Belarussian Victoria Azarenka held her top spot in the latest rankings released on Monday, as Slovak Dominika Cibulkova, winner of the Carlsbad tournament, moves up to one place to world number 13th.

Stanislas Wawrinka will carry the Swiss flag at Friday's Olympic Games opening ceremony, taking over from 2008 gold medal winning teammate Roger Federer who performed the duty in Athens and Beijing.

Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna gained a place in the ATP World Tour doubles rankings to go up to 13th with 4,540 points.

India tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi on Monday said he never thought of playing in his fifth Olympics and expressed the desire to meet Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt during the London Games beginning Friday.

Argentine Juan Monaco defeated home hope Tommy Haas 7-5, 6-4 to claim his third title of the season in the ATP clay-court event in Hamburg on Sunday.

Slovenia's Polona Hercog rallied from a set down to defeat French hope Mathilde Johansson and successfully defend her title at the Swedish Open here on Sunday.

Fourth-seeded American Andy Roddick shrugged off a slow start to surge to a three-set victory over Gilles Muller on Sunday in the final of the ATP Atlanta Open.

Dominika Cibulkova beat top-seeded Marion Bartoli 6-1, 7-5 on Sunday to win the WTA Carlsbad crown, warming up for the London Olympics with her second career title.

Tennis ace Rafael Nadal has set his sights on becoming Spain's flag-bearer at the 2016 Olympics after injury deprived him of the opportunity at the London Games.

A player with a distinct yet effective style of play, Rohan Bopanna has scripted several success stories for himself. While his singles career best ranking was 213 in 2007, his performance in the doubles category has been phenomenal.