The Swiss, dreaming of capturing the only Grand Slam title to have eluded him, was drawn on Friday in the same half as several dangerous opponents, including former champion Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Roger Federer began the defence of his Hamburg Masters title with an effortless 6-1, 6-3 victory over Jarkko Nieminen.
The Indo-Bahamian duo lost 2-6, 3-6 to the American pair of James Blake and Mardy Fish in the pre-quarter-finals. Leander Paes, the other Indian in the fray, and his new Spanish partner Tommy Robredo got a first round bye. They face the formidable third seeded Israeli duo of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram in the pre-quarter-finals.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles came up short in the Monte Carlo Masters final on Sunday.
Marcos beat holder Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 6-2 in the third round of the Paris Masters Series.
In his place, Tommy Robredo has been called up alongside David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco.
Amitabh and Abhishek watch Fedex -- also known as the Greatest Tennis Player currently on the planet -- defeat Spaniard Tommy Robredo in the quarter-final and enter the semi-final of the Grand Slam event.
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.
Ageing tour warrior Lleyton Hewitt ushered Australia into the Davis Cup semi-finals on Sunday, trouncing Aleksandr Nedovyesov 7-6(2), 6-2, 6-3 in the decisive singles rubber against Kazakhstan.
The Indian players received two of the allotted three wild cards for the ATP event in Mumbai.
Andy Murray overcame second seed Guillermo Canas of Argentina 7-6, 6-4 to reach the Metz Open final.
Fernando Gonzalez came back from a set down to beat Ivan Ljubicic 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 and reach the final of the China Open.
The unseeded Russian beat Marcos Baghdatis to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time at the French Open.
World champion Marc Marquez underlined his dominance of MotoGP when he swept to a record-equalling 12th pole position of the season on a good day for Spain at the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday.
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 second seeds play the winner of the tie between Wayne Black/Kevin Ullyett and Nicolas Kiefer/Rainder Schuettler in the Pacific Life Open.\n\n
Reader Amit Modi sent us a picture of Sania Mirza from Perth, Australia.
A misfiring Roger Federer beat Spain's Tommy Robredo 6-3, 7-6, 7-5 to enter the semi-final of the Australian Open.
Nadia Petrova and Dmitry Tursunov ensured a 2-0 victory over Spain in the final.
James Blake beat Russia's Nikolay Davydenko 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the Shanghai Masters.
Andy Roddick and Juan Carlos Ferrero will contest the Cincinnati Masters final on Sunday.
The world No. 1 was twice made to come from behind for his 55th consecutive win on North American hardcourts, in the Cincinnati Masters.
Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis lost in five sets to France's Julien Benneteau at the French Open.
The French Open champion will open his 2006 season at the Chennai Open starting on January 2.
Rafael Nadal outmuscled Tommy Robredo for his 47th consecutive claycourt victory.
Nicolas Almagro upset defending champion Tommy Robredo 6-7 6-2 6-4 in a bruising all-Spanish clash to reach the third round of the Hamburg Masters on Tuesday.
Lleyton Hewitt breezed into the last four of the Tennis Channel Open with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Philip Kohlschrieber
The Indo-Belarussian pair take on Jiri Novak and Petr Pala of Czechlovakia, at the ATP Estoril Open.
The French flag flew proudly in Montreal on Monday as Gilles Simon and Gael Monfils advanced to the second round of the Rogers Cup.
Ivan Ljubicic reached his second final in two weeks when he beat fifth-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo.
Roger Federer beat Russian Mikhail Youzhny at the Dubai Open on Saturday.
Andy Murray took another step towards securing a berth at next month's World Tour finals when he fought off a typically dogged David Ferrer to win 6-4, 7-5 and move into the final of the Valencia Open on Saturday.
Rafael Nadal cruised into the Swedish Open final with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over fellow Spaniard Tommy Robredo.
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