World number one Roger Federer survived a difficult first set before beating unseeded compatriot Marco Chiudinelli to reach the final of his hometown Swiss Indoors in Basel on Saturday. He will face third-ranked Novak Djokovic, who pulled off an even more impressive survival act by saving three match points before beating Radek Stepanek 6-7, 7-5, 6-2.
IMAGES from Day 4 of the Australian Open in Melbourne, on Thursday.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic breezed past misfiring Spaniard Tommy Robredo 6-1, 6-1 to reach the Rome Masters quarter-finals on Thursday. World number two Roger Federer had to work only slightly harder to progress with a 6-4, 6-1 win over 16th seed Radek Stepanek and avenge the quarter-final defeat he suffered against the Czech here last year.
Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka entered the final of the Rome Masters when Andy Roddick retired injured in the fourth game.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi easily advanced to the quarter-finals of the US $ 2,615,000 Cincinnati Masters tournaments along with their respective partners. The sixth seeded pair of Paes and Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic defeated Ivo Karlovic of Croatia and Rogier Wassen of Netherlands 6-4, 6-2 in the second round. Meanwhile, Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles got a walkover from Czech pair Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek.
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi scored their first victory since reuniting as a team, overcoming a spirited challenge from Jean-Julien Roger and Horia Tecau in the first round of the ATP Apia International, in Sydney on Tuesday.
Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna sqaundered a set advantage to lose to USA's Venus Williams and Rajiv Ram 6-2, 2-6, 3-10 in the Rio Olympics semi-finals on Saturday.
World number one Roger Federer beat Croatia's Ivo Karlovic 7-6, 6-3 in the Rome Masters on Thursday to book a quarter-final against Czech Radek Stepanek.
Roger Federer leapt into the fourth round and Jelena Jankovic zoomed in on a maiden Grand Slam crown at the US Open on Sunday when the title favourites discovered their sweet spots at Flushing Meadows. After a week of lukewarm performances, four-times champion Federer turned on the heat with a masterful 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 destruction of Czech 28th seed Radek Stepanek.
Top seed Rafael Nadal swept aside Swede Robin Soderling 6-1, 6-0 at the Rome Masters on Thursday to book a quarter-final with fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco while Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer also had easy wins. Holder Djokovic breezed past 13th seed Tommy Robredo 6-1, 6-1 to set up a last-eight clash with Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro and Federer beat the number 16 seed Radek Stepanek 6-4, 6-1 to avenge last year's defeat here by the Czech.
Leander Paes' new year and new partnership with Australian Paul Hanley began on a sour when they were beaten by Benjamin Becker and Oliver Marach in the opening round of the Next Generation Adelaide International in Adelaide on Wednesday.
Sania Mirza, who is teaming up with Israeli Shahar Peer, is seeded 16th in the ladies championships at Wimbledon.
Top seed Andy Roddick won his first title of the year by beating Radek Stepanek 6-4, 7-5 in the final of the San Jose Open.
They beat the Soderling and Kohlschreiber 6-7, 7-6, 10-7 at the Gerry Webber Open tennis tournament.
Meanwhile, Mahesh Bhupathi and Radek Stepanek from the Czech Republic advanced to the third round, beating Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Filippo Volandri of Italy.
Novak Djokovic was given a scare in his North American hardcourt season opener but managed to prevail with a 7-5, 7-6(3) victory over Luxembourg's Gilles Mueller on Wednesday to reach the third round of the Rogers Cup.
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.
The Indian players received two of the allotted three wild cards for the ATP event in Mumbai.
However, Mahesh Bhupathi and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek were ousted by the French duo of Julien Bennetean and Richard Gasquet at the Pacific Life Open.
Third seed Novak Djokovic survived an epic five-set encounter against Czech Radek Stepanek, fighting off exhaustion and crippling cramps to reach the third round of the US Open Friday.
Both reached the semi-finals of the Montreal Masters, beating Lleyton Hewitt and Frank Dancevic respectively.
Wimbledon's new head groundsman said on Thursday he is "100 percent happy" with the grass courts despite a string of players tumbling out of the tournament through injury.
Former world number ones Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Carlos Ferrero and Marat Safin moved smoothly into the second round of the Hamburg Masters on Monday but last year's runner-up Radek Stepanek fell to Arnaud Clement.
Juan Martin del Potro continued his encouraging buildup to the Australian Open by reaching the semi-finals of the Sydney International on Thursday, but women's contender Petra Kvitova was stunned by a Bulgarian qualifier in the last four.
Top seed Andy Roddick beat Mardy in the quarter-finals of the San Jose Open but James Blake lost to Robby Ginepri.
Second seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles beat the Czech duo of Jaroslav Levinsky and Radek Stepanek 6-2, 6-3 in their opening match at the US $436,000 SAP Open in San Jose, United States.
Former world number one and 1998 French Open champion Carlos Moya is among those who has confirmed for the event that begins on September 25.
Japan's Kei Nishikori and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus continued their Australian Open preparations by swiftly marching through to the quarter finals of the Brisbane International on Wednesday.
Roger Federer suffered a rare defeat when Radek Stepanek and Tomas Berdych won the doubles to give the Czech Republic a 2-1 lead over Switzerland in their Davis Cup World Group playoff tie.
Both were knocked out of the men's doubles in the second round at the Rome Masters.
Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka stunned second seed David to reach the second round of the Zagreb indoor tournament.
The Indian ace and France's Fabrice Santoro beat Jiri Novak and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic in the final.
The towering Croatian, who has won 20 of his last 22 matches, will meet the unfancied Tomas Berdych in the Paris Masters final.
Third and fourth seeds Nikolay Davydenko and Guillermo Coria were eliminated in the Madrid Masters.
Ivan Ljubicic reached his second final in two weeks when he beat fifth-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo.
The 18-year-old Scot, who has shot into the top 100 after starting the year ranked 411, defeated the American third seed to enter the semi-final of the Thailand Open.
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