The withdrawal of Flavia Pennetta allowed US Open top seed Caroline Wozniacki to reach the last four of the Pilot Pen Tennis without playing in New Haven, Connecticut.

Roger Federer opened his ATP Rogers Cup campaign with a straight-sets second-round victory over Juan Ignacio Chela in Toronto on Tuesday night but Andy Roddick withdrew from the event due to illness.

John Lloyd’s Davis Cup rookies failed to fill the void left by Andy Murray as Great Britain slumped to within one rubber of defeat against Ukraine.

Andy Murray kept his nerve to clinch a fiery fourth rubber and seal Great Britain’s Davis Cup Euro-African Zone Group One relegation play-off victory over Ukraine in Odessa.

Greg Rusedski summoned enough spirit from the wreckage of his injury-ravaged summer to leave Great Britain on the brink of victory in their Davis Cup relegation play-off with Ukraine in Odessa.