This was the world number one's first match since his victory over Kevin Anderson in the final in New York last month.

Rafael Nadal suffered another early Wimbledon exit yesterday after Gilles Muller won a Court One classic 15-13 in the fifth set.

Rafael Nadal admitted his exhausting five-set victory over Grigor Dimitrov will put him at a disadvantage against Roger Federer in the Australian Open final tomorrow (8.30am live on Eurosport, highlights BBC1 1pm).

World number two Andy Murray recovered from a slow start to surge into the final of the China Open with victory over Spain's David Ferrer today.

Angelique Kerber took another step towards becoming world number one as she sailed past 2015 finalist Roberta Vinci to reach the US Open semi-finals.

Andy Murray secured his place in the third round of Wimbledon yesterday with a straights sets win on centre court.

Serena Williams and Andy Murray were the big losers in the Miami Open as they were dumped out in the third and fourth round respectively on a day of upsets in Florida.

Serena Williams extended tennis’ most one-sided rivalry with her 17th consecutive victory over Maria Sharapova to reach her eighth Wimbledon final.

Serena Williams has flexed her Wimbledon authority by firing an early mind-games salvo ahead of her grudge semi-final with Maria Sharapova.

Andy Murray looked back with satisfaction on a near-perfect first week of the Australian Open as he prepared to end home hopes of glory in Melbourne.

Roger Federer breathed a sigh of relief after surviving an early deficit and an injury scare to reach the third round of the Australian Open today.

Andy Murray will bid for his fourth Queen’s Club title in seven years this summer after confirming his presence at the Aegon Championships along with defending champion Grigor Dimitrov.

Andy Murray secured his place at next month’s season-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London with a highly impressive victory over Grigor Dimitrov in the third round of the BNP Paribas Masters.

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will meet in the semi-finals at the China Open - but second seed Rafael Nadal was a shock quarter-final casualty.

Roger Federer buried another of last year’s ghosts by defeating Roberto Bautista Agut to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open.

Roger Federer recovered from dropping his first set of the tournament to race into the fourth round of the US Open.

Roger Federer says winning a record eighth Wimbledon crown tomorrow would be the biggest achievement of his glittering career.

Andy Murray will head for the practice court rather than the beach in an effort to move on from his Wimbledon exit.

Grigor Dimitrov is now the favourite to lift the Wimbledon title after vanquishing defending champion Andy Murray, according to top seed Novak Djokovic.

Andy Murray vowed to work harder than ever after a chastening loss to Grigor Dimitrov ended his Wimbledon title defence in the quarter-finals yesterday.

Andy Murray’s Wimbledon defence came to a miserable end in the quarter-finals at the hands of rising star Grigor Dimitrov.

Grigor Dimitrov will chase his first grass court title at Queen’s Club after dispatching top seed Stanislas Wawrinka in a one-sided Aegon Championships semi-final.

Grigor Dimitrov emerged victorious from an epic encounter with reigning Wimbledon champion Andy Murray to reach the final of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco.

Rafael Nadal survived a serious examination by Grigor Dimitrov to reach the Australian Open semi-finals.

Petra Kvitova went the distance again as she moved into the second round of the US Open with victory over Japan’s Misaki Doi on Arthur Ashe.

Fourth seed David Ferrer today came through a tough clash with fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut to reach the Wimbledon third round.

Grigor Dimitrov joined girlfriend Maria Sharapova in slipping out of Wimbledon and was more keen to talk about the state of the courts than his high-profile love life.

Wimbledon’s courts were covered from the rain this morning as day five of the championships looked set to be blighted by wet weather.

Novak Djokovic put young pretender Grigor Dimitrov in his place with an emphatic third-round victory at the French Open this evening.

Novak Djokovic will meet rising star Grigor Dimitrov in a cracker of a third-round tie at the French Open after dispatching Guido Pella for the loss of only four games.

A relaxed Rafael Nadal strolled into the second round of the French Open with a 6-2 6-2 6-1 victory over Italian Simone Bolelli at Roland Garros today.

Sixth seed David Ferrer proved far too good for Lukas Lacko in their first-round match at the French Open today.

Defending champion David Nalbandian dropped out of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington DC at the first hurdle as he was defeated by James Blake.

Alex Bogdanovic has been overlooked for a wild-card entry into this year’s Wimbledon despite being Britain’s second-highest ranked player.

Bulgaria boss Stanimir Stolinov sent his big guns into battle with the Republic of Ireland as he looked to rekindle hopes of World Cup qualification.

BULGARIA overcame the absence of star striker Dimitar Berbatov and reignited their hopes of World Cup qualification with a hard-fought win over Cyprus in Sofia to claim their first victory in Group Eight yesterday.

Aiden McGeady handed the Republic of Ireland a major boost when he was declared fit for tonight’s World Cup qualifier against Bulgaria.

Republic of Ireland skipper Robbie Keane is backing Stephen Hunt to plug the sizeable gap left by Damien Duff against Bulgaria tonight.

“I CAN’T get sent off this time but we can still win 2-0,” says Liam Brady with a laugh.

GEORGIA and Bulgaria are still winless in World Cup qualifying after playing out a goalless draw which leaves both teams already struggling in Group Eight.

TOM HUDDLESTONE and Mark Noble grabbed the goals in soggy Sofia as England Under-21s continued their perfect start to Euro 2009 qualification last night.

Bulgaria 0 Wales 1

CSKA Sofia 1 Liverpool 3