World No. 34 Mikhail Youzhny cruised through his opener at the Mutua Madrid Open on Monday, dismissing Spanish wild card Javier Marti 6-3, 6-2 in 75 minutes. The Russian converted five of his six break points and won 70 per cent of points on serve to advance at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court tournament.
Top seeds Frantisek Cermak and Filip Polasek rallied past No. 4 seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 1-6, 7-6(5), 10-8 in the semi-finals of the BMW Open in Munich Friday.
Roger Federer will meet fellow two-time former Sony Ericsson Open champion Andy Roddick in the third round in Miami. Federer has a 21-2 FedEx ATP Head2Head record against the World No. 34.
World No. 8 Mardy Fish made his Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships debut with a 6-1, 6-1 dismissal of Andreas Beck on Monday at the ATP World Tour 500 hard-court tennis tournament.
Fifth seed Richard Gasquet reached his fourth ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season on Thursday when he defeated World No. 81 Igor Kunitsyn of Russia 6-3, 6-2 in 71 minutes at the Open 13 in Marseille.
Second seed Tomas Berdych hit 10 aces and dropped 12 points on serve to beat fellow Czech Lukas Rosol 6-4, 6-2 in 76 minutes on Wednesday at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. It was his 10th match win of the season.
Fifth-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet started his second Rotterdam campaign with a 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 victory over Flavio Cipolla of Italy on Monday at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament.
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