ATP Las Vegas :

Second seed Hewitt beat American Vince Spadea 6-3 6-3. Safin defeated Austrian Stefan Koubek 7-5 6-2.

Top seed and defending champion James Blake, however, faces a battle to make the last eight after he was humbled 6-2 6-4 by 19-year-old Russian Evgeny Korolev.

Seventh seed Tim Henman, playing for the first time this year after injury and illness, crushed Nicolas Mahut of France 6-1 6-2 in his first round-robin match.

ATP Dubai Update:

Roger Federer cruised into the quarter finals with a 7-5 6-3 win over Daniele Braccali.  The world number one will now meet seventh seed Novak Djokovic - who beat Rainer Schuettler 7-6 6-3 - for a place in the semi finals.

Nadal was taken to three sets again again by Andreev. He outlasted the russian 6-2, 3-6, 7-6.  He faces his nemesis Youzhny (who beat Berdych 7-6, 6-3) in the quarters.

Third seed Nikolay Davydenko crashed out of the Dubai Open losing 6-4 4-6 2-6 to world number 34 Olivier Rochus. Rochus meets Tommy Haas next.

Quarter Final Fixtures:

Roger Federer (SUI)  vs.  Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Olivier Rochus (BEL)  vs.  Tommy Haas (GER)
Robin Soderling (SWE)  vs.  Fabrice Santoro (FRA)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)  vs.  Rafael Nadal (ESP)

This is roger's second game that i will miss,i had to watch the first one in snatches.it's like i am not getting eurosports schedule or they are not even showing it.Anyways am glad he won.Hope Youzhny knocks Nadal out,fingers crossed

Aw! Hope you've seen the replay of a passing shot Roger played through his legs in the second set of the match. It made CNN's play of the day.

No .I am hoping they will show extended highlights

ATP Dubai:

Sweden's Robin Soderling continued his strong run of form defeating France's Fabrice Santoro 6-1 6-7 (2-7) 6-0 to reach the Dubai Open semi-finals.

German Tommy Haas needed just 49 minutes to demolish Belgian Olivier Rochus 6-0 6-2 and reach the Dubai Open semi-finals.

Federer's quarter-final match against Djokovic is about to start.

I caught federer's match at last,but couldnt believe when i switched to the channel and saw federer was 2-0 down in the first set.This match was a nail-biting one for me,at last he beat djokovic 6-3,6-7,6-3

I wonder how Federer manages to win matches despite all the surrounding distractons.  He was so relaxed yesterday that he had time to sight-see.  I must confess, I was disappointed with his performance today.  He squandered two or three match points and made so many uncharacteristic errors. 

He faces in-form Tommy Haas in the semi-finals.  That's one tough nut to crack.  I hope he doesn't make life difficult for himself tomorrow.

The match between Nadal and Youzhny starts soon.

Nadal has lost his first set again. He's down 6-7.

Youzhny has done it again. Despite saving five match points, the world number two was humbled 7-6, 6-3.

Youzhny now faces Soderling in the other semi-final.

Nadal lost to Youzhny 7-6(5-2),6-3.Defending champion is out .some lovely shots in this game,better match compared to federer's

Though a nufc supporter,i dont think arsenal would want to stoop that low even as far as warford. its probably a sold out due to numerous matches to be played. Losing in the fa will make them focus on the premiership and champions league.

Mikhail Youzhny defeated Sweden's Robin Soderling 7-5 6-2 at the Dubai Open to reach his second successive final.

The unseeded Russian, winner in Rotterdam on Sunday, will play top seed Roger Federer or fifth seed Tommy Haas in Saturday's final.

How will a man who played for 2hrs 3min cope against his opponent, who spent just 49mins to complete his match. The match starts 16:00 CET.

After 38minutes, Federer takes the first set 6-4.  A more improved game than last night's so far from Federer.

Despite raising his game in the second set, matching Federer point by point, Haas gifted his opponent his sixth service game to allow him move 6-5 ahead.  Federer then held serve to book a place in the final with Youzhny, Nadal's conqueror. The match ended 6-4, 7-5.

Federer beat Haas D .I actually felt sorry for Nadal yesterday even though i dont like him

The Dubai final is in progress and the world number one is a break down in the first set.

After several breaks of serves by both players, Federer takes the first set 6-4. 

The second half set is underway.

World number one Roger Federer won his fourth Dubai Open title beating Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-4 6-3 in a dramatic final on Saturday.

It was his fourth Dubai title in five years and his 41st consecutive victory stretching back to the beginning of the U.S. Open in August.

Youzhny, who upset defending champion Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals, was seeking his second title in two weeks after winning in Rotterdam.

Federer, who won his seventh straight title, has now won all nine meetings against the Russian.

YEAH!Federer won,i was busy celebrating the united win and i forgot today was the final

I was expecting you to post the result of the match. Anyways, it's aight.  Double celebrations.

Seems Federer is destined to break and set records.

Yes he is,am really happy for him,he comes across as a cool guy unlike that nadal

Dubai Finalists:

     

ATP Las Vegas:

Second seed Lleyton Hewitt beat fellow former world number one Marat Safin 7-5 6-1 to reach the Las Vegas Open final.
Australian Hewitt proved too consistent for his Russian opponent and clinched victory in 81 minutes.

He will now play Austrian Juergen Melzer, who came from 5-3 down in the final set to beat unseeded Russian teenager Evgeny Korolev 6-7 6-2 7-6.

ATP Acapulco:



Fourth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina won the Mexican Open title for the second time, beating eighth-seeded Carlos Moya of Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (2) Saturday night.

Chela's four career victories on the ATP Tour include a victory here in 2000. Last year he lost in the final to Luis Horna.

"There's something special with Mexico, I've always played great here," Chela said. "Last year I dedicated the win to my girlfriend, but I lost. Now that's she's here, it's a double satisfaction."

He earned $156,550 with the victory.

Moya, who has won twice in Acapulco, won $77,750.

`'I knew that if I could win the second set I could win the match, but I got nervous," Moya said.

ATP Las Vegas:



Lleyton Hewitt won the Tennis Channel Open for the third time, outlasting fourth-seeded Jurgen Melzer 6-4, 7-6 in the final Sunday.

The second-seeded Hewitt dropped the first three games of the second set and later fought off four set points before winning the thrilling tiebreaker.  A Melzer double-fault put Hewitt in command, giving him an 11-10 lead.

Hewitt capitalized on the next point, getting Melzer to hit it into the net. It was Hewitt's 26th career title, but only his third since January 2005.

ATP Valencia:

Seeds: ¹David Ferrer (ESP), ²Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP), ³Nicolas Almagro (ESP), ⁴Fernando Verdasco (ESP), ⁵Gilles Simon (FRA), ⁶Florian Mayer (DEU), ⁷Filippo Volandri (ITA), ⁸Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)

ATP Valencia: First Round Fixtures:

David Ferrer (ESP)  vs.  Daniele Bracciali (ITA)
James Ward (GBR)  vs.  Qualifier 1 (-)
Jan Hernych (CZE)  vs.  Sergio Roitman (ARG)
Evgueni Korolev (RUS)  vs.  Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Fernando Verdasco (ESP)  vs.  Potito Starace (ITA)
Qualifier 2 (-)  vs.  Simon Greul (DEU)
Qualifier 3 (-)  vs.  Kristian Pless (DNK)
Gilles Simon (FRA)  vs.  Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
Filippo Volandri (ITA)  vs.  Igor Andreev (RUS)
Stefan Koubek (AUT)  vs.  Oscar Hernandez (ESP)
Qualifier 4 (-)  vs.  Alessio Di Mauro (ITA)
Jan Hajek (CZE)  vs.  Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
Florian Mayer (DEU)  vs.  Santiago Ventura (ESP)
Alejandro Falla (COL)  vs.  Andreas Seppi (ITA)
Alberto Martin (ESP)  vs.  Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
Ernest Gulbis (LVA)  vs.  Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)

ATP Houston

Seeds: ¹Andy Roddick (USA), ²James Blake (USA), ³Tommy Haas (GER), ⁴Mardy Fish (USA), ⁵Jurgen Melzer (AUT), ⁶Benjamin Becker (GER), ⁷Robby Ginepri (USA), ⁸Juan Monaco (ARG)

ATP Houston:  First Round Fixtures:

Andy Roddick (USA)  vs.  Albert Montanes (ESP)
Dusan Vemic (SRB)  vs.  Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP)
Michael Russell (USA)  vs.  Paul Goldstein (USA)
Vincent Spadea (USA)  vs.  Robby Ginepri (USA)
Tommy Haas (GER)  vs.  Sam Querrey (USA)
Nicolas Devilder (FRA)  vs.  Justin Gimelstob (USA)
Sebastien Grosjean (FRA)  vs.  Diego Hartfield (ARG)
Ivo Karlovic (HRV)  vs.  Benjamin Becker (GER)
Jurgen Melzer (AUT)  vs.  Rainer Schuettler (GER)
Victor Hanescu (ROU)  vs.  Martin Verkerk (NED)
Mariano Zabaleta (ARG)  vs.  Ryan Sweeting (USA)
Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG)  vs.  Mardy Fish (USA)
Juan Monaco (ARG)  vs.  Jan-Michael Gambill (USA)
Amer Delic (USA)  vs.  Robert Kendrick (USA)
Alex Kuznetsov (USA)  vs.  Luis Horna (PER)
Davide Sanguinetti (ITA)  vs.  James Blake (USA)

ATP Houston:

Top seed Andy Roddick has withdrawn from the U.S. Clay Court Championships because of a lingering hamstring injury.

Alexander Peya of Austria, the highest-ranked player not to advance from qualifying, will replace Roddick in the draw against Spaniard Albert Montanes on Tuesday.

ATP Houston: First Round Results:

Montanés - Peya 6-3, 6-2
Vemic - Ramirez Hidalgo 6-3, 6-0
Russell - Goldstein 6-2, 6-0
Spadea - Ginepri 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Haas - Querry 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
Devilder - Gimelstob 6-2, 6-3
Hartfield - Grosjean 6-4, 6-4
Karlovic - Becker 7-5, 7-6
Melzer - Schuettler 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
Hanescu - Verkerk 6-4, 6-4
Zabaleta - Sweeting 6-0, 7-6
Fish - Vassallo Arguello 5-7, 6-2, 7-5
Monaco - Gambill 7-5, 6-4
Delic - Kendrick 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
Kuznetsov - Burgsmuller 7-5, 7-5
Blake - Sanguinetti 6-3, 6-0