Roger Federer has reached his first final of the year. The top-ranked Swiss beat Denis Gremelmayr 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 Saturday in the Estoril Open semifinals.

ROGER Federer battled changing weather before beating Portugal's Frederico Gil 6-4 6-1 to reach the Estoril Open semi-finals.

SERENA Williams continued her domination of Maria Sharapova with a 7-5 4-6 6-1 win in the quarter-finals of the WTA Family Circle Cup on Friday.

TOP-seeded American James Blake cruised into the semi-finals of the US Men's Clay Court Championships on Friday, as compatriot Mardy Fish again came up short.

The Santa Clara men's tennis team fell in the first round to No. 14 Pepperdine, 4-0. The No. 8 seed Broncos faced the No. 1 seed Waves in the first match of the day.

The Santa Clara women's tennis team faced a hard-fought and intense loss to top-seeded Pepperdine Friday morning in the first day of the 2008 West Coast Conference Championships. The Waves posted a 4-1 win over the Broncos.

Junior Kenzo Hirakawa-Wong and sophomore Jay Wong sat down with SantaClaraBroncos.com to recap this season.

JAMIE Murray and partner Kevin Ullyett reached the final of the Estoril Open with a three-set victory over Jordan Kerr and Frantisek Cermack yesterday.