World number two, Roger Federer, looked every bit like the best hard court player in the world this week as he came back against an in-form Mardy Fish to claim the Cincinnati title.

The rain could not hide the tears as American’s Fish, Roddick, Sweeting and Isner all fell at the Legg Mason Tournament on Thursday.

Wednesday was a tough day for the seeds in Washington but top seed Tomas Berdych barely managed to move ahead.

In the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, John Isner continued his tiebreaker success and escape artist Fernando Verdasco narrowly advanced to the round of sixteen on Tuesday.

The new Sam Querrey showed that his game is healthy, his skills are sharp and he will be a force on the hard court tour culminating in New York.

All four semifinalists at Los Angeles had their moments in the sun, but when it was said and done the top two seeds moved on the finals.

The seeding survived at the Farmers Classic until Janko Tipsarevic upset 3rd seeded Marcos Baghdatis to complete the semifinal pairings.

Friday in Los Angeles will be something special as the top four seeds have all reached the quarterfinals at the Farmer’s Classic.

Top seed Andy Murray makes his tournament debut this evening but second seed Sam Querrey had his hands full in his opener.

At the Atlanta Championships, the fans got the all-American finals they wanted but top seed And Roddick is down and out.