World number two Roger Federer and Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic each stormed into the fourth round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament with lopsided victories on Tuesday.
Serbia kept alive their hopes of retaining the Davis Cup when Nenad Zimonjic and Viktor Troicki beat Juan Monaco and Juan Ignacio Chela 7-6, 6-4, 6-2 in Belgrade, on Saturday to leave them trailing 2-1 going into Sunday's singles.
Third seeds Leander Paes-Mahesh Bhupathi and fifth seeds Rohan Bopanna-Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi progressed to the pre-quarter-finals in the ATP Western and Southern Open with contrasting victories, in Cincinnati, on Thursday. Paes-Bhupathi got the better of Spaniards Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez 6-4, 6-2 in the second round. Bopanna-Qureshi beat the Argentine pair of Juan Ignacio Chela-Juan Monaco 6-3, 5-7, 10-4.
Images from Day 10 at the French Open in Paris, on Tuesday.
Grand Slam champion Roger Federer has reportedly told British tennis star Andy Murray that not having a coach could be positively beneficial.
Roger Federer launched his North American hardcourt campaign with a workmanlike 7-6, 6-3 win over Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela to move confidently into the third round of the Toronto Masters on Tuesday.
Harsh Mankad's Grand Slam debut ended with a first-round defeat as the Indian and his partner Ilija Bozoljac crashed out of the Wimbledon men's doubles event after losing to Juan Ignacio Chela and Eduardo Schwank in London.
French Open runner-up Robin Soderling survived a second-set fightback from Juan Ignacio Chela to defeat the Argentine 7-5, 7-5 in the second round of the Barcelona Open on Tuesday.
Former world number one Carlos Moya has withdrawn from next week's Wimbledon championships with a shoulder injury, tournament organisers said on Monday. The 31-year-old Spaniard is joined by Argentine claycourt specialists Juan Monaco and Juan Ignacio Chela who have pulled out with back and shoulder injuries respectively.
World number one Rafael Nadal reached the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters, although his easy-looking 6-2, 6-3 win masked a rusty performance against Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela on Wednesday. Newly-wed Roger Federer, who could face Nadal for a fourth consecutive final at the Monte Carlo Country Club, eased past Italian Andreas Seppi 6-4, 6-4.
Leander Paes and his Australian partner Paul Hanley got a first-round bye in the Euro 888,000 Open Sabadell Atlantico tennis tournament in Barcelona. The sixth seeds will take on the winners of the match between the Argentine-Uruguayan pair of Juan Ignacio Chela and Pablo Cuevas and Spanish wildcards Guillermo Alcaide and Albert Montanes in the second round of the clay court event.
Spain's Nicolas Almagro won his second title in successive weeks on Sunday when he beat Juan Ignacio Chela 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the final of the Buenos Aires Open.
Ana Ivanovic used her champion's instinct on Sunday as she was made to sweat for more than two hours by a little-known Italian who had never won a French Open match. While Ivanovic barely resembled the player crowned queen of Roland Garros 12 months ago, Andy Murray looked every inch a seasoned claycourt campaigner during a 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 first-round demolition of Argentine dangerman Juan Ignacio Chela.
World number one Rafael Nadal laboured into the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters while Roger Federer had a smooth start to his campaign on Wednesday.
Sixth seeds Leander Paes and Paul Hanley were beaten by Juan Ignacio Chela and Pablo Guevas 1-6, 4-6 in the second round of the Open Sabadell Atlantico tennis tournament on Wednesday.
Novak Djokovic reached his seventh final of the year by beating Andreas Seppi 6-4, 6-3 at the Vienna Open.
World No 1 Roger Federer was not at his best but easily beat American qualifier Robby Ginepri in the second round of the Madrid Masters.
British number one Andy Murray continued his return to form with a classy 6-4 6-1 win over Radek Stepanek in the first round of the Madrid Masters on Monday.
Ferrer's stunning victory over the French Open champion earned him a quarter-final showdown against 20th seed Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina.
Rafael Nadal was forced to retire with cramps while Carlos Moya defeated Novak Djokovic.
Juan Ignacio Chela held his nerve to seal a 3-2 victory over holders Croatia to enter the Davis Cup semi-finals.
Roger Federer slumped to a 6-2, 6-4 defeat against Italian wild card Filippo Volandri in the last 16.
Third seed Andy Roddick lost 6-0, 6-4 to last 16 opponent Juan Ignacio Chela.
The Indo-Czech pair lost to second seeds Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi in the second round in Monte Carlo.
Rafael Nadal extended his record claycourt winning streak to 63 matches with a victory over Juan Ignacio Chela in Monte Carlo.
Second seed Nadal outfought Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela 7-5 7-5 and third seed Roddick overcame Croatian Ivan Ljubicic 7-6 7-6.
Rafael Nadal out-fought Juan Ignacio Chela 7-5 7-5 to reach the semi-finals of the Pacific Life Open.
They were beaten 6-2 4-6 2-6 by the Argentinean pair of Juan Ignacio Chela and Gaston Gaudio.
Rafael Nadal battled past German Tommy Haas 7-6, 6-3 to reach the Cincinnati Masters quarter-finals.
The fifth seed became the first major casualty at the Cincinnati Masters, losing in the opening round.
Reigning champion and ninth seed Juan Ignacio Chela was knocked out in the first round of the Estoril Open.
The world number one began his bid for a first Rome Masters title in style with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Juan Ignacio Chela.
Rafael Nadal survived an early scare at the Barcelona Open on Friday to beat Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela 6-4, 6-2 for a place in the semi-finals.
David Nalbandian and Gaston Gaudio must oust Russians Marat Safin and Igor Andreev in the fourth round for Argentina to have four men in the quarter-finals.
Argentina came back from the brink to snatch a thrilling 2-1 victory over the Czech Republic in Saturday's final and capture the World Team Cup for the third time.
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