Roger Federer reached a record eighth consecutive Grand Slam final by overcoming Nikolay Davydenko 7-5, 7-6, 7-6.
World No 1 Federer's 36-set record winning streak in Grand Slam tournaments was however snapped by Tommy Robredo in the French Open quarter-finals.
The unseeded Russian beat Marcos Baghdatis to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time at the French Open.
Rain played spoilsport at the French Open for the second day running when a torrential downpour stopped the action for a second time on Monday.
The Argentine concluded an ideal warm-up for the French Open with a 7-6, 6-0 win over the Frenchman in the Poertschach International final.
Defending champion Davydenko, the top seed, struggled to keep pace with Argentina's Juan Monaco and slumped to a 6-2, 6-7, 6-4 defeat at the Poertschach International.
The Australian Open champion will lead Russia in next month's Davis Cup World Group opening round tie against Chile.
The world No 2 survived one of the toughest battles in his long claycourt winning streak to set up a meeting with Fernando Gonzalez.
The world number two, whose victory took his winning streak on clay to 75 matches, went through to a semi-final against fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko at the Rome Masters.
The world number two launched his campaign for a third successive Rome Masters title with a below-par win over Italian wild card Daniele Bracciali.
The third seeds beat Igor Andreev and Nikolay Davydenko in the second round.
The Russian Mikhail Youzhny brushed aside third seed Ivan Ljubicic to win the World Indoor tournament.
The third seeded Russian will play will play Germany's Tommy Haas for a place in the semi-finals.
Britain's Andy Murray knocked out top-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko 7-5 6-2 on Friday to set up a final meeting with Croatian Ivan Ljubicic at the $1 million Qatar Open.
Ivan Ljubicic will take on Robin Soederling in Friday's other semi-final.
The duo were named Russia's top players by the country's tennis federation at its annual awards gala on Saturday.
David Nalbandian thrashed Ivan Ljubicic 6-2, 6-2 to reach the semi-finals of the Masters Cup
Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal pulled out of the season-ending Masters Cup on Monday
Federer is chasing a third consecutive finale title -- a feat last achieved by Ivan Lendl in 1985-87.
Defending champion Roger Federer was drawn against Guillermo Coria, Ivan Ljubicic and David Nalbandian in the group stages of the Masters Cup.
David Nalbandian beat Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the first reverse singles to pull Argentina level 2-2 against Russia.
The Spaniard acknowledged he will have his work cut out to beat the world number one in Saturday's Masters Cup semi-final.
Rafael Nadal beat Russian Nikolay Davydenko to set up a Masters Cup semi-final against the world number one.
Rafael Nadal beat Nikolay Davydenko 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 to enter the semi-final of the Masters Cup.
World No 2 Rafael Nadal recovered from a slow start to beat compatriot Tommy Robredo and get his Masters Cup campaign back on track.
James Blake beat Russia's Nikolay Davydenko 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the Shanghai Masters.
Argentina beat Russia 3-2 while Spain ended the reign of defending champions United States, winning the other semi-final 4-1.
Juan Martin del Potro demolished Igor Andreev in straight sets on Sunday to give Argentina a 3-2 win over Russia and send them into a Davis Cup final against Spain.
Mario Ancic's defeat left only two players, American James Blake and German Tommy Haas, in contention for the last remaining slot at the season-ending Masters Cup.
Russia's Marat Safin knocked out Swede Robin Soderling in a second-round match at the Paris Masters.
The Russian overcame a groin injury to reach her first Kremlin Cup final beating Czech teenager Nicole Vaidisova.
They were beaten by Lee Hyung-Taik and Paradorn Srichaphan respectively in the quarter-finals of the China Open.
Ivan Ljubicic and Nikolay Davydenko advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open.
The fifth seed became the first major casualty at the Cincinnati Masters, losing in the opening round.
Nikolay Davydenko of Russia beat Italy's Andreas Seppi 6-1, 6-2 in the second round of the Hamburg Masters
The 19-year-old will equal Guillermo Vilas's 1977 record of 53 consecutive wins on clay if he retains the Rome Masters title this week.
Roger Federer beat Russian Mikhail Youzhny at the Dubai Open on Saturday.
Spaniards David Ferrer and Juan Carlos Ferrero also suffered first round shocks at the Valencia Open on Tuesday.
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