WORLD number two Roger Federer may have felt he was a little off-key, but he did enough to beat the in-form David Nalbandian in four sets and seal an Australian Open semi-final showdown with Juan Carlos Ferrero.

World number two Roger Federer ended David Nalbandian’s impressive run at the Australian Open to reach his second Grand Slam semi-final and a clash with Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Juan Carlos Ferrero today reached his first Australian Open semi-final with a hard-fought victory over Morocco’s Hicham Arazi.

THE Australia Day fireworks fizzed and died yesterday as local favourites Lleyton Hewitt and Mark Philippoussis were brought to their knees in the fourth round of the Australian Open.

Moroccan Hicham Arazi put a dampener on the Australia Day celebrations Down Under with a straight-sets fourth round victory over home favourite Mark Philippoussis (pictured).

The year-end battle for the world number one spot between Juan Carlos Ferrero and Andy Roddick moved closer to centre stage on Monday night at the Paris Masters Series event.

GREAT BRITAIN’S Davis Cup captain Roger Taylor said his side have a mountain to climb after losing the first two rubbers to Morocco in Casablanca yesterday.

TIM HENMAN has set his sights on a winning start when he takes on Hicham Arazi in the opening rubber of Britain’s Davis Cup play-off today.

These are the results so far from today's play at Wimbledon.

British number one Tim Henman has been named number six seed for next week's Wimbledon tournament.

Tim Henman is "quietly confident" of maintaining his momentum on his least favourite surface as he prepares to continue his clay court campaign in Rome.

One of the darkest days in British Davis Cup history is still something that Tim Henman will be drawing confidence from when he clashes with Nicolas Lapentti in the second round of the Australian Open.

Tim Henman cruised into the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne with a straight-sets victory over Hicham Arazi.