Top-seeded Wimbledon runner-up Tomas
Berdych and third-seeded 2010 Chennai runner-up Stanislas Wawrinka were among
Tuesday's first-round victors at the $450,000 Chennai Open, an Australian
Open tuneup.

Last year's runner-up Marin Cilic and
former top-five star Nikolay Davydenko posted first-round wins, while second-
seeded Stanislas Wawrinka went by way of the upset Tuesday at the $580,000 BMW
Open.

Two-time reigning champion Rafael Nadal and
high-flying Serb Novak Djokovic posted second-round victories Wednesday at the
$3.285 million Italian Masters tennis event.

Australian Open finalist Andy Murray and
two-time French Open runner-up Robin Soderling each needed all three sets
Tuesday to reach the third round at the $3.285 million Italian Masters tennis
event.

Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy
Roddick all were easy third-round winners Tuesday at the $4.5 million BNP
Paribas Masters.

Roger Federer continued his strong recent
play with a three-set victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the opening match of
the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals, while Rafael Nadal squeezed past
Mardy Fish later on Sunday.

Serena Williams recorded a second-round
victory Tuesday, while Venus Williams posted a first-round win at the WTA's
$2.168 million Western & Southern Open.

Czech slugger Tomas Berdych came from way
behind to upset two-time champion Novak Djokovic, while six-time winner
Rafael Nadal and reigning Wimbledon champion Roger Federer each pulled out
quarterfinal victories Friday at the $3.475...

Former top-10 player Gilles Simon
and rising Japanese star Kei Nishikori were among Wednesday's second-round
winners at the season-opening Brisbane International tennis event, an
Australian Open tune-up.

Top-seeded Angelique Kerber and fifth-seeded
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will face off in the finale of the $235,000 Monterrey
Open after both women survived a scare in Saturday's semifinals.

Mikhail Youzhny and Jarkko Nieminen were
a pair of first-round winners Monday at the Stockholm Open tennis tournament.

Aleksandra Wozniak suffered a shoulder
injury while warming up for her match against Melanie Oudin and was forced to
retire on Thursday at the Bell Challenge tennis event.

Annika Beck of Germany and Slovakian
Jana Cepelova were each victorious in their opening round matches at the
inaugural WTA Brasil Tennis Cup.

Top-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer and
countryman Nicolas Almagro were easy second-round winners Wednesday at the
$1.227 million Mexican Open tennis event.

In a battle of former champions,
Mardy Fish swatted Ricardo Mello in Thursday's second-round action at the
$442,500 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships.