Serena Williams is up and running too meanwhile.

The world number three is out of the Australian Open after losing to Tomas Berdych in the quarter-finals.

The big man from Argentina fancies his chances of adding to his US Open win of 2009.

Despite going for an eighth title, the Spaniard says his compatriot is not to be overlooked.

The defending champion floored Ferrer 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 in an embarrassingly one-sided contest.

In addition, Tomas Berdych defeated Kevin Anderson.

The Scot was convincingly beaten by world number nine Janko Tipsarevic.

It was the in-form 30-year-old Ferrer’s seventh ATP title of the season.

The Spaniards are on the brink of victory against their American opponents.

Andy Murray will face either Novak Djokovic or David Ferrer in Monday’s final after he beat Tomas Berdych in four sets.

Almost six hours of play were lost on Tuesday at Flushing Meadows due to poor weather.

A men’s fourth-round match between David Ferrer and Richard Gasquet has been halted.

There were wins for Novak Djokovic, Juan Martin Del Potro, David Ferrer and Philipp Kohlschreiber on Sunday.

The Serb didn’t face a single break point in his 97-minute victory today.

There were also victories today for Li Na and Petra Kvitova.

“He came very close to winning quite a lot of times and winning this year for him was massive,” said Murray of the NBA MVP.

The Scot will face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who beat Philipp Kohlschreiber earlier today.

As he moves into a quarter-final meeting with David Ferrer, the Scot insisted he wasn’t bothered by moving off Centre Court.

It was the 50th win for Nadal at the spiritual home of claycourt tennis since he first competed here as an 18-year-old in 2005. Impressive.

There were also wins today for Francesca Schiavone and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

The Spaniard captured his seventh Barcelona Open title to move within 3,000 ranking points of the world No1, while Maria Sharapova thumped Victoria Azarenka to move within sight of the top spot.

Elsewhere, Novak Djokovic booked his place in the final four and a power outage wreaked havoc with Agnieszka Radwanska’s quarter-final.

It’s been a good day for the likes of Andy Murray and Maria Sharapova in Melbourne.

All the big names won their third-round matches at the Australian Open in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The seedings have been announced for the first Grand Slam of the tennis season in Melbourne. Exciting.

Andy Murray has hired Ivan Lendl in an attempt to capture his first Grand Slam crown, but Novak Djokovic is still the man to beat.

Janko Tipsarevic will step in to replace Murray after the Scot aggravated a groin injury yesterday.

After coming into the tournament in good form, Andy Murray has been beaten in his opening match of the ATP Tour Finals.

Rafa Nadal slams Yannick Noah as “totally stupid” following claims of endemic doping among Spanish athletes.

Fabio Fognini injured a muscle in his left leg while beating Albert Montanes yesterday, meaning the game’s in-form man is into the last four without breaking sweat.

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