German veteran Tommy Haas is one of the lesser known members of 17 time Major winner Roger Federer’s ‘lost generation’ of tennis players that includes the likes of Andy Roddick, Marat Safin and Lleyton Hewitt. Players that could have won many more titles and majors had it not been for Federer’s great rise to the top and 5 year reign as world no.1. Roddick, Safin and Hewitt have a few slams to their credit and also a world no.1 ranking. Haas, on the other hand, who was up there with the Swiss Maestro as far as talent was concerned was never able to live up to the promise he once showed, even though he did manage to reach the world no.2 position and a couple of semi-final appearances at the Grand Slams.

2012 was the year where he made a comeback to the tour with a victory in Halle (against Federer) and jumped 184 places to get back into the top 20. With his defeat of world no.1 Novak Djokovic and 11th seed Giles Simon in quick succession in straight sets, the 34 year old German, became the feel good story of the Miami Masters. Could he, after all these years, manage to pull off something special and win the Sony Open?

World No. 5 David Ferrer continued his good run at the Miami Masters on Thursday as he fought back after losing the first set to beat Austria’s Jurgen Melzer 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 to progress to the semi-finals. In the semis, he will face the first German to reach this far at Key Biscayne, the 20th seeded Tommy Haas. Haas followed on from his 4th round upset of world no.1 Novak Djokovic to send 11th seed Giles Simon packing in straight sets 6-3, 6-1.

In the first of the day's quarter-finals, 4th seed David Ferrer took on the unseeded Jurgen Melzer. The two had met 9 times previously with the Spaniard emerging victorious on 7 of those occasions.  Despite that lopsided record, he came up against an in-form Melzer who was in the midst of a 9 match winning streak and the Austrian began strongly to take the first set 6-4.

The biggest upset off the tournament came in the men’s draw of the Sony Open on Thursday courtesy 15th seed Tommy Haas who defeated world no.1 and two time defending champion Novak Djokovic in straight sets 6-2, 6-4. Fellow Serb and no.7 seed Janko Tipsarevic was another member of the top 10 who was sent packing with a loss in three sets at the hands of 11th seed Giles Simon 7-5, 2-6, 2-6. The other top players like 2nd seed Andy Murray, 3rd seed David Ferrer and 4th seed Tomas Berdych performed according to rank and moved into the quarterfinals with comfortable straight set victories.

15th seed Tommy Haas has a great CV that has a former world no. 2 position and 4 Grand Slam semi-final appearances to his credit but his career has been plagued with injuries preventing him from putting together a strong run in the last decade. Moreover, at 35 Haas is the oldest player in the top 50. With Miami being practically home turf for Djokovic, who came into their match on the back of 14 straight wins here, things did not look good for the German.

Professional tennis made a triumphant return to Los Angeles on Monday night. The first LA Tennis Challenge featured world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, Olympic silver medalist Mardy Fish, 14-time Grand Slam champion Pete Sampras, the most successful doubles team of all-time the Bryan brothers, former world No. 2 Tommy Haas, and former world No. 4 James Blake.

The event was orchestrated and co-hosted by good friends Fish and ATP World Tour Board member and Tennis Channel broadcaster Justin Gimelstob. Their goal of proving that professional tennis is alive and well in Los Angeles was validated in all ways, and guarantees that Los Angeles will remain a hotbed for one of the most popular sports in the world.

On Sunday, Canadian sensation Milos Raonic became the first player in the Open Era to win three consecutive titles at the SAP Open, an ATP World Tour 250 event.

The 22-year-old Canadian defeated former world no. 2 Tommy Haas of Germany 6-4, 6-3 in the final to win his third consecutive title in San Jose and his fourth career ATP singles crown. Raonic hit 19 aces, won 90 percent of his first serve points, and hit multiple outright return winners to leave Haas on his heels throughout the 75-minute match.

As the third edition of the CIMB Classic approaches, the field for the only PGA TOUR co-sanctioned event in Malaysia is rounding into form, with 30 players from the PGA TOUR and eight sponsor exemptions committing to play at Mines Resort & Golf Club on 25-28 October. The 36 committed players from the PGA TOUR, which includes six sponsors' exemption, represent 128 PGA TOUR victories.

The field is led by Tiger Woods, winner of 14 major championships and a two-time FedExCup champion. Woods, who won three times in 2012 on the PGA TOUR – at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard, the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance and the AT&T National – will play in the CIMB Classic for the first time in his career.

The world no.14 and 3rd seed Juan Monaco overcame the challenge of home favorite Tommy Haas in a relatively close straight sets affair, 7-5, 6-4 to bag his third ATP World Tour clay court title of the season at the bet-at-home Open - German Tennis Championships 2012. The victory also guarantees the Argentine a spot in the Top 10 for the very first time in his career. The match was far from routine for the Argentine, being forced to dig out of numerous spots of bother largely owing to his trademark determination and grit to edge past the inspired veteran. The local boy, who put a halt to his 3 year title draught thanks to a title in the Gerry Weber Open in June, was unable to deliver at the critical moments with his unforced errors count proving to be his undoing.

The 34 year old drew first blood in the opening set scoring the first break in the 4th game with the help of some cracking backhand winners to get his nose ahead in the first set. However, the Argentine's relentless defense continued to cause the German to pull the trigger at inopportune times which finally resulted in the veteran relinquishing his break in the 8th game to get the scores back on level terms. The all-important break came in the 11th game thanks in no small part to again the 3rd seed's outstanding retrieval skills to give him the opportunity to serve for the set, which he did with minimum fuss to pocket the first set in an hour.