Third seed and last year's runner-up Lleyton Hewitt will begin his quest for the Australian Open title with a first round match against Czech Robin Vik.

Top seed Roger Federer booked his place in the last 16 of the US Open with a 6-3 7-6 (8/6) 6-2 victory against Olivier Rochus at Flushing Meadows.

Neither Nathalie Dechy of France nor Jelena Jankovic of Serbia & Montenegro will be entering the US Open in a positive frame of mind.

Lleyton Hewitt, the 2001 champion, routed 30th seed Feliciano Lopez of Spain 6-1 6-4 6-2 in the third round of the US Open and cannot meet another seed until the semi-finals.

US Open Championship, Flushing Meadows, New York

Greg Rusedski has reached the second round of Wimbledon with a 7-5 4-6 6-2 6-2 against Davide Sanguinetti of Italy today.

British number three Greg Rusedski was kept waiting by the rain as bad weather continued to wreak havoc on the third day of the 118th Wimbledon Championships with no play possible before 4.30pm.

TOWERING Ivo Karlovic starred in his own fantastical Wimbledon fairytale yesterday, beating champion Lleyton Hewitt to create history on the world’s most famous tennis stage.

Tim Henman saved a match point before edging past Davide Sanguinetti in a tie-break thriller at Queen’s Club today.

Pete Sampras' miserable run stretched to 32 tournaments without a win as he crashed out of the Cincinnati Masters at the hands of Wayne Arthurs.

Defending champion Gustavo Kuerten comfortably secured his place in the second round of the French Open with a straight sets win over Switzerland’s Ivo Heuberger.

Mark Philippoussis overcame Italian Davide Sanguinetti 6-3 6-7 (5/7) 6-3 to win his second Kroger St Jude title in Memphis.