Andy Murray cruised to a 7-6 6-2 victory over Marat Safin to claim third place in the Kooyong Classic in Melbourne.

Andy Roddick finally ended his long-running losing streak to Roger Federer as the American won 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the final of the Kooyong Classic in Melbourne.

Andy Murray believes he is better equipped to handle the pressure of grand slam tennis after being seeded 15th for next week’s Australian Open.

Andy Murray will face Roger Federer in the final of the Kooyong Classic if he beats Andy Roddick tomorrow.

Andy Murray won his first match at the AAMI Kooyong Classic tournament, beating Ivan Ljubicic 6-4 6-2.

Roger Federer is on track for a second Australian Open crown in three years after comfortably defeating Belorussian Max Mirnyi to reach the fourth round at Melbourne Park.

Andy Roddick warmed up for the Australian Open with victory in the Kooyong Classic today.

Switzerland’s Roger Federer extended his winning streak to 25 matches to set up a mouth-watering quarter-final clash with Andre Agassi at the Australian Open.

SWITZERLAND’S Roger Federer and the USA’s Lindsay Davenport head the seedings for the Australian Open tournament, which begins in Melbourne next week.

Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi slugged through another two tie-breaks in a repeat of their epic US Open duel, but this time it was Sampras who came out on top at the Kooyong Classic in Melbourne.

Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras were first-day winners, while Yevgeny Kafelnikov was upset by Scott Draper at the Kooyong Classic exhibition tennis tournament in Melbourne.