Four-time champion Roger Federer suffered his earliest exit at the Australian Open since 2003 as he slumped to a stunning four-set defeat against Italian Andreas Seppi.

Novak Djokovic was keen to look at the positives despite suffering a surprise quarter-final exit to Ivo Karlovic at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open.

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray remain on a quarter-final collision course at the Rogers Open in Toronto after both men came through their second round matches yesterday.

Defending champion Andy Murray moved into the second round of Wimbledon with a straight-sets win over Belgian David Goffin yesterday.

Defending champion Andy Murray moved into the second round of Wimbledon with a straight-sets win over Belgian David Goffin.

Rafael Nadal is through to the fourth round of the French Open without dropping a set after defeating Leonardo Mayer on Court Philippe Chatrier.

Defending champions Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova both crashed out on a day of shocks at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

Rafael Nadal began life back at world number one with a convincing victory at the Shanghai Masters to join Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in the third round.

Rafael Nadal’s bid to regain the world number one ranking got off to a fine start with a routine 6-2 6-4 win over Colombian qualifier Santiago Giraldo in the first round of the China Open in Beijing.

Novak Djokovic is determined to keep calm and carry on bludgeoning his way through Wimbledon.

Andy Murray claimed one of the bravest wins of his career as he toughed it out against Fernando Verdasco to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals last night.

France’s Michael Llodra today became the latest player to pull out of Wimbledon due to injury.

Andy Murray battled his way past Ricardas Berankis to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open today.

Roger Federer and Andy Murray matched Novak Djokovic in delivering impressive first-round wins at the Australian Open.

Serbia needed a champions tie-break in the deciding mixed doubles rubber to beat Australia after Novak Djokovic suffered a surprise defeat to Bernard Tomic in the Hopman Cup in Perth.

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray won their opening matches at the Western & Southern Open in straight sets.

Nikolay Davydenko upset Alexandr Dolgopolov in the first round of the Western & Southern Open at Cincinnati.

John McEnroe believes Novak Djokovic is feeling the pressure of trying to become the first man for 43 years to hold all four grand slam titles at once.

Novak Djokovic was a relieved man after fighting back from two sets to love down for the third time in his career to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open.

Roger Federer was in record-breaking, if not sparkling, form at the French Open today as he joined world number one Novak Djokovic in the third round at Roland Garros.

Venus Williams marked her return to competitive action for the first time in over six months with a straight-sets win over Kimiko Date-Krumm in the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

Novak Djokovic defied sweltering conditions to ease into the second round of the Australian Open today.

Top seed Novak Djokovic battled past compatriot Viktor Troicki to book a quarter-final with local favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Paris Masters this evening.

Novak Djokovic became the third member of the ’Big Four’ to make it through to round three at Wimbledon after sweeping past South Africa’s Kevin Anderson 6-3 6-4 6-2.

Rafael Nadal continued his smooth progress at the Australian Open today to set up a third-round meeting with home favourite Bernard Tomic.

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer both got their 2011 campaigns off to comfortable starts with straight-sets victories in the opening round of the ExxonMobil Open in Doha today.

Eighth seed Nadia Petrova overcame a poor showing in the first set to book her place in the second round of the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven.

Third seed David Ferrer opened his SkiStar Swedish Open campaign today with a comfortable 6-3 7-5 victory over Italy's world number 86 Fabio Fognini in Bastad.

RAFAEL NADAL survived a major scare against unheralded Robin Haase to progress into the third round of Wimbledon with a 5-7 6-2 3-6 6-0 6-3 victory.

RAFAEL NADAL began his bid to reclaim the Wimbledon title from Roger Federer in a determined mood as the world number one eased to a straight-sets win on Centre Court yesterday.

Rafael Nadal began his bid to reclaim the Wimbledon title from Roger Federer in determined mood as the world number one eased to victory in his opener on Centre Court today.

Nikolay Davydenko and Fernando Verdasco closed in on spots at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in contrasting fashion at the Paris Masters today.

Andy Roddick showed no ill-effects from a late start at Flushing Meadows or his crushing Wimbledon final loss to Roger Federer as he blasted his way into the US Open second round in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The top two seeds in the men's draw at the Pilot Pen tournament in New Haven progressed into the third round today - although it was far from easy for Nikolay Davydenko.

Rafael Nadal began his bid for a record fifth successive title at the Monte Carlo Masters with a 6-2 6-3 victory over Juan Ignacio Chela.

Andy Murray will seek to put right one of his few losing records when he returns to the court in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam this evening.

Roger Federer admitted he had been made to “battle hard” before securing victory in his Australian Open first-round clash with Andreas Seppi today.

Roger Federer warmed up for the Australian Open in dramatic fashion with a 6-1 6-3 thrashing of Davis Cup team-mate Stanislas Wawrinka in the AAMI Classic final at Kooyong today.

Andy Murray has drawn Andrei Pavel in the first round of the Australian Open.

Stanislas Wawrinka has set up an all-Swiss final against world number two Roger Federer at the AAMI Classic at Kooyong after a tight three-set battle against Fernando Gonzalez today.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC joined four-time defending champion Roger Federer in the fourth round of the US Open with victory over Marin Cilic at Flushing Meadows.

Novak Djokovic joined four-time defending champion Roger Federer in the fourth round of the US Open with victory over Marin Cilic at Flushing Meadows.

Roger Federer was able to overcome a sloppy performance against unheralded Brazilian Thiago Alves to reach the third round of the US Open.

Rafael Nadal beat Tommy Haas in the third round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati last night to edge closer to ending Roger Federer’s record run as world number one.