It was high drama under the lights as Serena Williams defeated Jelena Jankovic in the US Open 2008 women’s final, 6-4, 7-5, on Sunday night.

Top seed Roger Federer was beaten 6-4 7-6 by American James Blake in the quarter-finals of the Olympic men’s singles.

Roger Federer of Switzerland defeated Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic 6-3, 7-6(4) in the third round of the Men’s Singles Tennis event at the Olympic Green Tennis Center on Wednesday, August 13

Rafael Nadal crushed former world number one Lleyton Hewitt 6-1 6-2 at the Olympic Tennis Centre before Roger Federer gave El Salvador’s Rafael Arevalo a tennis lesson he will never forget.

"My goal is to try to get number one ranking back," Roger said. "I need to play well again. I need to win the big matches. That's what I'm looking at at the moment."

Men and Women Draw and Results

Britain's Andy Murray has climbed to a career-high of number six in the world after winning his first Masters Series title in Cincinnati 2008 on Sunday.

Former No. 1 Marat Safin continued his slow climb back toward the top of the rankings with a 6-3, 6-4 win over John Isner in the first round of the Countrywide Classic 2008 on Tuesday afternoon.

Andy Murray won his first title at the elite Masters Series level with a stunning victory over world number three Novak Djokovic in Cincinnati.