Topic: Belgian Christophe Rochus

Nikolay Davydenko of Russia defeated Austrian Jurgen Melzer, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 in Saturday's final at the St. Polten International.

Russia's Nikolay Davydenko and Austrian crowd favorite Jurgen Melzer advanced to the finals Friday of the St. Polten International tennis event.

In a rematch of last year's final, Swiss Roger Federer again topped Argentine Guillermo Coria, this time in quarterfinal action at Germany's Hamburg Masters.

Top-seeded Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia, seeking his fourth title of 2004, advanced Tuesday in the Grand Prix Hassan II tournament in Morocco.

Spaniard Albert Montanes and Belgian Christophe Rochus beat highly seeded opponents Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Valencia Open in Spain.

Andy Roddick had little trouble advancing to the second round Wednesday at the Siebel Open.

Swede Thomas Johansson made a successful return with a 6-1, 6-3 rout of Belgian Christophe Rochus Monday in the first round of the $380,000 AAPT Championship.

Wayne Ferreira of South Africa opened play at the $2.95 million Masters Series Madrid Monday with a 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-5) victory over Ivan Ljubicic.

Juan Carlos Ferrero, the leader in the ATP Champions Race, overcame two match points Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Idea Prokom Open.

Spain's Albert Costa and Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela and Gaston Gaudio, the top three seeds, advanced Friday to the semifinals of the $381,000