The U.S. took a winning 3-0 lead over Spain in their Davis Cup world group quarter-final tie on Saturday when Bob and Mike Bryan beat Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco 7-5 6-3 3-6 7-6.
Rafael Nadal extended his winning streak on clay to 51 matches by cruising past Chile's Fernando Gonzalez at the Rome 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.
Andy Roddick ran out of firepower and was dumped by David Ferrer at the Nasdaq-100 Open.
The American was beaten by world number 103 Ivo Karlovic of Croatia in the second round.
Tomas Berdych beat James Blake after Andy Roddick had give the US a 1-0 lead.
The two will clash for the third time this year at the Indian Wells semi-final
Indian sportspersons will be in action in the following events at 28th Olympic Games in Athens on Monday.
Lleyton Hewitt breezed into the last four of the Tennis Channel Open with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Philip Kohlschrieber
'Remarkable discipline for training, competition, sacrifice, perfection, a little crazy but a legend of a bloke. Bravo Andy'.
Argentina's Diego Schwartzman ended a two-year wait for his second ATP tour title as he overpowered an exhausted Fernando Verdasco to win the Rio Open 6-2, 6-3 on Sunday.
The world number one admitted he is concerned about finding out something about his first round opponent, Uzbek Denis Istomin.
Sebastien Grosjean withdrew from the quarter-final tie against Russia later this month citing fatigue.
World number two Andy Roddick will take on in-form Russian Marat Safin in the season-ending ATP Tennis Masters Cup.
Substitute Dmitry Tursunov beat Andy Roddick in an epic five-set battle to seal a Russian victory over the United States.
Roger Federer will end the year as world number one for the third time in a row.
The Swiss maestro beat beating Andy Roddick in the final to capture his ninth Grand Slam singles crown.
Santoro and Karol Kucera of Slovakia were both upset by calls made by local line judges at the Australian Open.\n\n
The top seed edged a 7-6, 7-5 victory over American James Blake in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters.\n
The top seed beat Mariano Puerta in 72 minutes to set up a semi-final with France's Paul-Henri Mathieu in the Montreal Masters.
Wimbledon picks up the pace dramatically today with the fourth round of the men's and women's singles.
Taylor Dent and Robby Ginepri will contest the first all-American final in Indianapolis since Pete Sampras beat Jim Courier 13 years ago.\n
The two players were named as the top seeds for the men's and women's singles event at the Australian Open which starts on Monday.
Australia's Lleyton Hewitt dispatched Argentine Gaston Gaudio 6-2, 6-1 to clinch his place in the Masters Cup semi-finals.
The duo were trailing 5-4 in the first set against American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan when rains disrupted their Masters Cup tennis match.
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