Andy Murray is refusing to start dreaming about another grand slam final despite avoiding a dreaded quarter-final clash against Rafael Nadal today.

Andy Murray has been drawn in the same half as Rafael Nadal for Wimbledon.

Roger Federer swatted aside the challenge of Russian veteran Nikolay Davydenko to join title contenders Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray in the third round of the Australian Open today.

Andy Roddick fended off fellow American James Blake in a pair of tie-breaks to reach the third round at the Winston-Salem Open.

Rafael Nadal avoided the shock of all shocks by coming from two sets to one down to beat John Isner 6-4 6-7 (2/7) 6-7 (2/7) 6-2 6-4 in the first round of the French Open today.

World number eight Andy Roddick has been forced to withdraw from the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships due to illness.

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

World number one Rafael Nadal moved closer to landing a seventh title of the year as he booked a place in the semi-finals of the PTT Thailand Open.

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.

David Nalbandian was a convincing first-round winner at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, but former champion James Blake was defeated in Washington.

Roger Federer crashed out at the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami as Tomas Berdych triumphed 6-4 6-7(3/7) 7-6(8/6) in a gruelling battle.

Top seed Andy Roddick made light work of his second-round clash at the SAP Open in San Jose 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.

Retiring former world number one Marat Safin showed there is still life in him yet as he overcame fifth seed Phillipp Petzschner in their first-round meeting at the Thailand Open today.

Novak Djokovic enjoyed a stroll into the second round of the US Open at the expense of Ivan Ljubicic at Arthur Ashe Stadium but insisted it was not as easy as it looked.

Andy Roddick despatched Russian Igor Kunitsyn in four sets at Wimbledon today to set up a third-round clash with Jurgen Melzer.

Top seed Roger Federer has survived a major scare at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, defeating Robby Ginepri in a hard-fought second round encounter.

RAFAEL NADAL believes his grasscourt game is better than ever after getting his quest for a first Wimbledon title under way with a big serving victory over qualifier Andreas Beck.

Fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko became the biggest casualty of this year’s Wimbledon so far as the Russian suffered a disappointing straight sets defeat to Germany’s world number 116 Benjamin Becker.

After wins for Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, it was Rafael Nadal’s turn to begin his Wimbledon campaign today with a first-round match against Germany’s Andreas Beck.

Third seed Novak Djokovic upped his game considerably to breeze into the third round of the French Open today.

Andy Roddick narrowly survived a first-round scare at the SAP Open to prevail 6-3 6-7 (7/3) 7-6 (7/5) against heavy-serving Australian Chris Guccione on Wednesday.

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.

If Serbia’s rising star Novak Djokovic is feeling the pressure of being tagged the next big thing in men’s tennis he certainly was not showing it as he produced a devastating first-round performance at the 2008 Australian Open at Melbourne Park today.

Andy Murray has been drawn to face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round of the Australian Open which starts next Monday.

Only half of the eight seeded players remain in the draw heading into the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open.

Tommy Haas relinquished his place in the world top 10 after crashing out of the US Clay Court Championships, while James Blake battled into the last four with a hard-fought victory over Argentinean Juan Monaco.

Defending Champion Andy Murray is through to the final of the SAP Open in San Jose for a second consecutive year after overcoming top seed Andy Roddick in straight sets 7-6 (10/8) 6-4.

IT has been a year of good-byes in so many ways. From the murder of former heavyweight boxer Trevor Berbick to the deaths of Tiger Woods’ father Earl and even the great grey chaser Desert Orchid; sport has lost some of its greatest shapers, influences and heroes.

Tim Henman will have another chance to break Roger Federer’s stranglehold on their rivalry after sweeping aside Hyung-Taik Lee to reach the Japan Open final.

Tim Henman put himself on course for another meeting with Roger Federer in the final of the AIG Japan Open, after a hectic day for the British number two in Tokyo.

World number one Roger Federer was forced to fight for his place in the third round of the Japan Open before clinching a 7-6 (7/2) 7-6 (7/3) victory over Viktor Troicki.

Andy Roddick eased through to the last eight of the US Open with a 6-3 6-4 6-3 win over German qualifier Benjamin Becker – the man who had ended Andre Agassi’s dreams of one final grand slam title.

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.

Number two Rafael Nadal of Spain was involved in a real scrap with Luis Horna before beating the Peruvian 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-2 to move through to the third round of the US Open.