Spanish prodigy Rafael Nadal blasted the Roland Garros crowd for “behaving so badly” during his four-set victory over Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean in the fourth round of the French Open on Monday.

Venus Williams insists she remains a “great player” regardless of evidence to the contrary provided by her humiliating loss to 15-year-old Sesil Karatantcheva at the French Open.

Two of Argentina’s best hopes for French Open success advanced to the third round at Roland Garros today.

Andre Agassi blamed a trapped nerve in his back for his shock exit at the hands of Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen in the French Open, but insists he is not yet ready to call time on his career.

Lleyton Hewitt survived a bad-tempered clash with Juan Ignacio Chela to book his place in the fourth round of the Australian Open.

Andy Roddick survived a third-round clash with Austria’s Jurgen Melzer, and also a grilling from Jim Courier, in the Australian Open today.

The last man to beat Roger Federer today bowed out of the Australian Open in the first round.

GUILLERMO CORIA became the biggest name casualty of the opening two rounds at Wimbledon after losing 6-4 3-6 3-6 4-6 to Florian Mayer yesterday, and the Argentinean number three seed offered no complaints for his exit.

Guillermo Coria’s loathing of the Wimbledon grass was all too evident as the third seed crashed out at the second round stage to Germany’s Florian Mayer.

Tim Henman was today surprisingly only seeded fifth for next week’s Wimbledon championships.

Guillermo Coria has vowed to become the world number one by the end of this year after the heartbreak of losing Sunday’s French Open final.

Unseeded Argentinian Gaston Gaudio claimed the men’s singles title at the French Open in dramatic circumstances today.

Gaston Gaudio is hoping to follow Diego Maradona and Guillermo Vilas and become the new idol of Argentina when he takes on compatriot and tournament favourite Guillermo Coria in the French Open final.

There was no handshake for the umpire. Just a resigned tightening of the lips and a look up to his wife Lucy in the players’ box – and then it was over.

Gustavo Kuerten’s love affair with the Roland Garros crowd has ended for another year as the three-time French Open winner lost his quarter-final encounter with David Nalbandian in four sets.

Tim Henman is a man in a hurry to make history.

French Open tennis results

TITLE favourite Guillermo Coria reached the quarter-finals of the French Open on Sunday without breaking sweat while British comeback king Tim Henman had to battle down to the wire to make the last eight for the first time.

French Open tennis results:

Third seed Guillermo Coria confirmed his status as favourite at the French Open as he crushed Croatia’s Mario Ancic in straight sets to book his place in the fourth round.

French Open tennis results:

Andy Roddick exacted revenge as he crushed Vincent Spadea 6-1 6-3 in just 65 minutes to advance to the final of the NASDAQ-100 Open in Miami.

World number five and top seed Guillermo Coria was forced to pull out of the Heineken Open in Auckland after straining stomach muscles.

Andre Agassi beat David Nalbandian to earn a place in the Masters Cup semi-finals in Houston.

Andre Agassi booked his place in the last four of the US Open today with a straight sets victory over Guillermo Coria of Argentina.

Andre Agassi’s 17 years of experience could not prevent him being dumped out of the French Open quarter-finals at the hands of Argentina’s seventh seed Guillermo Coria.

ALBERT COSTA retained his position at the head of the Spanish Armada when he became one of four Spaniards to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open yesterday.

Unseeded Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov produced one of the biggest shocks of the clay court season by knocking out third seed Carlos Moya 6-4 7-6 (7/4) to advance to the quarter-finals of the Telecom Italia Masters in Rome.

JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE made it the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after she and Lindsay Davenport ran each other to a standstill in a whole-hearted and dramatic fourth-round match at the Rod Laver Arena.

Andre Agassi was handed a simple route into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open today when Guillermo Coria retired halfway through their match.

Gustavo Kuerten marched into final of the Brazil Open after beating Ramon Delgado 6-4 6-7 6-3.

British number one Tim Henman has been named number six seed for next week's Wimbledon tournament.