seven meetings with Federer, the world number one.. \n\n
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