Third seed Igor Andreev tumbled out of the Swiss Open at the semi-final stage today as unseeded Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci set up a meeting with Germany’s Andreas Beck in tomorrow’s final in Gstaad.

World number two Roger Federer made a successful return since his Australian Open final defeat with a 7-6 (7/4) 6-4 win over Frenchman Marc Gicquel in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open.

It was a good day for the French at the Australian Open today as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon all progressed to the fourth round.

Juan Martin Del Potro was overjoyed after leading Argentina into the Davis Cup final by winning the deciding contest in the 3-2 victory over Russia in Buenos Aires.

ROGER FEDERER admitted he was a relieved man after narrowly avoiding a fourth-round upset at the US Open late on Tuesday night.

Roger Federer admitted he was a relieved man after narrowly avoiding a fourth-round upset at the US Open yesterday.

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RAFAEL NADAL cruised into the quarter-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships yesterday with a convincing victory over Russian qualifier Mikhail Ledovskikh.

REIGNING champion Rafael Nadal easily got the better of close friend and fellow Spaniard Carlos Moya to stride into the semi-finals of the French Open.

Justine Henin and Serena Williams will renew their rivalry today when they meet in the quarter-finals of the French Open.

Rafael Nadal gave another claycourt masterclass today as he passed his first genuine test of this year’s French Open with flying colours to progress untroubled into the quarter-finals.

Marcos Baghdatis progressed through to the fourth round of the French Open on Saturday after his opponent Jan Hajek withdrew because of injury midway through their clash on Suzanne Lenglen court.

Rafael Nadal got his French Open title defence off to a winning start – but the Spanish king of clay admitted he would need to improve on a sluggish first round performance.

Andy Roddick tried to remain upbeat despite becoming the highest-profile casualty of the 2007 French Open following a four-set defeat to an inspired Igor Andreev.

NEWCASTLE boss Glenn Roeder has promised that £10million striker Obafemi Martins will rediscover his goal touch.

DEFENDING champion Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain was knocked out of the French Open in the second round yesterday, losing 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 to tournament debutant Igor Andreev of Russia.