Petra Kvitova recovered from a sluggish start to make a winning start to the defence of her Wimbledon title.

Andy Murray will begin his Wimbledon campaign against Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko.

Kim Clijsters today shrugged off any concerns over a hip injury and declared herself “ready to go” as she prepares to defend her Australian Open crown.

The Lawn Tennis Association today confirmed Judy Murray as Great Britain’s new Fed Cup captain.

Judy Murray is in talks with the Lawn Tennis Association over becoming the new Fed Cup captain, Press Association Sport understands.

Serena Williams will resume her title defence in the more grand surroundings of Court One today after the All England Club acquiesced to the champion’s plea to move away from the outer reaches of Wimbledon.

Serena Williams made a winning return to tennis after almost a year out of action as she reached the second round of the AEGON Championships at Eastbourne in the UK today.

Venus Williams narrowly avoided a second-round exit at the Australian Open today after battling back to overcome a leg injury and Czech opponent Sandra Zahlavova.

Former champion Justine Henin was given a first-round scare by India’s Sania Mirza on day one of the Australian Open.

Top seed Nadia Petrova moved into the second round of the Korea Open with a comfortable 6-3 6-2 victory over Jarmila Groth of Australia in Seoul.

VENUS WILLIAMS was made to fight for the first set of her Wimbledon campaign despite a blistering start against Paraguay’s Rossana de los Rios at SW19 yesterday.

British number one Andy Murray has been placed on a Wimbledon semi-final collision course with Rafael Nadal.

Top seed Andy Roddick ended his losing streak against fellow American James Blake at the ATP Morgan Keegan Championships but third seed Radek Stepanek and fourth seed Tommy Haas crashed out in Memphis on Wednesday.

REIGNING US Open champion Kim Clijsters had a day to forget as she crashed out of the Australian Open yesterday.

Second seed Dinara Safina took less than an hour to end British number one Elena Baltacha's run at the Australian Open.

Justine Henin today fought back from a set down to keep her Australian Open title quest going just a month after returning from retirement.

Andy Murray progressed into the third round of Wimbledon today in ruthless fashion.

Former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova’s bid for a third title on the grass at Edgbaston remains on course after she moved into the quarter-finals.

Elena Dementieva stretched her winning run to 12 matches as she booked her place in the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-4 6-1 win against Iveta Benesova.

Roger Federer today warned the pretenders to his Wimbledon crown he feels as good as ever ahead of his first-round match with Slovakia’s Dominik Hrbaty.

Roger Federer will begin his bid for a record sixth straight Wimbledon title tomorrow against Slovakia’s Dominik Hrbaty.

Jane O’Donoghue was knocked out in the first round of qualifying for the US Open, despite taking the first set against Maria Sanchez Lorenzo.

Wimbledon 2005 was getting under way today with a host of British players set to see first-round action on what should be another scorching day in the sun.

FOUR-TIME champion Andre Agassi used lobs and stinging passes to hold off Taylor Dent 7-5, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 yesterday, reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open and moving closer to a showdown with Roger Federer.

British interest in the ladies’ singles was brought to a halt on Centre Court this afternoon as Jennifer Capriati cranked up her Wimbledon title challenge with a crushing straight-sets victory over Elena Baltacha.

ELENA DEMENTIEVA may well soon have the game to be world number one, but she will have to wait a bit longer to become Wimbledon champion.

Grass court season is nearly upon us, with the Surbiton Trophy event about to start up.

JUSTIN HENIN-HARDENNE, the slim Belgian star with the biggest promise of ending the women’s power era at Wimbledon, fought through the pain of a hand injury to reach the second round against tall Ukrainian Julia Vakulenko.

Results so far from Round 1 at Wimbledon.

Top British hope Elena Baltacha fought a gallant battle to take a set from fragile 11th seed Jelena Dokic but eventually went down 6-3 1-6 6-4 in an exciting 101-minute clash that had home fans on the edge of their seats and hopeful of an upset.

Elena Baltacha has been given the green light to compete at Wimbledon this summer after consulting a leading specialist about an on-going liver complaint.

Elena Baltacha has won the first professional title of her career after beating Irish number one Kelly Liggan to win the £16,000 (€25,000) tournament in Felixstowe.

Reigning champion Venus Williams remains on course for a record-breaking hat-trick of Wimbledon titles after cruising through her quarter-final against unseeded Russian Elena Likhovtseva.

Glorious sunshine and amazing tennis scenes meant the public flocked in their droves to Wimbledon this year, smashing attendance records at SW19.

The draw has been made for Wimbledon - and men's top seed Lleyton Hewitt will face Jonas Bjorkman in the first round of Wimbledon.