Novak Djokovic is learning to expect the unexpected at Wimbledon but is making sure he keeps his own game under control.

Tennis star Caroline Wozniacki appeared to pour cold water last night on speculation that she would walk down the aisle soon with her boyfriend, golf’s world No 1 Rory McIlroy.

THE new “Nike Chums” Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods remain the top two players in the world golf rankings in spite of missing the cut in last week’s Abu Dhabi Championship.

Lleyton Hewitt will head into next week’s Australian Open full of confidence after beating Juan Martin del Potro to clinch the AAMI Classic.

Bubba Watson goes into the Barclays Tournament in Farmingdale, New York today with every reason to believe he can pick up his first win in the FedExCup play-offs.

It’s hard to know what’s the most daunting challenge in world sport right now but whatever it is, it exists at the upper echelons of men’s tennis.

Roger Federer moved into his ninth successive Australian Open semi-final today - and a possible meeting with Rafael Nadal – after a straight-set demolition of Juan Martin Del Potro.

Bernard Tomic thrilled the Melbourne crowd by hitting back from two sets down to stun 22nd seed Fernando Verdasco on the opening day of the Australian Open.

A TEXT from Tiger Woods, a boot up the backside from Rory McIlroy and some sage counselling from Dr Bob Rotella.

DARREN CLARKE spent the build-up to this week’s British Open deflecting questions about his protegé Rory McIlroy.

DARREN CLARKE has been here before but it has been such a long and unlikely route back to the top of a British Open leaderboard that when he was cheered up the 18th at Royal St George’s yesterday there was an air of a long-lost son returning.

Amateur Tom Lewis today made a solid start to his second round of the 140th Open Championship as he looked to build on his record-breaking exploits at Royal St George’s.

American Lucas Glover today moved into a share of the lead as the early starters looked to take advantage of perfect conditions in the second round of the 140th Open Championship.

A 40-YEAR-OLD Dane and a 20-year-old amateur share the lead at the British Open heading into today’s second round of the oldest major in golf as Royal St George’s once again conformed to its quirky reputation.

American Scott Verplank has turned down the chance to act as first reserve in The Open at Sandwich tomorrow.

THE Williams sisters last night faced suggestions their domination of women’s tennis was drawing to a close after they both tumbled out of Wimbledon.

Rafael Nadal displayed nerves of steel and demonstrated all the qualities of a champion as he kept his Wimbledon title defence alive by coming through a compelling and brutal fourth-round battle with Juan Martin Del Potro.

Rafael Nadal insists he is fit enough to continue the defence of his Wimbledon title despite suffering a leg injury during his third-round win over Gilles Muller.

IRISH ace Conor Niland is set to face a dream clash against Roger Federer if he survives his Wimbledon debut tomorrow.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC is expecting a battle when he takes on 2009 US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro in the pick of the third-round matches at the French Open today.

Lucas Glover beat Jonathan Byrd in a play-off to claim victory in the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte.

A potentially memorable final showdown between clay court king Rafael Nadal and in-form world number two Novak Djokovic at the Madrid Open moved a step closer last night as both players progressed through to the quarter-finals without any problems.

World number one Rafael Nadal was one of a host of seeds to progress into the third round of the Madrid Open today, with a mouth-watering showdown against Juan Martin Del Potro awaiting the Spaniard tomorrow.

COREY PAVIN, the US Ryder Cup captain, today announces his four wild cards for Celtic Manor next month well satisfied with the form of most of those who have already qualified were performing in the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston over the weekend.

AFTER a woeful performance from Tiger Woods in Ohio at the weekend, United States Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin may well have to review his long-stated position that the world number one is an integral part of his planning for this year’s title defence against Europe.

IT seems inconceivable that a man could walk off the Old Course at St Andrews after shooting a nine under par 63 in the first round of the 150th Open Championship and feel just a little disappointed.

Kim Clijsters showed no mercy to a struggling Venus Williams as she won the women’s final of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami today.

Women’s fourth seed Elena Dementieva became the first big-name casualty of the 2009 US Open when American teenager Melanie Oudin claimed another grand slam scalp today.

Third seed Venus Williams survived a major scare at Flushing Meadows as she came from a set down to beat Vera Dushevina on the first night at the 2009 US Open.

Ross Fisher last night hailed surprise US Open champion Lucas Glover as a worthy winner after the American held off the world’s best players at Bethpage Black.

IN THE normal passage of time, Rory McIlroy will probably forget that he shot four admirable rounds of 72, 70, 72 and 68 to finish two over par in the 2009 US Open at Bethpage and finish in a share of 10th position.