Nadal seeking first title since May

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic had straight-set wins Thursday to advance to quarterfinals of the Shanghai Masters on a day when two more players retired with injuries.

Zeng ousts Sela in Shanghai Masters

Shao-Xuan Zeng has upset Dudi Sela of Israel 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the Shanghai Masters.

Second-round win makes Serena No. 1

Serena Williams reclaimed her world No. 1 ranking with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Russia's Ekaterina Makarova in the second round of the China Open on Tuesday.

Hewitt ousted in first round in Malaysia

Mikhail Youzhny of Russia defeated seventh-seeded David Ferrer of Spain 7-6 (3), 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the Malaysian Open.

Nadal overcomes pain to advance

Ninth-seeded Gilles Simon of France has retired from his third-round U.S. Open match against No. 24 Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain because of a right knee injury.

Verdasco, Wozniacki prevail

Fernando Verdasco won the Pilot Pen tennis tournament, beating American Sam Querrey 6-4, 7-6 (6) in the final tuneup for the U.S. Open.

Verdasco, Querrey to meet in final

Fernando Verdasco and Sam Querrey reached the Pilot Pen final with straight-set victories Saturday in semifinals that were moved inside because of rain.

Kuznetsova, Davydenko upset

American Sam Querrey upset top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 to advance to the semifinals of the Pilot Pen.

Defending champ Wozniacki advances

Second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki dominated Edina Gallovits 6-0, 6-0, winning 20 of the final 21 points in a 19-minute first set before taking 24 minutes to finish Gallovits off.

CINCINNATI - AUGUST 19: Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates defeating Jose Acasuso of Argentina during day three of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters on August 19, 2009...

Querrey upsets Roddick

Fellow American Sam Querrey matched fifth-ranked Andy Roddick shot-for-shot and made the biggest ones in a pair of tiebreaks, setting up a 7-6 (11), 7-6 (3) victory at the Cincinnati Masters.

Karlovic upsets Monfils to advance

Ivo Karlovic had 21 aces as he upset 13th seed Gael Monfils of France 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2) in the first round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters.

Israel attains historic semifinal berth

The Czech Republic has taken a 2-1 lead over Argentina in their Davis Cup quarterfinal series after winning the doubles.

Argentina adds Mayer to team

Argentina is replacing David Nalbandian with Leonardo Mayer on its Davis Cup team for next month's quarterfinal against the Czech Republic.

No more holes in Federer's résumé

What do you get when combining the feats of Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras? For Roger Federer, 14 majors, a career Grand Slam and a dream fulfilled.