Washington, Sept 9 : Five-time champion Roger Federer has reached the US Open semi-finals after defeating French tennis star Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Federer beat Tsonga 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, and will now face Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.

Djokovic beat fellow countryman Janko Tipsarevic in five dramatic sets score to reach the semi-finals.

It was party time for Roger Federer who couldn't help but savor over his first Grand Slam victory as a father but already looking forward to the defend his French Open crown. Federer partied until dawn in Melbourne on Monday and enjoyed drinking champagne too.

The 28-year-old Swiss was able to extend his record to 16 major titles along with dashing British hopes of a first men's Grand Slam champion in 74 years, after defeating Andy Murray in the Australian Open final.

The father of six-month old twin girls feels that there is still lot for him to prove on the tour.

London, Dec 31 : Rafael Nadal's epic Wimbledon victory over Roger Federer in 2008 has been voted as the sporting moment of the decade.

In a poll conducted by the Daily Telegraph, Nadal's 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7 triumph in near darkness that snapped Federer's winning run at Wimbledon has topped all other sporting moments of the decade, receiving 17 per cent of votes.

Liverpool's 'Miracle of Istanbul' came second with 15 per cent votes. Arsenal's 'Invincible' season of 2003-04 was third with 13 per cent. England's Rugby World Cup victory in 2003 came fourth, with 11 per cent of the vote.

London, Nov 28 : Tennis star Roger Federer has said that World No. 5 Del Potro deserved to go through for the final stages of the World Tour Finals.

Potro was controversially given the green signal for the end-of-season event, which eliminated World No 3 and local favourite Andy Murray.

Murray became only the fifth player since 1970 to win two matches, but fail to make the semis.

London, Nov 27 - Roger Federer and Juan Del Potro qualified in nail-biting style for semi-final places in the ATP World Tour Finals, with Scot Andy Murray kept from a spot by the tyranny of mathematics.

Federer won Group A despite taking a loss in his Thursday match to Del Potro 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, a result which eliminated Murray on winning game percentage despite his earlier defeat of Spain's Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-3).

The maths could not have been more complex for places at the weekend at the eight-man season wrapup.

London, Nov 25 - Roger Federer clinched the year-end world number one title a year after losing it to Rafael Nadal, regaining the honour with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 defeat of Andy Murray at the ATP World Tour Finals.

For the second time in as many matches, Switzerland's 15-time Grand Slam winner had to rally Tuesday after losing an opening set.

The comeback victory in two hours improved his record against the fourth-ranked Scot to 4-6 and marked his second success in a row in that series after winning a Cincinnati semi-final last summer.

London  - Roger Federer and Andy Murray kick-started the ATP World Tour Finals Sunday after a move from China to Britain, with both earning opening group victories at the eight-man year-end showcase.

Top seed Federer lost the first set of his career to Fernando Verdasco, but regrouped after a big effort to defeat the Spaniard 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 in their Group A clash of an event held for the last four years in Shanghai.

Paris - Roger Federer remains unruffled by his second-round exit to Julien Benneteau at the Paris Masters, with the Swiss number one convinced that he can live with a week of training at home before heading to London for the new year-end final.

The Swiss suffered his second setback in four days after going down to Novak Djokovic in the final at home in Basle - but there is no panic on Team Federer.

"I guess I'm a clay court specialist now," joked the reigning French Open champion who has only reached three career quarter-finals at the Bercy arena,

Hamburg  - Roger Federer enjoyed another week atop the men's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the ATP, while the man who beat him in the Basle final, Novak Djokovic, closed in on second place.

Federer took 10,340 points into this week's Paris Masters. Spain's Rafael Nadal has 8,845 points and the Serbian Djokovic is on 8,300 after beating Federer in three sets Sunday in his native Switzerland.

Zurich  - The Andre Agassi crystal meth revelations, to be fully explained in his autobiography next month, have come as a shock to world number one Roger Federer.

The top seed at his home event from Monday in Basle told local media that Agassi's confession to have used the drug crystal meth during a low points in 1997 was a stunner.

"It was a shock when I heard the news," said Federer at a sponsor function. "I'm disappointed and I hope there are no more such cases in future. The sport must stay clean."

Basle, Switzerland - Roger Federer's return to tennis after a five-week pause will be celebrated with joyous voices as his home Swiss Indoors honours the world number one local hero Monday.

Amid the a bid from anti-smoking forces to somehow get the Swiss to avoid the event sponsored by luxury good provider Davidoff, plans advanced to honour the native son in a tennis hall re-named for him last year.

Hamburg - Roger Federer of Switzerland led the way in an unchanged top 10 in the latest men's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the ATP.

Federer has 10,305 points for a comfortable advantage over Spanish rival Rafael Nadal (9,095) and Serbia's Novak Djokovic (7,950).

ATP top 10 as of October 26 (previous ranking in parenthesis): <# 1. (1) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 10,305 points 2. (2) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 9,095 3. (3) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 7,950 4. (4) Andy Murray, Britain, 6,890 5. (5) Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 6,165 6. (6) Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 4,700 7. (7) Andy Roddick, United States,

Hamburg  - Roger Federer retained the top spot in the men's tennis rankings on Monday while Novak Djokovic returned to third and Nikolay Davydenko climbed into sixth place.

Switzerland's Federer has 10,805 points in the latest ATP list to lead from Spanish rival Rafael Nadal (9,095) and Djokovic (7,950), who moved ahead of Briton Andy Murray again by virtue of a Shanghai semi-final berth last week.

Russia's Davydenko won the Shanghai Masters to rise from eighth to sixth with 4,700 points. <# ATP top 10 as of October 19 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

Doha, Qatar  - Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will again start their tennis seasons with New Year's appearances at the Capitala World Championship before heading to Australia to prepare for the Grand Slam.

Officials at the December 31-January 2 event announced Monday that they have secured the top two in the world for a three-day, six-player tournament won last year by Scot Andy Murray over Nadal.

Hamburg  - Roger Federer maintained first place in the latest men's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the ATP as Novak Djokovic closed in on the top three with a Beijing title the previous day.

The Swiss Federer leads the way with 11,255 points from Spanish rival Rafael Nadal, who has 8,945 after returning last week to action from injury.

Briton Andy Murray has 8,390 for third place. But he is under threat from Djokovic, on 7,740 after winning in China in his aim to return into the top three.

Tokyo - Roger Federer Friday withdrew from next month's run of ATP Asian events in Tokyo and Shanghai, saying he needed to rest after a gruelling season.

The Swiss world number one had complained of fatigue after helping his nation last weekend to remain in the Davis Cup World Group with a 3-2 victory over Italy.

The 15-time Grand Slam champion will miss the Japan Open, which he

New York  - Roger Federer performed his everyday magic to mow down Tommy Robredo 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 and reach the quarter-finals of the US Open, setting up a rerun of his winning French Open final as the men's top seed started off week two with a solid win.

The Swiss world number one, aiming for a record sixth straight trophy at Flushing Meadows, will play against Robin Soderling who advanced 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 when eighth seed Nikolay Davydenko retired with a groin injury.

Federer beat Soderling in June to win his first title at Roland Garros before repeating the victory in the Wimbledon fourth round for an 11-0 record against the Swede.

New York, Sep 4 : Tennis star Roger Federer has finally praised World No. 2 and counterpart Andy Murray, and said that Murray is a young player and can win Slams in the years to follow.

“It does not irritate me when experts and former players pick other players. Not everybody can pick me, so it''s fine,” The Sun quoted Federer, as saying.

“I think Andy deserves a few picks, no doubt, because he''s played so well. The only thing is he hasn''t won a Slam yet, but he''s still quite young,” he added.

Hamburg  - Roger Federer stayed well clear of an unchanged top 10 in the ATP men's tennis rankings published Monday.

Federer, who faces a rookie in the first round of the US Open in American teenager Devin Britton, leads with 12,040 points from Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal.

The only player to increase his points during the week was the tenth-ranked Fernando Verdasco, who won his first ATP World Tour title on Saturday when he beat Sam Querrey 6-4, 7-6(6) in the Pilot Pen tournament in New Haven.

London, Aug 27: Tennis star Roger Federer appears to have dealt with fatherhood with the same ease as he would have done with a qualifier in the first round of a tournament.

The World No. 1, along with his wife Mirka have spent a good part of their time after the birth of their twin daughters, Myla and Charlene, holidaying in North America, but still he is able to stick with his winning routine.