Robin Soderling didn't lose a game Thursday in giving Sweden a 1-0 lead over Germany in the group's deciding series at the World Team Championship in Germany.

Ivo Karlovic and Andreas Seppi were among the last to advance to the quarterfinals Thursday at the inaugural Serbia Open. In a tuneup for the French Open, Karlovic defeated Brian Dabul 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) and Seppi was a 6-4, 6-1 winner over Leonardo Mayer. Ivan Ljubicic, seeded sixth in the event, was a 6-4, 6-3 upset victim to Marcos Daniel, and qualifier Flavio Cipolla surprised No.

Spain's Rafael Nadal won his 26th straight clay court match Wednesday, beating Italy's Andreas Seppi 6-2, 6-3 in the third round of the Italian Masters in Rome. Seppi thrilled a partisan crowd by breaking the world's top-ranked men's player in the first game of the opening set, but was quickly brought back to earth when he lost 34 of the next 44 service points. I'm coming here with big motivation because Rome is a very big tournament, Nadal said after his match record on clay courts rose to 143-4 since 2005.

LONDON (Reuters) - Andre Agassi delayed writing the final chapter in his Wimbledon memoirs with an engrossing 6-4 7-6 6-4 win over Italian Andreas Seppi in the second round on Thursday.

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Claycourt steamroller Rafael Nadal continues his adaption to the lush Wimbledon lawns on Thursday when he opens day four's Center Court program against American qualifier Robert Kendrick.