Kim Clijsters moved a step closer to a second straight tournament victory after thrashing fourth seed Elena Dementieva 6-2 6-1 in the quarter-finals of the Nasdaq-100 Open in Miami.

Switzerland’s Roger Federer today cruised into the semi-finals of the Australian Open with a ruthless demolition of four-time champion Andre Agassi.

Marat Safin made the most of the cooler conditions to cruise into the semi-finals of the Australian Open today.

ANDRE AGASSI overcame a record 51 aces by Joachim Johansson yesterday and set up an Australian Open quarter-final against defending champion Roger Federer.

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.

Russia’s Marat Safin dropped his first set of the tournament but kept his temper in check to beat Mario Ancic in the Australian Open today.

Tim Henman reached the semi-final of the US Open tonight – and was again made to work for his victory at Flushing Meadows.

Top seed and defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium became the highest-seeded player at this year’s US Open to lose as she was knocked out by Russia’s Nadia Petrova.

TIM Henman reached the US Open quarter-finals for the first time as opponent Nicolas Kiefer withdrew in the fifth set of their fourth-round clash with a wrist injury at Flushing Meadows yesterday.

Roger Federer’s 23-match winning streak was brought to a halt in Cincinnati by Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia.

World number five and top seed Guillermo Coria was forced to pull out of the Heineken Open in Auckland after straining stomach muscles.

The opening match of the day at the Australian Open ended when Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues injured her knee in the seventh game against 10th seed Monica Seles.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov had to dig deep to overcome American qualifier Jeff Tarango and book his place in the last 16 of the Milan Indoors Tournament at the Palalido.

Patrick Rafter beat Dominik Hrbaty in four sets to advance to the semi-finals of the Australian Open and set up a showdown with Andre Agassi.