Roger Federer rolled into the quarter-finals of the 1.2 million Swiss Indoors tournament Thursday with a 6-1 6-4 victory over unseeded Argentinian Juan Martin Del Potro.

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.

Roger Federer struggled early with the John Isner’s booming serve before defeating the American wild card 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 6-4 6-2 on Saturday to advance to the fourth round of the US Open.

Former champion Andy Roddick suffered a first-set setback but still eased into the US Open third round when Argentina’s Jose Acasuso limped out of their match in New York today.

SECOND seed Rafael Nadal’s Wimbledon hopes hang in the balance for the second night in a row after another rain-hit day at Wimbledon.

THE rain came to Serena Williams’ rescue at Wimbledon yesterday after the former champion dramatically collapsed in agony on Centre Court.

Defending champion Roger Federer was today handed a bye to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon when fourth-round opponent Tommy Haas was forced to pull out through injury.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are expected to set up a second successive showdown in the French Open final when they play their respective last-four matches today.

Nikolay Davydenko and Novak Djokovic will have to produce career-best performances on Friday if they are to prevent it from being another Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal final at the French Open.

SERENA Williams admitted feeling “violated” after being on the receiving end of a straight-sets hammering by Justine Henin in the quarter-finals of the French Open yesterday.

Nikolay Davydenko sealed the semi-final showdown with Federer by sweeping past Guillermo Canas in straight sets on Suzanne Lenglen court today.

Roger Federer survived a mid-match wobble today to ultimately breeze into the semi-finals of the French Open at the expense of Tommy Robredo.

RAFAEL NADAL gave yet another clay-court masterclass yesterday as he passed his first genuine test of this year’s French Open with flying colours to ease into the quarter-finals.

Tommy Robredo admits he will be facing “the best player in the world” when he meets Roger Federer in the French Open quarter-finals.

SECOND SEED Maria Sharapova saved two match points before progressing to the quarter-finals of the French Open after an epic fourth-round clash against Patty Schnyder yesterday.

JELENA JANKOVIC’S credentials as a dark horse for the French Open title were further enhanced as she won a high-quality third-round clash against Venus Williams yesterday.

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.

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.

Claycourt genius Rafael Nadal goes head-to-head with the world’s top tennis player on all other surfaces, Roger Federer, in a dream final of the ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo event.

British number one Andy Murray has climbed one place to 11th in the latest ATP world rankings.

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.

Second seed Rafael Nadal and third seed Andy Roddick both recorded straight sets wins on yesterday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Pacific Life Open.

Second seed Rafael Nadal and third seed Andy Roddick both recorded straight sets wins yesterday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Pacific Life Open.

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.

Britain’s Alex Bogdanovic advanced to the final qualifying round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells with a 6-3 6-4 win over Amer Delic.

Argentinian seventh seed Guillermo Canas and Dutchman Sjeng Schalken have both pulled out of Wimbledon.

Nikolay Davydenko bustled into the semi-finals of the French Open and will face unseeded Argentinian Mariano Puerta for the right to contest the men’s singles crown.

MARAT Safin claimed he was deserted by Lady Luck as he crashed out of the French Open following a five-set, fourth-round thriller with 15th seed Tommy Robredo.

Spanish prodigy Rafael Nadal blasted the Roland Garros crowd for “behaving so badly” during his four-set victory over Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean in the fourth round of the French Open on Monday.

Venus Williams insists she remains a “great player” regardless of evidence to the contrary provided by her humiliating loss to 15-year-old Sesil Karatantcheva at the French Open.

Two of Argentina’s best hopes for French Open success advanced to the third round at Roland Garros today.

French Open, Roland Garros, Paris, France

ANDRE AGASSI, the oldest player at the French Open, felt his age yesterday.

Andre Agassi blamed a trapped nerve in his back for his shock exit at the hands of Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen in the French Open, but insists he is not yet ready to call time on his career.

Switzerland’s Roger Federer wanted revenge for an Olympic loss and got it.

Andy Roddick will not be defending his title at the $6.56m (€5m) Nasdaq-100 Open.

Lleyton Hewitt today staged a brilliant fightback to keep his dreams of Australian Open glory alive.

Andy Roddick today cruised into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with a straight sets win over Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber.

Lleyton Hewitt survived a bad-tempered clash with Juan Ignacio Chela to book his place in the fourth round of the Australian Open.

Andy Roddick survived a third-round clash with Austria’s Jurgen Melzer, and also a grilling from Jim Courier, in the Australian Open today.

Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt breathed a massive sigh of relief after battling past American James Blake in the second round of the Australian Open today.

Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt led the big guns safely through to the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne today.

The last man to beat Roger Federer today bowed out of the Australian Open in the first round.

Lleyton Hewitt, the 2001 champion, routed 30th seed Feliciano Lopez of Spain 6-1 6-4 6-2 in the third round of the US Open and cannot meet another seed until the semi-finals.