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.

Marcos Baghdatis was unable to mark his 26th birthday with a place in the final of the UNICEF Open after losing to Ivan Dodig.

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.

Andy Murray conceded he may have returned to competitive action too soon after suffering a comprehensive first-round defeat at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam last night.

Top seed Rafael Nadal was made to work hard before finally breaking the resistance of world number 93 Teymuraz Gabashvili to book his place in the second round of the US Open.

Marcos Baghdatis today became the biggest casualty of the US Open so far, the 16th seed losing in five sets to veteran Frenchman Arnaud Clement.

The withdrawal of Flavia Pennetta allowed US Open top seed Caroline Wozniacki to reach the last four of the Pilot Pen Tennis without playing in New Haven, Connecticut.

David Nalbandian and Marcos Baghdatis are through to the Legg Mason Tennis Classic final in Washington after winning their respective semi-finals last night.

Mikhail Youzhny reached his third straight BMW Open final where he will face Marin Cilic after the pair posted semi-final victories over Philipp Petzschner and Marcos Baghdatis respectivel

World number one Roger Federer produced an efficient display on serve to comfortably progress to the fourth round of the Australian Open with a straight sets win over 31st seed Albert Montanes.

World number one Roger Federer sent out an ominous warning to his rivals with the most comfortable of second-round victories over Victor Hanescu at the Australian Open today.

Russia’s Elena Dementieva served notice of her Australian Open intent with a thumping win over world number one Serena Williams in the final of the Medibank Sydney International today.

ROGER Federer began his attempt to lift a sixth consecutive Wimbledon crown with a fashion statement when he walked on to Centre Court in brilliant sunshine wearing a cashmere cardigan.

MARCOS Baghdatis remains confident he can beat Roger Federer and win Wimbledon — even though the Swiss master outclassed him in the quarter-finals of the Gerry Weber Open.

Roger Federer admitted he was relieved to have got his first-round match out of the way as his quest for a first French Open title got under way yesterday.

TOP-RANKED Roger Federer showed no lasting effects from a nasty stomach bug, routing Diego Hartfield of Argentina 6-0, 6-3, 6-0 yesterday to open his quest of a third consecutive Australian Open title.

Top seed Roger Federer eased past Nicolas Kiefer 6-3 6-2 on Friday to secure a semi-final place in the Davidoff Swiss Indoors event.

Marcos Baghdatis progressed through to the fourth round of the French Open on Saturday after his opponent Jan Hajek withdrew because of injury midway through their clash on Suzanne Lenglen court.

Lleyton Hewitt was delighted his renowned fighting spirit came to his rescue as he recovered from going two sets down to seal an epic victory over former champion Gaston Gaudio at the French Open.

Andre Agassi was unable to muster up one more emotional win to extend his brilliant career.

ANDRE AGASSI’S glittering tennis career came to an emotional end at the US Open as Germany’s Benjamin Becker outgunned the sport’s elder statesman.

Andre Agassi kissed tennis an emotional goodbye at the US Open tonight and immediately looked ahead to a carefree future.

Andre Agassi got an extra day’s rest at the US Open as both the day and night sessions were cancelled due to bad weather.

Marcos Baghdatis had never won a match on grass until one month ago and had responded to a first round defeat to Romanian wild card Andrei Pavel in Halle by insisting: “Grass is for playing football”.

ROGER FEDERER remained on course to claim a fourth consecutive Wimbledon title after cruising into the semi-finals with a straight-sets victory over Mario Ancic on Centre Court.

Andy Murray’s Wimbledon dream died in strangely subdued fashion on Centre Court as Marcos Baghdatis breezed to a 6-3 6-4 7-6 victory in their fourth round clash.

Andy Murray roars into the second week of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time today maintaining he has little chance of extending his Wimbledon glory run much further.

Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt was satisfied with both his game and his ankle after progressing to the French Open’s third round today.

Roger Federer admitted he had been far from his best after securing his seventh grand slam title in the Australian Open.

World number one Roger Federer claimed his seventh grand slam title with a four-set victory in the Australian Open final against unseeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis.

Top seed Roger Federer heads into the Australian Open final against unlikely opponent Marcos Baghdatis as a red-hot favourite to claim the title for a second time.

THE Rod Laver Arena rocked to a Greek-Cypriot beat as the unseeded, unheralded and practically unknown Marcos Baghdatis extended his amazing run by reaching the Australian Open men’s final.

Unheralded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis advanced to the Australian Open final on Thursday with a stunning five-set victory against Argentina’s David Nalbandian.

JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE upset top seed Lindsay Davenport 2-6 6-2 6-3 yesterday to advance to the Australian Open semi-finals.

Andy Roddick admitted he was second best after his shock Australian Open exit at the hands of Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis.

Andy Roddick and David Ferrer cruised into the fourth round as eighth seed Gaston Gaudio crashed out at the Australian Open.

ANDRE AGASSI overcame a record 51 aces by Joachim Johansson yesterday and set up an Australian Open quarter-final against defending champion Roger Federer.

Switzerland’s Roger Federer extended his winning streak to 25 matches to set up a mouth-watering quarter-final clash with Andre Agassi at the Australian Open.