...Scot, carrying the hopes of a British public looking for its first male Grand Slam champion since 1936, was leading Andrei Pavel 6-2, 3-1, 15-0 in the Australian Open when the Romanian retired with a back injury. The fourth-seeded Murray...

...Massu 7-5, 6-4 Thursday in his second match of the day, former No. 1 Hewitt was beaten 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 by Andrei Pavel, and fourth-seeded Henman was eliminated 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 by Mariano Zabaleta. Not necessarily good news with...

...Nicolas Massu 7-5, 6-4 in his second match of the day, former No. 1 Hewitt was beaten 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 by Andrei Pavel, and fourth-seeded Henman was eliminated 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 by Mariano Zabaleta. The clay-court tournament's...

...6-1 to give Switzerland a 1-1 tie with Romania in the first round of the Davis Cup. Romania's top player, Andrei Pavel, defeated Michel Kratochvil 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in the first match of the best-five-series in the World...

...titleholder Sebastien Grosjean 3-6, 7-6 (10), 6-1. American Andy Roddick also advanced after beating Romania's Andrei Pavel 7-6 (5), 6-4. Roddick next plays Paradorn Srichaphan, a 6-1, 6-4 winner over Guillermo Canas 6-1, 6-4...

...36-year-old Agassi, an eight-time Grand Slam champion who's said he'll retire after the Open, will face Andrei Pavel of Romania in the first round. Pavel is a former top 20 player currently ranked 76th; Agassi has won five of their...

...Wednesday in Rome. In second-round action Wednesday, Blake beat Andrea Gaudenzi 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, Roddick overcame Andrei Pavel 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, and Agassi breezed past Michel Kratochvil 6-0, 6-1 in 43 minutes - the fastest match on...

...Costa's semifinal opponent will be either fellow Spaniard Alex Corretja, twice a French Open runner-up, or No. 22 Andrei Pavel. Their quarterfinal was suspended by rain with Corretja leading 7-6 (50), 7-5, 4-5. Quarterfinal matches...

...Open champion who already was assured of moving up to No. 1 in the ATP Tour rankings next week. Henman will face Andrei Pavel for the title. Pavel beat No. 14 Jiri Novak 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the second semifinal. Roddick wasn't at his...

...with 22 straight wins since losing to Martin Verkerk in the 2003 French Open semifinals. The Argentine will face Andrei Pavel on Thursday. In other action, two-time major champion Lleyton Hewitt came back from a set and 0-3 down to beat...