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  • Roger Federer. Photo Courtesy: AP
    Roger Federer scraped past James Blake on Tuesday in a one-set exhibition game, showing no signs of the back strain or stomach bug that hampered him at last week's season-ending Masters Cup.
  • Switzerland's Roger Federer. Photo Courtesy: AP
    Roger Federer plans to regain the number one ranking in 2009 and surpass Pete Sampras's Grand Slam record, but says winning Wimbledon is his top priority.
  • Novak Djokovic of Serbia kisses his championship trophy after winning the Tennis Masters Cup. Photo Courtesy: AP
    Serbia's Novak Djokovic set his sights on becoming world number one after moving just 10 points behind second-placed Roger Federer in the rankings with his Masters Cup win.
  • Novak Djokovic of Serbia kisses his championship trophy after winning the Tennis Masters Cup. Photo Courtesy: AP
    World number three Novak Djokovic thrashed Russia's Nikolay Davydenko 6-1, 7-5 in the Masters Cup final on Sunday to lift his second major trophy this year.
  • Russia's Nikolay Davydenko reacts after defeating Britain's Andy Murray. Photo Courtesy: AP.
    Russia's Nikolay Davydenko shocked in-form Andy Murray to set up a surprise Masters Cup final against world number three Novak Djokovic on Saturday.
  • Somdev Devvarman, Indian Davis Cupper. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    Somdev Devvarman and Izak Van Der Merwe stunned fourth-seeded pair of Llia Bozoljac and Chris Haggard to reach the semi-finals of the $50,000 ATP Challenger series event in Champaign, USA.
  • Novak Djokovic of Serbia gestures during the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup. Photo Courtesy: AP.
    World number three Novak Djokovic roared into his first Masters Cup final with a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Gilles Simon on Saturday.
  • Andy Murray. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    Britain's Andy Murray sent defending champion Roger Federer crashing out of the Masters Cup in a classic encounter on Friday.
  • Gilles Simon of France prepares to serve against Roger Federer of Switzerland. Photo Courtsey: AFP
    Gilles Simon swept aside Czech alternate Radek Stepanek 6-1, 6-4 on Friday but faced an anxious wait to see if he would reach the Masters Cup semi-finals.
  • Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden in Paris Masters. Photo Courtesy: AP.
    Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman bowed out of professional tennis on Friday after a glittering 17-year career that earned him nine Grand Slam doubles titles.
  • India's Leander Paes with Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy. Photo Courtesy: AFP.
    Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy ended their Masters Cup campaign without winning a single set, bowing out after a third successive straight-set defeat on Friday.
  • India's Mahesh Bhupathi with Bahamian partner Mark Knowles. Photo Courtesy: AFP.
    India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles failed to make it to the last four of the Tennis Masters Cup, going down 7-6(3), 6-7(4),5-10 to Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas and Peru's Luis Horna in a cliffhanger in Shanghai on Thursday.
  • Andy Murray. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    Britain's Andy Murray said he's looking to deliver the knock-out blow to ailing Masters Cup champion Roger Federer, whose bid for a fifth title has been hit by an untimely stomach complaint.
  • Andy Murray. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    Britain's Andy Murray moved into the Masters Cup semi-finals on Wednesday while Roger Federer kept his title defence alive against Radek Stepanek, a late replacement for the injured Andy Roddick.
  • India's Leander Paes with Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy. Photo Courtesy: AFP.
    Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy's chance of reaching the semi-finals of Tennis Masters Cup went up in smoke after they succumbed to their second successive defeat in the season-ending $4,45,000 ATP event.
  • Andy Roddick. Photo Courtesy: AP
    World number six Andy Roddick dealt the Tennis Masters Cup another blow when he pulled out of the elite season finale with an ankle injury on Wednesday.
  • Novak Djokovic. Photo Courtesy: AP
    World number three Novak Djokovic survived a big scare against Nikolay Davydenko to reach the Masters Cup semi-finals on Tuesday.
  • Andy Murray. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    World number four Andy Murray is eyeing a spot in the Masters Cup semi-finals after winning a see-sawing debut clash against America's Andy Roddick.
  • Rafael Nadal during his match with Victor Troicki at the US Open tennis tournament. Photo Courtesy: AP
    Spain's world number one Rafael Nadal on Monday confirmed that he will not compete in the Davis Cup final against Argentina this month due to a knee injury.
  • Gilles Simon of France prepares to serve against Roger Federer of Switzerland. Photo Courtsey: AFP
    France's Gilles Simon shocked top seed Roger Federer 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Monday at the Tennis Masters Cup, leaving the former world number one's bid for a third straight title in disarray.
  • File photo of India's Leander Paes (L) and Czech player Lukas Dlouhy. Photo Courtsey: AFP
    Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy launched their campaign on a losing note, conceding a 3-6 5-7 defeat against Jonas Bjorkman and Kevil Ullyet in the opener of Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai on Monday.
  • Venus Williams (R) holds the winners' trophy during the Sony Ericsson Tennis Championship. Photo Courtesy: AP.
    Venus Williams won her biggest title outside of Wimbledon for seven years when she captured the WTA Tour's year-end event for the first time in Doha on Sunday.
  • Somdev Devvarman, Indian Davis Cupper. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    Somdev Devvarman's giant-killing run ended with a straight-set loss to fourth seed American Robert Kendrick in the finals of the ATP Challenger Series' hard-court tournament in Nashville, USA.
  • US' Venus Williams returns the ball to Serbia's Jelena Jankovic. Photo Courtesy: AP.
    Venus Williams reached the final of the WTA Tour's year-end event for the first time in her career when she beat world number one Jelena Jankovic in a long, drawn-out thriller in Doha on Saturday.
  • Roger Federer celebrates after winning his quarterfinal match against Croatia's Mario Ancic. Photo Courtesy: AP.
    Roger Federer went through what has become his annual sponsor obligation as he taught a group of Chinese teenagers how to shave at a public relations event as the countdown continued to the Masters Cup tennis.
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