Andy Roddick narrowly survived a first-round scare at the SAP Open to prevail 6-3 6-7 (7/3) 7-6 (7/5) against heavy-serving Australian Chris Guccione on Wednesday.

Roger Federer booked his place in the third round of the Madrid Masters tonight, but the world number one was made to work for his victory by qualifier Robby Ginepri.

World number 14 Andy Murray was uncertain about his immediate plans after his comeback from injury was abruptly halted by a 6-2 6-2 defeat by Fabio Fognini in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

IT was a day to forget for the United States at the French Open yesterday, with their nine-strong contingent of men’s singles players making history for the wrong reasons.

Tomas Berdych was not intimidated by having to play Rafael Nadal on his turf.

TOMMY HAAS gained revenge for his five-set defeat to Robby Ginepri in the third round of the 2005 US Open by beating the American in another marathon encounter at the same stage 12 months on.

UNLIKE fellow American Robby Ginepri, Andy Roddick knew what to do with a two-set lead.

Andre Agassi’s magical run continued at the US Open but he will need to pull out every trick to beat defending champion Roger Federer in the final.

Grand Slam finalist in 31 years with his third straight five-set victory, a 6-4 5-7 6-3 4-6 6-3 triumph over fellow American Robby Ginepri today at the National Tennis Center.

Robby Ginepri wrapped up a superb day for American men at Flushing Meadows by winning only his third career five-set match 7-5 6-7 (3/7) 6-4 2-6 6-3 in a marathon three-hour 20 minute effort against Tommy Haas of Germany in the third round of the US Open.

Robby Ginepri never dropped his serve but still lost out to top seed Andy Roddick 7-6 (9/7) 7-6 (7/2), in an all-American quarter-final at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis.

JUST a subway ride from Broadway, the US Open tennis championship has always thrived on showmanship.

Sebastien Grosjean has given himself a fighting chance of becoming the first Frenchman to capture the Wimbledon title since 1946 after sweeping past Robby Ginepri in three sets today.

It was as easy as 1-2-3 for Andy Roddick to book a mouth-watering quarter-final showdown with Marat Safin (pictured) at the Australian Open today.

The top seeds sat out the opening day of the Paris Masters at Bercy, but some of the better performed hopefuls from the lower ranks wasted their chance to grab the headlines.

Andre Agassi overpowered Andreas Vinciguerra of Sweden to move into the third round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows with a 7-6 (7/1) 6-1 6-4 victory.