Still riding a wave of euphoria after their Australian Open success, Novak Djokovic and Nenad Zimonjic could turn out to be unwelcome guests in Moscow for Serbia's Davis Cup tie against Russia.
Novak Djokovic beat defending champion Roger Federer 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 in the semi-final of the Australian Open.
Justine Henin and Maria Sharapova set up an explosive Australian Open quarter-final with crushing wins.
Serena Williams and Justine Henin fought off nerves and tricky conditions in their first-round matches at the Australian Open.
Fancied fourth seed Andy Murray suffered a fair-and-square five-set defeat at the Australian Open after almost half Monday's field had reached the quarter-finals when their opponents retired injured or ill.
Andy Murray, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal led a charge into the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday as the focus switched back to tennis and away from ethnic clashes which had marred the "Happy Slam."
World number one Rafael Nadal gave another powerful statement of his Australian Open intentions by crushing Croatia's Roko Karanusic 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in the second round on Thursday. Andy Murray maintained his unbeaten run this year when he crushed Spain's Marcel Granollers 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.
Melbourne Park's first glimpses of Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal were brief on Tuesday but Serena and Venus Williams both gave full value at the Australian Open with their first round wins.
Frenchman Fabrice Santoro crushed Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of the Paris Masters.
Venus and Serena Williams served their way into the U.S. Open quarter-finals with impressive straight-sets victories Sunday, setting up a possible clash between the American sisters in the final four.
Briton Tim Henman bowed out of grand slam tennis with a second-round defeat at the U.S. Open on Friday, but said he would be leaving the sport content that he had made the most of his potential.
Having spent a whopping 91 consecutive weeks as world No 3, Novak Djokovic was, at best, considered just strong supporting player in the Federer-Nadal show. The No 1 ranking, and Wimbledon triumph, says Senior Associate Editor Bikash Mohapatra, has set the record straight.
Top seed Roger Federer beat Germany's Bjorn Phau 7-5, 6-0, 6-4 to open his Australian Open defence.
The 18-year-old is slated to meet French teenager Richard Gasquet in the third round itself.
U.S. captain Billie Jean King called up the big guns for the tie against the Czech Republic.
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