Tennis

UPDATE 2-Tennis-Rome Masters men's singles quarter-final result 8:00pm BST

May 9 (Reuters) - Rome Masters men's singles quarter-final results on Friday (prefix number denotes seeding, * new result) * 6-Andy Roddick (U.S.) beat 14-Tommy Robredo (Spain) 6-3 4-6 7-6(4) Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) beat 1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) 7-6(4) 7-6(7) Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat 8-James Blake (U.S.) 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-1 Full Article

UPDATE 2-Tennis-Safina edges Williams to win classic in Berlin 7:54pm BST

BERLIN, May 9 (Reuters) - Russian Dinara Safina won a great scrap with fifth seed Serena Williams 2-6 6-1 7-6 to end the American's 17-match winning streak and reach the German Open semi-finals on Friday. Full Article

Federer eyes quick reaction to Rome KO 7:55pm BST

ROME (Reuters) - Roger Federer said he would respond to his Rome Masters defeat by Czech Radek Stepanek on Friday with a successful defence of his Hamburg title next week. Full Article