As if Andy Murray did not have enough rivals in one of the toughest eras of men’s tennis, now his mind has started playing tricks on him.

Former champion Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the US Open with the knee injury that has kept him out of action since Wimbledon.

Andy Murray admitted he was moments from quitting during his remarkable victory over Jarkko Nieminen at the French Open today and declared: "I can't believe I won".

Andy Murray has withdrawn from next week’s Dubai Championships citing a wrist injury.

World number 21 Fernando Gonzalez will be out of action for 10 weeks with a knee injury, ruling him out of Chile's team for next month's Davis Cup quarter-final against Czech Republic.

Andy Murray admitted he was blown off course by the windy conditions as he crashed to a 6-1 6-2 defeat by Rafael Nadal in the final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells last night.

World number three Novak Djokovic qualified for the semi-finals of the Masters Cup after maintaining his 100% record with a below-par 7-6 (7-3) 0-6 7-5 victory over Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko in Shanghai today.

Andy Murray was left to reflect on a sensational two months after his long winning streak finally came to an end at the Paris Masters.

HISTORY may not be on Andy Murray’s side, but the British number one will go into tonight’s US Open semi-final intent on making a little of his own.

Andy Murray believes he can use his maiden Masters Series victory in Cincinnati as the springboard for even greater successes.

Rafael Nadal insisted he is capable of winning on any surface after he closed in on the world number one spot by adding a hardcourt title to his impressive 2008 triumphs in Toronto last night.

Andy Murray was unable to exorcise another of his demons at the Rogers Cup in Canada as Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal maintained his stranglehold on the British number one.

Andy Murray has two more chances to get his clay court preparation up to speed ahead of the French Open after he slumped to a 6-4 6-4 defeat at the hands of Mario Ancic in Barcelona.

ROGER FEDERER defeated number nine James Blake 6-1 6-4 in the final of Western & Southern Financial Group Masters to claim his fifth title of the season.

World number 14 Andy Murray was uncertain about his immediate plans after his comeback from injury was abruptly halted by a 6-2 6-2 defeat by Fabio Fognini in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

Andy Murray has pulled out of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington DC this week to continue rehabilitation on his problematic wrist injury.

Defending champion Roger Federer was today handed a bye to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon when fourth-round opponent Tommy Haas was forced to pull out through injury.

Roger Federer was today aiming for his 50th straight win on grass in the second round at Wimbledon.

Rodger Federer insisted he felt under no extra pressure attempting to create history after he crashed out of the Masters Series at the hands of lucky loser Guillermo Canas in Indian Wells.

Tim Henman has been rewarded for his improved form with a wildcard into next week’s Masters Series event in Madrid.

French Open favourite Rafael Nadal was already concentrating on his third-round match against French youngster Richard Gasquet after impressively dispatching Belgium’s Xavier Malisse in round two on Wednesday.

Roger Federer looked in ominous form as he coasted through to the second round of the French Open on Monday with a straight-sets victory over Israel’s Dudi Sela.

Tim Henman last night slumped to his eighth consecutive defeat to Lleyton Hewitt in the Masters Series event in Cincinnati.

Roger Federer’s 23-match winning streak was brought to a halt in Cincinnati by Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia.

TIM HENMAN crashed out of the Masters Series event in Rome yesterday after Argentina’s Mariano Zabaleta stormed back from a set down to seal his place in the quarter-finals.

Tim Henman has given his cautious backing to plans to build a roof over Wimbledon’s Centre Court.

Paul Annacone is determined to make Tim Henman live up to his ‘Tiger’ nickname.

Tim Henman joined fellow Brit Greg Rusedski in crashing out of the US Open at the first hurdle after going down 6-3 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 to fourth seed Andy Roddick in New York.

Andy Roddick’s attempt to capture his third title in four tournaments carried him to the quarter-finals of the Masters Series with a straight sets win over his Davis Cup colleague James Blake.

Andre Agassi is certain to go to the US Open the week after next as the world number one – just when it seemed odds on that he would be overtaken.

Wimbledon champion Roger Federer missed the chance to become world number one for the first time in his career when he lost for the first time in five meetings with Andy Roddick.

After crashing out of the quarter-finals in the ATP Masters Series in Montreal, world number three Andre Agassi announced he will take two weeks off before the US Open.

French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero lost his place at the top of the ATP Champions Race after a shock third-round defeat in the Masters Series in Montreal.

Wimbledon champion Roger Federer scored his 18th win in 19 matches as he reached the quarter-finals of the Masters Series in Montreal.

Inconsistency has dogged Roger Federer in his short career and that was perfectly illustrated today when the world number five was sent packing from the French Open by a virtual unknown from Peru.

Tim Henman made a winning return to action today with victory over Ecuador’s Nicolas Lapentti at the BMW Open in Munich.

Carlos Moya continued his fine form of 2002 to sweep past Dick Norman and into the second round of the Australian Open.

Tim Henman was dumped out of the Masters Series event in Toronto by Wimbledon finalist David Nalbandian.

Tim Henman comfortably progressed to the third round of the Masters Series in Toronto with a 6-3 6-3 victory over American James Blake.

Jennifer Capriati beat Monica Seles in three sets to reach the final of the Nasdaq-100 Open.

Gustavo Kuerten slipped back into his recent losing habit as he bowed out of the Masters Series event in Paris.

Tim Henman lost his rain-delayed semi-final against Gustavo Kuerten at the Masters Series event in Cincinnati.

Andre Agassi has crashed out of the Masters series event in Hamburg.

Andre Agassi and Marat Safin have crashed out of the Masters Series event in Hamburg.

Greg Rusedski's French Open preparations were hit by a second round loss to Wayne Ferreira at the Rome Masters Series event.

Tim Henman overcame the loss of the second set to beat Albert Costa and advance to the second round of the Masters Series event in Rome.

Pete Sampras has been knocked out in the first round of the Masters Series in Rome by Israel's Harel Levy, 7-5 2-6 6-4.

Magnus Norman was knocked out of the Masters Series Italian Open in the first round, a year after collecting his biggest career tournament win on the same Foro Italico courts.

Tim Henman is "quietly confident" of maintaining his momentum on his least favourite surface as he prepares to continue his clay court campaign in Rome.

Tim Henman is through to the quarter finals of the Masters Series tennis tournament in Monte Carlo.