Stars come out as Roddick races ahead

PARIS: The shiniest stars will come out today at the Paris Masters when Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray will all be in action - but Tuesday belonged to Andy Roddick, Juan Martin del Potro and Novak Djokovic as they raced into the last 16.

Nadal - who has the Shanghai Masters and also the Davis Cup final to preoccupy him - will meet Frenchman Florent Serra, who took just five games off the world No 1 across two previous meetings, both this year, before Federer takes on newly-crowned Lyon winner Robin Soderling of Sweden.

Federer holds a 7-0 lifetime record against the Scandinavian.