India's Somdev Devvarman entered the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship beating Russia's Igor Kunitsyn in straight sets, in Dubai.
The Cypriot fired nine aces and won 73 per cent of his service points to overcome Ferrer in an enthralling contest that lasted one hour and 30 minutes.
Andy Roddick and John Isner set up a mouth-watering semi-final between two big servers after the Americans won their respective quarter-final matches at the Winston-Salem Open on Thursday.
World number one Rafa Nadal began his quest for a third claycourt title in a month with a 6-1, 6-3 drubbing of unseeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis in the Madrid Masters second round Wednesday.
Andy Murray's first match since losing his third grand slam final ended in defeat on Wednesday when he was knocked out of the World Indoor Tournament by unseeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis.
World number two Roger Federer comfortably beat Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday to set up a meeting with American Mardy Fish in the final of the Cincinnati Masters. Fish had earlier pulled off a surprise turnaround win over fellow American Andy Roddick to claim a 4-6, 7-6, 6-1 victory and advance to his third Masters series final.
Third-seeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis had low expectations for this week's LA Open but gave himself a welcome boost by beating American wildcard Ryan Sweeting 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the second round on Wednesday.
Saturday's draw pitted Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, the second seed, against Dutchman Robin Haase while defending champion Xavier Malisse of Belgium will play Giles Muller of Luxembourg.
Saturday's Chennai Open draw pitted Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, the second seed, against Dutchman Robin Haase while defending champion Xavier Malisse of Belgium will play Giles Muller of Luxembourg.
Roger Federer squandered three match points before suffering a shock 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 defeat at the hands of Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis at the Indian Wells ATP tournament on Tuesday.
Second seed Novak Djokovic produced a few flashes of temper as he fought back from a set and a break down to beat Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 in the Dubai Championships semi-finals on Friday.
Chilean Fernando Gonzalez became the seventh player to qualify for this month's Masters Cup despite losing in the second round of this week's Paris Masters.
Marcos beat holder Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 6-2 in the third round of the Paris Masters Series.
Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis and Frenchman Jo Wilfried Tsonga joined the list of high-profile pull-outs from the ATP tournament, to be played at the CCI, Mumbai, from September 24 to 30.
Rafael Nadal claimed a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis to reach the second round of the Dubai Open.
Former world number one Martina Hingis was knocked out by Jelena Jankovic at the Sydney International.
In other first round matches, at the World Indoor Tournament, second seed Nikolay Davydenko beat qualifier Jan Hernych while David Ferrer advanced with a victory over Italy's Simone Bolelli.
Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis defended himself in the face of a race controversy on Friday after the release of a video in which he appeared to chant anti-Turkish slogans at a party. 'In that video from 2007 I was supporting the interest of my country, Cyprus, while protesting against a situation that is not recognised by the United Nations,' he said.
France's Richard Gasquet ended Andy Murray's Masters Cup hopes by beating the British number one 6-3, 0-6, 6-4 in the Paris Masters Series quarter-finals on Friday.
Andy Roddick entered the fourth round with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 win over France's Julien Benneteau
The Indo-Czech pair went down to Russia's Mikhail Youzhny and Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany in the BMW Open.
Croatian top seed Ivan Ljubicic beat Russia's Mikhail Youzhny 2-6 6-3 7-5 on Saturday to set up a final with second seeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis in the Zagreb Open.
Ivan Ljubicic will take on Robin Soederling in Friday's other semi-final.
Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis won his first ATP title with a 6-4 6-0 victory over Croatian Mario Ancic at the China Open on Sunday.
Haas had earlier defeated Russia's Mikhail Youzhny with an identical 6-4, 6-3 score.
Novak Djokovic's run of 17 successive Tour finals came to a grinding halt when he was forced out of the Dubai Open on Thursday.
Stanislas Wawrinka edged out Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis in a nerve-jangling, near-30 minute tiebreak to secure the Dubai Duty Free Championship with a 6-4, 7-6(13) triumph on Saturday.
Garbine Muguruza claimed a 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-5 win over Johanna Konta
Two-time Wimbledon champion Rafa Nadal kicked off his grasscourt season with a 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-2 defeat of Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart on Thursday.
Rohan Bopanna and his new German partner Andre Begemann knocked out the top seeded pair of Alexendra Peya and Bruno Soares to storm into the quarter-finals of the ATP 500 Citi Open in Washington.
Overpowers the ailing Cypriot to win the hardcourt title for third time in succession
His early tennis experiences were at the shell-ravaged Zetra Olympic Hall which was used as a temporary morgue during the war.
Flavia Pennetta, Italy's newly-crowned US Open women's singles champion, will represent Mumbai Masters in this year's Champions Tennis League along with 1996 Wimbledon men's champion Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands following the players' draft, in Mumbai, on Wednesday. The second edition of the Champions Tennis League, the brainchild of former India Davis Cup captain Vijay Amritraj, will be played from November 23 to December 6, an increase of four days from last year's ten-day duration, announced Amritraj at a media conference after the players' draft.
Juan Martin del Potro continued his encouraging buildup to the Australian Open by reaching the semi-finals of the Sydney International on Thursday, but women's contender Petra Kvitova was stunned by a Bulgarian qualifier in the last four.
Fourth seed Andy Murray erased memories of early losses at Indian Wells by storming into the BNP Paribas Open third round with a ruthless 6-1, 6-3 victory over Canadian Vasek Pospisil on Saturday.
Second seed Angelique Kerber stayed on track in her quest to unseat Serena Williams as world number one by beating Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia 6-2, 7-6(7) on Wednesday to reach the third round of the US Open.
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