The Dutchman Martin soared up the ATP Tour rankings to 15th from 46th place after reaching the French Open final. \n\n
Former world number one Carlos Moya confidently leads another Spanish assault on the red clay of Roland Garros next week.
The world number one registered an easy 6-4, 6-3 victory in the quarter-final of the Hamburg Masters.
Third seed Rainer Schuettler was the only high-profile casualty on the first day of the Rome Masters on Monday when he lost 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 to America's Vincent Spadea.
Both countries took a 2-0 lead over The Netherlands and Argentina respectively in their Davis Cup World Group quarter-finals.\n\n
Former world number one Carlos Moya quelled a brave challenge from Latvian teenager Ernests Gulbis to win 7-5 6-2 6-7 6-4 on Tuesday and reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals for the first time in nine years.
The sixth seed was beaten in the first round of the Australian Open by Robin Soderling.
Prakash Amritraj will face Harsh Mankad in the first round of the ATP Tour Tata Open at Chennai.
Carlos Moya, Paradorn Srichaphan and Felix Mantilla are the other top players who have already confirmed their entry.
The Spanish ace says it will be a 'great way' to start the next ATP season.
Robredo joins compatriots Carlos Moya, Juan Carlos Ferrero and his next opponent, holder Albert Costa, in the last eight.
Juan Carlos Ferrero beat Filippo Volandri 6-4, 6-4 at the Barcelona Open to extend his winning streak to nine games.
The Spanish ace says he's playing the best tennis of his life.
The Spaniard outgunned Argentine Guillermo Coria to win the Buenos Aires Open.
The claycourt specialist won 6-4 6-4 as he followed up last week's win in Vina del Mar, Chile with another title, his first on home soil.
Carlos Moya enjoyed a straight-sets win over qualifier Peter Luczak in the first round of the $380,000 Buenos Aires Open.
They were upset by their unseeded opponents on the third day of the Chennai Open.
The Spaniard's goal is to keep playing in the Masters Cup and win Grand Slam events.
Nadal fought from two sets down to defeat Medvedev in a five-set thriller at Rod Laver Arena.
Carlos Moya is fit, in form and utterly convinced he is now a better all-round player than when he won the French Open as a fearless 21-year-old back in 1998
'When we play against Djokovic, many times we didn't know exactly what we had to do. This is more difficult, for me. I prefer to play against Federer'
The victory gave Agassi a record six Key Biscayne titles.
Nadal, 31, pulled out of the Paris Masters before his quarter-final match last week after experiencing discomfort in his right knee during his third-round win over Pablo Cuevas.
List of French Open men's singles champions:
Britain's Andy Murray believes Gala Leon's appointment as Spain's Davis Cup captain was handled "horribly".
'If he can stay as healthy as he is now, without injury, motivated, looking after himself the way he is....'
The ATP Tour got on board and last month fans were able to bid for private sessions with celebrated tennis coaches on-site during tournaments in 2021.
Rafael Nadal has cast doubt on his participation at Wimbledon, saying he needs to see how his body recovers after a long clay court campaign culminated in an 11th French Open title.
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