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.

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.

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic captured his fifth Grand Slam championship title as he defeated No. 2 Rafael Nadal 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5 in an epic final contest at the Australian Open on Sunday night in Melbourne.

Rafael Nadal, who beat Roger Federer at the Australian Open on Thursday, says that reaching his 15th Grand Slam championship final is a fantastic way to the start the new season.

Top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated fifth seed David Ferrer of Spain 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-1 on Wednesday to set up an Australian Open semi-final against fourth-seeded Scot Andy Murray, which will be a repeat of last year's title match.

Four-time former Australian Open champion Roger Federer set a blockbuster quarter-final clash with Juan Martin del Potro after ending Australian teenager Bernard Tomic's campaign with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 win at Melbourne Park on Saturday night.