Rafael Nadal overcame a spirited challenge from Kazakhstan’s Andrey Golubev to reach the second round of the US Open with a 6-3 7-6 (7/1) 7-5 victory in the night session on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Serena Williams' hopes of claiming a third consecutive title in the build-up to the US Open were shattered when she was forced to withdraw from the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati with a toe injury.

Roger Federer won his first match in this year’s BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.

Top seeds Serbia made a perfect start to their Hopman Cup campaign as they beat Kazakhstan 3-0 in Perth.

World number nine Mikhail Youzhny recovered from a set down to beat Andrey Golubev in the final of the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur.

Top seed Nikolay Davydenko's troubled season continued when he crashed out in the third round of the German Open in Hamburg to Kazakhstan's world number 82 Andrey Golubev last night.

ROGER FEDERER hailed yesterday’s straight-sets win over world number 71 Peter Luczak as the “perfect” way to begin the defence of his French Open title.

Roger Federer began the defence of his French Open title today with a comfortable victory over world number 71 Peter Luczak.

TOP seed Rafael Nadal last night broke another French Open record as he stayed on course for a fifth successive title with a routine straight-sets victory over Teimuraz Gabashvili in the second round yesterday.

Andy Murray today easily defended his St Petersburg Open title.

Roger Federer rolled into the quarter-finals of the 1.2 million Swiss Indoors tournament Thursday with a 6-1 6-4 victory over unseeded Argentinian Juan Martin Del Potro.