Bernard Tomic

  Tennis player Bernard Tomic made a strange request of the chair umpire during a changeover in his match against David Ferrer at the Sony Ericsson Open on Saturday: Can you please ask my dad to leave the stands. A television camera picked up the exchange after Tomic held serve to go up, 3-2, in the second set. "He's annoying me. I know he's my father, but he's annoying me," Tomic says. "I want him to leave as soon as possible. " An obviously surprised chair umpire responds "If you tell him to leave what will happen?"

Olympic men's champion Andy Murray won his opening match in the Rogers Cup on Wednesday, beating Italy's Flavio Cipolla , 6-1, 6-3, at Toronto. Murray, the second-seeded British star who beat Roger Federer on Sunday in London for the gold medal, set up a third-round match against Canada's Milos Raonic . "I felt OK this morning when I practiced and decided to give it a go," Murray said. "I feel a little sore in the joints and stuff a little bit. I mean I feel tired mentally. I haven't really slept much in the last few days, so that's probably catching up to me a little bit. "But I hit the ball pretty well.

Seedings in parentheses CENTRE COURT Play begins 5 a.m. PDT Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (12) vs. six-time champion Roger Federer (3); Andy Murray (4) vs. unseeded Feliciano Lopez. COURT 1 Play begins 5 a.m. PDT Bernard Tomic, 18-year-old qualifier from Australia, vs. Novak Djokovic (2); defending champion Rafael Nadal (1) vs. Mardy Fish (10), the only American left in the singles draws. COURT 2 Play begins 4 a.m. PDT Sabine Lisicki (women's singles semifinalist)

  Tennis player Bernard Tomic made a strange request of the chair umpire during a changeover in his match against David Ferrer at the Sony Ericsson Open on Saturday: Can you please ask my dad to leave the stands. A television camera picked up the exchange after Tomic held serve to go up, 3-2, in the second set. "He's annoying me. I know he's my father, but he's annoying me," Tomic says. "I want him to leave as soon as possible. " An obviously surprised chair umpire responds "If you tell him to leave what will happen?"

It is lonely for Mardy Fish . He's the only American man left in the singles draw as Wimbledon resumes Monday with all the fourth-round matches for men and women on the schedule and 90-degree heat forecast. "It doesn't feel great," said Fish of the fact that, as happened at the French Open, before a two-week major is half finished, the U.S. is not representing. "I want the guys here," Fish said. "So that's a bit of a bummer I guess. " Fish is married to former UCLA player Stacey Gardner and is so unfamous that Fish, the 10th-seeded man at the world's biggest tournament, was asked who gets recognized more when they're out and about in Los Angeles, which is where he and Gardner live.

Olympic men's champion Andy Murray won his opening match in the Rogers Cup on Wednesday, beating Italy's Flavio Cipolla , 6-1, 6-3, at Toronto. Murray, the second-seeded British star who beat Roger Federer on Sunday in London for the gold medal, set up a third-round match against Canada's Milos Raonic . "I felt OK this morning when I practiced and decided to give it a go," Murray said. "I feel a little sore in the joints and stuff a little bit. I mean I feel tired mentally. I haven't really slept much in the last few days, so that's probably catching up to me a little bit. "But I hit the ball pretty well.

It's as if Serena Williams is unpacking her tennis game bit by bit, taking it out of the luggage slowly. Remove the forehand; shake out the wrinkles. Unfold the backhand; make sure there are no unexpected holes. Dig around and find the serve — the one that sends chalk dust into the air, the one that can make an opponent cringe even before the ball hits the ground. Williams, the defending Wimbledon champion but only the No. 7-seeded player in the women's draw because she sat out most of the last year with injuries and illness, moved briskly into the fourth round Saturday.

Reporting from Wimbledon, England — First it was a tap, a Jo-Wilfried Tsonga forehand deep in the corner early in the third set that caused Roger Federer to furrow his brow. It was as if a younger brother poked his finger in the chest of an older sibling and realized for the first time that he could knock him down, the 26-year-old Tsonga slowly gaining confidence against Federer on Wednesday at Wimbledon. That forehand preceded a 130-mph ace, which turned into a service break that became two and then three until Federer was left behind, pushed around and finally out of Wimbledon for the second consecutive year, an upset loser in a quarterfinal.

MONDAY'S FEATURED MATCHES Centre Court Beginning 5 a.m. PDT Roger Federer vs. Alejandro Falla Laura Robson vs. Jelena Jankovic Novak Djokovic vs. Olivier Rochus No. 1 Court Beginning 5 a.m. PDT Nikolay Davydenko vs. Kevin Anderson Andy Roddick vs. Rajeev Ram Venus Williams vs. Rossana De Los Rios No. 2 Court ...

Today's featured matches Centre Court (Play begins 5 a.m. PDT) Caroline Wozniacki (1) vs. Jarmila Gajdosova; David Nalbandian (28) vs. Roger Federer (3); Marcos Baghdatis (32) vs. Novak Djokovic (2). Court 1 (Play begins 5 a.m. PDT) Rafael Nadal (1) vs. Gilles Muller, to completion, Nadal leads 7-6 (6), 0-0; Maria Kirilenko (26) vs. Serena Williams (7); Robin Soderling (5) vs. 18-year-old Australian Bernard Tomic. Court 2 (Play begins 4 a.m. PDT)

Reporting from Wimbledon, England — First it was a tap, a Jo-Wilfried Tsonga forehand deep in the corner early in the third set that caused Roger Federer to furrow his brow. It was as if a younger brother poked his finger in the chest of an older sibling and realized for the first time that he could knock him down, the 26-year-old Tsonga slowly gaining confidence against Federer on Wednesday at Wimbledon. That forehand preceded a 130-mph ace, which turned into a service break that became two and then three until Federer was left behind, pushed around and finally out of Wimbledon for the second consecutive year, an upset loser in a quarterfinal.

Seedings in parentheses CENTRE COURT Play begins 5 a.m. PDT Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (12) vs. six-time champion Roger Federer (3); Andy Murray (4) vs. unseeded Feliciano Lopez. COURT 1 Play begins 5 a.m. PDT Bernard Tomic, 18-year-old qualifier from Australia, vs. Novak Djokovic (2); defending champion Rafael Nadal (1) vs. Mardy Fish (10), the only American left in the singles draws. COURT 2 Play begins 4 a.m. PDT Sabine Lisicki (women's singles semifinalist)

It is lonely for Mardy Fish . He's the only American man left in the singles draw as Wimbledon resumes Monday with all the fourth-round matches for men and women on the schedule and 90-degree heat forecast. "It doesn't feel great," said Fish of the fact that, as happened at the French Open, before a two-week major is half finished, the U.S. is not representing. "I want the guys here," Fish said. "So that's a bit of a bummer I guess. " Fish is married to former UCLA player Stacey Gardner and is so unfamous that Fish, the 10th-seeded man at the world's biggest tournament, was asked who gets recognized more when they're out and about in Los Angeles, which is where he and Gardner live.

It's as if Serena Williams is unpacking her tennis game bit by bit, taking it out of the luggage slowly. Remove the forehand; shake out the wrinkles. Unfold the backhand; make sure there are no unexpected holes. Dig around and find the serve — the one that sends chalk dust into the air, the one that can make an opponent cringe even before the ball hits the ground. Williams, the defending Wimbledon champion but only the No. 7-seeded player in the women's draw because she sat out most of the last year with injuries and illness, moved briskly into the fourth round Saturday.

NEW YORK - Andy Roddick, who turned 30 on Thursday, announced that whenever he is finished playing in this U.S. Open, his tennis career will be over. Roddick, who won his only major title at the U.S. Open in 2003 and who was a finalist at the Open in 2006 as well as being runner-up three times at Wimbledon, said he made his decision after winning his first round here. Roddick, seeded 20th, is scheduled to play Australian teenager Bernard Tomic on Friday night at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Today's featured matches Seedings in parenthesis CENTRE COURT Play begins at 5 a.m. PDT: Andy Murray (4) vs. Richard Gasquet; five-time champion Venus Williams (23) vs. Tsvetana Pironkova (32), who upset Williams in last year's quarterfinals; defending champion Rafael Nadal (1) vs. Juan Martin del Potro (24), 2009 U.S. Open champion. COURT 1 Play begins at 5 a.m. PDT: Marion Bartoli (9) vs. defending champion Serena Williams (7); Michael Llodra (19)