All news, fixtures/results, discussions on the men's tour should be done in this thread so as to lessen the load on the tennis lovers' thread.

So guys, let's get started.

Tournaments:
[b]ATP Rotterdam
ATP Memphis
ATP Buenos Aires
ATP Acapulco
ATP Dubai
ATP Las Vegas
ATP Valencia
ATP Houston
ATP Barcelona
ATP Casablanca

Currently On:
ATP Estoril
ATP Munich
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Roger Federer equalled Jimmy Connors' 30-year-old record of 160 consecutive weeks as world number one when the new rankings were released on Monday.

The Swiss, whose streak began on February 2nd 2004, drew level with American Connors who enjoyed his run at the top of the standings between 1974 and 1977.

Federer is guaranteed to break the mark next week even though he has not played a tournament since last month's Australian Open, where he became the first man in 27 years to win a grand slam title without dropping a set.

Such is his dominance in the sport, 25-year-old Federer made sure he would set a new benchmark after he won the season-ending Masters Cup last November.

"I think that is definitely one of the big records I've broken, maybe the biggest so far in my career," Federer said in Shanghai in 2006.

"I'm waiting for that date to come along and then I'll celebrate it."

Federer's triumph at Melbourne Park gave him a tenth grand slam title in just three-and-a-half years. He will return to action in Dubai next week.

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This week's tournaments (Feb 19 - Feb 25) are:
ATP Rotterdam (NED)
ATP Memphis (USA)
ATP Buenos Aires (ARG)

ATP Rotterdam:

Seeds: Nikolay Davydenko (RUS), Tommy Robredo (ESP),  Ivan Ljubicic (CRO), Tomas Berdych (CZE), Novak Djokovic (SRB), David Ferrer (ESP), Radek Stepanek (CZE)

Other Players: Michael Berrer (GER), Marc Gicquel (FRA), Arnaud Clement (FRA), Gilles Simon (FRA)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER), Jan Hernych (CZE), Thiemo De Bakker (NED), Olivier Rochus (BEL), Janko Tipsarevic (SRB), Florian Mayer (GER), Dominik Hrbaty (SVK), Gaël Monfils (FRA), Dennis van Scheppingen (NED), Christophe Rochus (BEL), Kristof Vliegen (BEL), Jarkko Nieminen (FIN), Robin Haase (NED), Roko Karanusic (CRO), Mikhail Youzhny (RUS), Florent Serra (FRA), Andrei Pavel (ROM), Daniele Bracciali (ITA), Jonas Bjorkman (SWE), Martin Verkerk (NED), Simone Bolelli (ITA)

Youzhny beat fourth seed Berdych 6/4  6/7  6/1 in the first-round.

ATP Memphis:

Seeds: Andy Roddick (USA), Tommy Haas (GER), Andrew Murray (GBR), Mardy Fish (USA), Xavier Malisse (BEL), Jurgen Melzer (AUT), Julien Benneteau (FRA), Robby Ginepri (USA)

Other players: Thomas Johansson (SWE), Benjamin Becker (GER), Robert Kendrick (USA), Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE), Chris Guccione (AUS), Jesse Witten (USA), Frank Dancevic (CAN), Kristian Pless (DEN), Igor Kunitsyn (RUS), Stefan Koubek (AUT), Simon Greul (GER), Evgueni Korolev (RUS), Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS), Alex Kuznetsov (USA), Kevin Kim (USA), Juan Marin Del Potro (ARG), Feliciano Lopez (ESP), Bjorn Phau (GER), Hyung-taik Lee (KOR), Ivo Karlovic (CRO), Sam Querrey (USA), Paul Goldstein (USA), Amer Delic (USA) and Vincent Spadea (USA)

Ginepri and Malisse are the early casualties at the tournament. Ginepri lost to Korolev 6/7 6/4 3/6 while Malisse had to retire in the second set of his match with Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili after injuring his right wrist. Haas, Fish and Melzer have qualified for the second round.

In the remaining first round matches, Roddick plays Johansson while Murray also faces Canadian Dancevic later today.

ATP Buenos Aires Round Robin

Group 1
D.Nalbandian  vs.  L.Horna   Final Result:  4- 6 |  3- 6 
D.Nalbandian  vs.  G.Canas  Final Result:  4- 6 |  4- 6
L.Horna  vs.  G.Canas           Final Result:  4- 6 |  6- 2 |  6- 2
Qualified: L.Horna

Group 2
C.Moya  vs.  J.Monaco          Final Result:  4- 6 |  7- 6 |  0- 6
C.Moya  vs.  P.Starace         Final Result:  6- 4 |  6- 4 
J.Monaco  vs.  P.Starace      Final Result:   6- 3 |  6- 4
Qualified: L.Horna

Group 3
N.Almagro  vs.  M.Vassallo Arguello    Final Result:  7- 5 |  6- 4 
N.Almagro  vs.  S.Galvani                    Final Result:  6- 4 |  7- 6
M.Vassallo Arguello  vs.  S.Galvani      Final Result:  6- 2 |  6- 4
Qualified: N.Almagro

Group 4
A.Martin  vs.  I.Andreev     Final Result:  3- 6 |  6- 2 |  1- 6 
J.Chela  vs.  A.Martin         Final Result:  6- 1 |  6- 3
J.Chela  vs.  I.Andreev      Final Result:  3- 6 |  7- 5 |  6- 3
Qualified: J.Chela

Group 5
G.Gaudio  vs.  R.Ramirez Hidalgo      Final Result:  1- 6 |  1- 6
G.Gaudio  vs.  A.Di Mauro                 Final Result:  6- 1 |  6- 4
R.Ramirez Hidalgo  vs. A.Di Mauro    Final result:  4- 6 |  6- 7
Qualified:

Group 6
A.Calleri  vs.  A.Montanes     Final Result:   7- 6 |  4- 6 |  4- 6 
A.Calleri  vs.  F.Saretta         Final Result:   6- 7 |  7- 6 |  3- 6
F.Saretta  vs.  A.Montanes   Final Result:   3- 6 |  3- 6
Qualified: A.Montanes

Group 7
J.Acasuso  vs.  S.Roitman     Final Result: 6- 7 |  1- 6
J.Acasuso  vs.  D.Hartfield    Final Result:   6- |  0
S.Roitman  vs.  D.Hartfield    Final Result:  7- 5 |  4- 6 |  6- 7
Qualified:

Group 8
N.Lapentti  vs.  N.Devilder    Final Result:  6- 3 |  2- 6 |  6- 3
J.Ferrero  vs.  N.Lapentti      Final Result:  6- 3 |  6- 3
J.Ferrero  vs.  N.Devilder      Final Result:  6- 1 |  6- 7 |  0- 6
Qualified:

Thanks for posting these updates. Tennis lovers on the land appreciate that very much

@ Seun, u'r welcome

@ iice, neva knew u had so much interest in tennis.

Now that Federer is spending his time with Mirka, who else do u love to watch play?

ATP Rotterdam:

Quarter-Final Fixtures:
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) vs. Florian Mayer (GER)
David Ferrer (ESP) vs. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. Tommy Robredo (ESP)

@iice, it's a good thing all ur hubbies are doing well in their respective tournaments.

Did u notice that ur favourites are either too old or too young?

ATP Memphis Update:

Quarter-Final Results:
Andy Roddick (USA)  bt.  Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)  6/4  7/6
Andrew Murray (GBR)  bt.  Stefan Koubek (AUT)  6/3  6/2
Mardy Fish (USA)  bt.  Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS)  Retired
Tommy Haas (GER)  bt.  Sam Querrey (USA)    6/2  6/2 

Roddick meets Murray again. Murray beat Roddick in straight sets in the semi-finals of the San Jose Open in California last weekend on the way to winning the title.

Haas faces Fish in the other semi-final.

ATP Rotterdam Update:

Top seed Nikolay Davydenko battled to a 6-7 6-4 6-4 quarter-final win over German Philipp Kohlschreiber in the world indoor tournament on Friday.

The Russian's hard-fought victory sets up a semi-final with big-serving Croat Ivan Ljubicic who brushed aside another German, Florian Mayer, 6-4 6-2 with the help of 13 aces.

The other semi sees Serbian Novak Djokovic, who upset second seed Tommy Robredo 4-6 6-4 7-5, against Russian Mikhail Youzhny, who beat another Spaniard, sixth seed David Ferrer, 6-2 7-5.

Semi-Final Fixtures:
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB)

ATP Buenos Aires Update:

Italy's Alessio di Mauro reached the first ATP semi-final of his career when he beat Albert Montanes at the Buenos Aires Open on Friday.

Di Mauro, 29, beat the Spaniard 1-6 6-4 6-2 for his first win at an ATP tournament since last year's US Open.

Spaniard Nicolas Almagro, seeded fourth, was the only seed to make the last four when he beat Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela 6-4 6-3.

Argentine pair Juan Monaco and Diego Hartfield also went through.

Monaco ended Peruvian Luis Horna's run, winning 4-6 6-2 6-3. Horna, winner in Vina del Mar this year, had eliminated top seed David Nalbandian in the round-robin stage.

Hartfield beat Frenchman Nicolas Devilder 6-4 7-5.

Yea, congrats to Ljubicic, not to Djokovic  .

WTA Rotterdam Update:

Ljubicic overcame a slow start to stun top seed Nikolay Davydenko 4-6 7-6 7-6 in the semi-final of the World Indoor Tournament.

The Croat will be contesting his third final of the season against Mikhail Youzhny, who survived three match points to upset Novak Djokovic 3-6 7-6 7-5.

ATP Memphis Update:

Andy Roddick gained revenge for San Jose by beating Andy Murray 6-3 7-6 to book a final meeting with Tommy Haas in Memphis.

World number four Roddick will now play Tommy Haas of Germany in the final after the defending champion brushed aside American Mardy Fish 6-3 6-4.

ATP Buenos Aires Update:

Unseeded pair Juan Monaco and Alessio di Mauro will both be bidding for their first ATP singles title after they reached the final of the Buenos Aires Open.

Argentine Monaco upset fourth-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain 6-1 7-6 to reach the second ATP final of his career. The 22-year-old, ranked 66th, was finalist at Casablanca in 2005.

Italy's Di Mauro, 29, beat unseeded Argentine Diego Hartfield 6-1 6-4 to reach the first final of his career.

The match between Ljubicic and Youzhny has started. Ljubicic is a break down in the first set .

WTA Rotterdam Update:



Unseeded Mikhail Youzhny beat third-seed Ivan Ljubicic 6-2 6-4 to clinch the Rotterdam title.

The defeat meant Ljubicic was spared an expensive bar bill as he had promised to buy every spectator a drink if he won the title.

ATP Memphis Update:



German Tommy Haas produced a stunning performance to crush top seed Andy Roddick 6-3 6-2 and win the Memphis International for the third time.

The defending champion outplayed Roddick in every department, dropping just seven points on serve as he wrapped up his 11th career title in brilliant fashion.

ATP Buenos Aires Update:



Argentina's Juan Monaco outclassed Alessio di Mauro to win the Buenos Aires Open and claim the first ATP title of his career.

The Tandil-born 22-year-old, who knocked out defending champion Carlos Moya on his way to the final, swept to a 6-1 6-2 win in 64 minutes against the left-handed Italian.

The top two players in the ATP, Federer and Nadal, are back in action in Dubai.

This week's tournaments (Feb 26 - March 04) are:

ATP Acapulco (MEX)
ATP Dubai (UAE)
ATP Las Vegas (USA)


ATP Acapulco

Seeds: Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP), Agustin Calleri (ARG), Nicolas Almagro (ESP), Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG), Gaston Gaudio (ARG), Nicolas Massu (CHI), Jose Acasuso (ARG), Carlos Moya (ESP)

Other players: Potito Starace (ITA), Lukas Dlouhy (CZE), Alessio Di Mauro (ITA), Juan Pablo Guzman (ARG), Kevin Kim (USA), Luis Horna (PER), Mariano Zabaleta (ARG), Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP), Santiago Gonzalez (MEX), Diego Hartfield (ARG), Hugo Armando (USA), Bruno Echagaray (MEX), Juan Monaco (ARG), Stefano Galvani (ITA), Jan Hajek (CZE), Fabio Fognini (ITA), Nicolas Devilder (FRA), Sergio Roitman (ARG), Albert Montanes (ESP), Jiri Vanek (CZE), Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG), Oscar Hernandez (ESP), Fernando Vicente (ESP), Alberto Martin (ESP)

ATP Dubai

Seeds: Roger Federer (SUI), Rafael Nadal (ESP), Nikolay Davydenko (RUS), Tommy Robredo (ESP), Tommy Haas (GER), Tomas Berdych (CZE), Novak Djokovic (SRB), David Ferrer (ESP)

First Round Fixtures:

Roger Federer (SUI) vs. Kristian Pless (DEN)
Oliver Marach (AUT) vs. Daniele Bracciali (ITA)
Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs. Rainer Schuettler (GER)
Kristof Vliegen (BEL) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs. Younes El Aynaoui (MAR)
Olivier Rochus (BEL) vs. Hyung-taik Lee (KOR)
Florent Serra (FRA) vs. Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)
Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs. Tommy Haas (GER)
David Ferrer (ESP) vs. Robin Soderling (SWE)
Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) vs. O. Bahrouzyan (UAE)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. Gilles Simon (FRA)
Fabrice Santoro (FRA) vs. Tommy Robredo (ESP)
Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs. Mohammed Al Ghareeb (KUW)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Igor Andreev (RUS) vs. Marc Gicquel (FRA)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs. Rafael Nadal (ESP)

Top seed Federer and sixth-seed Berdych struggled to progress to the second round. Federer beat Pless 7/6 3/6 6/3, while Robredo was upset by Fabrice Santoro (FRA) (7/6 6/4).

yippee federer wins,he struggled a bit but he dug deep.

ATP Dubai Update:

Defending champion Nadal is on the verge of losing his first-round match as Baghdatis is teaching him some tennis lessons; he is a set down.

Could someone please tell him to change his hot pants, if that's what's disturbing him?

Nadal has taken the second set and he's a break up in the third set after capitalising on the progressively increasing number of errors (double faults, esp.) from Baghdatis.

Nadal beat Baghdatis 3-6 6-2 6-3.

Nikolay Davydenko beat Younes El Aynaoui 6-7 (2-7) 7-5 7-5.

Djokovic beat Kristof Vliegen 4-6 6-4 6-3.

Robin Soderling beat David Ferrer 7-6 (15-13) 6-1.

thanks toptho.

ATP Dubai Update:

Other First Round Results:

Schuettler - Seppi   6-0, 7-6
Simon - Kohlschreiber   6-4, 6-4
Bracciali - Marach   6-4, 6-3
Youzhny - Nieminen   3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Haas - Mr. Hingis   6-4, 6-3

Second Fixtures:

Roger Federer (SUI)  vs.  Daniele Bracciali (ITA)
Rainer Schuettler (GER)  vs.  Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)  vs.  Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Florent Serra (FRA)  vs.  Tommy Haas (GER)
Robin Söderling (SWE)  vs.  Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)
Gilles Simon (FRA)  vs.  Fabrice Santoro (FRA)
Tomas Berdych (CZE)  vs.  Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
Igor Andreev (RUS)  vs.  Rafael Nadal (ESP)