LLEYTON HEWITT breezed into the second round of the US Open with a straight-sets victory over American Amer Delic yesterday.

Roger Federer and Justine Henin, the world’s top-ranked players, will be the number one seeds at the US Open.

RAFAEL NADAL continued his claycourt dominance yesterday by breezing into the semi-finals of the Mercedes Cup with a 6-1 6-3 victory over Argentinian Juan Monaco in Stuttgart.

Roger Federer praised Guillermo Canas after the Argentinian defeated the world number one for the second time in as many weeks in the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open.

Alex Bogdanovic suffered an early exit at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami after the British player was knocked out in the first qualifying round by Feliciano Lopez.

Rodger Federer insisted he felt under no extra pressure attempting to create history after he crashed out of the Masters Series at the hands of lucky loser Guillermo Canas in Indian Wells.

Tim Henman knows he will need to tame the home crowd when he takes on Alessio di Mauro in the first round of the ATP Masters Series event in Rome today.

Tim Henman is hoping he can further improve his record against Roger Federer when the pair meet in the quarter-finals of the NASDAQ-100 Open in Miami tomorrow.

Tim Henman bowed out of the Masters Cup in Houston after a straight sets defeat to in-form Russian Marat Safin.

Tim Henman continued his excellent early season form by reaching the quarter-finals of the latest ATP Masters Series event in Monte Carlo.