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.

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.

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.

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 shocked in-form Andy Murray to set up a surprise Masters Cup final against world number three Novak Djokovic on Saturday.

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.

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.

Britain's Andy Murray sent defending champion Roger Federer crashing out of the Masters Cup in a classic encounter on Friday.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

World number three Novak Djokovic survived a big scare against Nikolay Davydenko to reach the Masters Cup semi-finals on Tuesday.

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.

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.

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.

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 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'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.

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 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.