Austrian Stefan Koubek was disqualified from the Metz Open for comments he made to the tournament supervisor during Thursday's match with Sebastien Grosjean of France.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles defeated the Swedish pair of Johan Brunstrom and Thomas Johansson 6-3, 6-4 in their first match at t he US Open while India's Rohan Bopanna and Aisan-ul-Haq Quershi lost 5-7, 3-6 to the French Pair of Marc Gicquel and Sebastien Grosjean in their opening match of the tournament.
Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber will take on former Australian Open semi-finalist Marcos Baghdatis in the other semi-final at the Munich Open.
Former world number one Gustavo Kuerten lost 6-1 7-5 to Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean on Wednesday in his last appearance at the Sony Ericsson Open. The Brazilian, plagued by a long time hip injury but granted a wildcard into the Miami draw, has said he will retire after this year's French Open starting in May unless he receives a wildcard into the Olympic Games in Beijing in August.
Fourth seed Richard Gasquet led the French charge at the Lyon International when he reached the quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-4 win over Belgian Dick Norman on Thursday.
Sebastien Grosjean clinched his first title in five years by beating compatriot Marc Gicquel in Lyon.
The world number one beat Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean 6-3, 6-3 in the second round of the Toronto Masters.
The organisers of European Masters Series tournaments will meet in Paris on Tuesday to discuss ways to curb the number of withdrawals by leading players.
David Nalbandian saved three match points to sink Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean 5-7, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Frenchman Marc Gicquel reached the last four of the Lyon International with an upset win over compatriot Sebastien Grosjean.
Sebastien Grosjean withdrew from the quarter-final tie against Russia later this month citing fatigue.
The big-serving Aussie beat Sebastien Grosjean in the first men's semi-final at Wimbledon.
The German won 6-3, 0-6, 6-4, 6-7, 8-6 to reach his first Grand Slam semi-final in 35 attempts.
Sebastien Grosjean upset sixth seed Guillermo Coria while Tommy Robredo beat James Blake
In the semi-finals, Roddick beat Fabrice Santoro while Frenchman Monfils got the better of compatriot Sebastien Grosjean.
The 10th seeded Frenchman will take on defending champion Roger Federer for a place in his first Grand Slam final.
Andre Agassi knocked off Nicolas Kiefer 6-4, 6-2 while Rafael Nadal beat Sebastien Grosjean 6-4, 6-4.
Richard Gasquet celebrated his 19th birthday by winning final of the Nottingham Open
Justine Henin-Hardenne soaked up the full force of Svetlana Kuznetsova's armoury to stay in the hunt for a second French Open crown.
While Spanish sensation Rafael Nadal silenced a partisan crowd with a win over French number one Sebastien Grosjean
After the win, Roddick said he was looking forward to the European claycourt season.
Top seeded Roddick beat Austria's Jurgen Melzer while Grosjean scored over Nicolas Lapentti in the semi-finals of the U.S. Men's clay court championships.
Roddick edged past Andre Agassi while Grosjean easily beat Tim Henman in the semis of the Stella Artois Championship.
Hewitt was outfought by the sixth seed who moved into the semi-finals in 88 minutes.
The two seeded players went down in the quarter-finals of the Olympic men's tennis tournament.
Champion Roger Federer faces Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean for the first time in more than three years today with a place in the Wimbledon final at stake.
The American beat Lleyton Hewitt while the Frenchman overcame South Korean qualifier Lee Hyung-taik in the semi-finals.
The Australian wasted five match points and a chance to play in the season-ending Masters Cup when he was beaten 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 by Gustavo Kuerten.
Maria Sharapova won the women's crown for her first WTA Tour title.
The South African saved saved three match points in the deciding set before beating top seed Lleyton Hewitt.
"Just having your name on the trophy would be a dream come true," said the Australian.
The Briton admitted he was finding it hard to carry the burden of British expectations single-handed.\n\n
The former beat Tim Henman while Roddick ptroved too good for Jonas Bjorkman in the men's quarter-finals at wimbledon.
The 25-year-old Frenchman hopes to silence Tim Henman's fanatical fan club in the first quarter-final at Wimbledon.
Andy Roddick swept to his first grasscourt title on Sunday after thrashing Sebastien Grosjean 6-3, 6-3.
Tommy Haas went out of the Munich Open in the first round, losing 6-4, 6-4 to Sebastien Grosjean.
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