Reigning champion Andy Murray dropped just two games in an imperious straight-sets dismissal of Slovenian Blaz Rola in Wimbledon’s second round yesterday.

Novak Djokovic was given a stern reminder that winning a maiden French Open title this year will not be easy after coming through a testing first-round encounter against determined Belgian David Goffin last night.

Victoria Azarenka enjoyed an easier outing at the Australian Open today, cruising into the quarter-finals with a routine win over Elena Vesnina.

Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska made smooth progress into the semi-finals of the ASB Classic in Auckland with a 6-3 6-3 win over Russia’s Elena Vesnina.

Second seed Agnieszka Radwanska swatted aside Russia’s Nina Bratchikova to reach the second round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows today.

Serena Williams survived by far the biggest first-week test of her Wimbledon campaign as she came from a set down to see off the gutsy challenge of 25th seed Jie Zheng.

Maria Sharapova will take one step closer to her first Wimbledon title in eight years today if she overcomes Tsvetana Pironkova in her second-round clash on Court One.

It was not always pretty, but it was job done for Rafael Nadal as he started his bid for a third Wimbledon title with a first-round win over Thomaz Bellucci yesterday.

Venus Williams gave a bold performance on the opening day of Wimbledon but unfortunately for the American it came in the press conference room rather than on court.

Five-time champion Venus Williams today lost in the opening round at Wimbledon for the first time since the year she made her debut at the tournament.

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

Italy’s Sara Errani moved closer to capturing her third clay-court title in succession after coasting past compatriot Alberta Brianti to reach the semi-finals of the Budapest Grand Prix.

World number one Caroline Wozniacki eased into the third round of the New Haven Open as play continued after the earlier evacuation following the after shocks of the earthquake that has hit the east coast.

Kim Clijsters suffered a worrying injury setback as the second seed abandoned her opening match at the Rogers Cup in Toronto last night.

RAFAEL NADAL made a winning debut under the Centre Court roof as he booked his place in the third round of Wimbledon with a 6-3 6-2 6-4 win over Ryan Sweeting.

Last year’s Wimbledon runner-up Vera Zvonareva survived a first-round scare to defeat promising young American Alison Riske 6-0 3-6 6-3 this afternoon.

Caroline Wozniacki had to come from behind to beat Yanina Wickmayer and progress in the Family Circle Cup in Charleston.

Shocks were conspicuous by their absence on the opening day of the US Open, with Venus Williams and defending champion Kim Clijsters among the seeds enjoying a comfortable passage into the second round at Flushing Meadows.

Third seed Elena Dementieva was a surprise loser in the second round of the Cincinnati Open yesterday, going down in straight sets to fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Maria Sharapova recovered from a poor second set to dump fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova out of the Cincinnati Open in the first round on Tuesday night.

SERENA WILLIAMS is determined not to enjoy her incredible tennis success too much – so she can have more of it.

SERENA WILLIAMS heads into her sixth Wimbledon final today as one of the hottest favourites on record, but insists she would much rather be facing the imposing figure of her sister Venus on the other side of the net.

Serena and Venus Williams suffered their first Grand Slam doubles defeat since last year's French Open to crash out in the Wimbledon quarter-finals today.

Jelena Jankovic remained on course to win a third title in 2009 as she made light work of Russian Elena Vesnina in Tokyo.

Maria Sharapova breezed through to the second round of the WTA LA Women’s Tennis Championships in Los Angeles with a straight-sets victory over Jarmila Groth.

ROGER FEDERER will face Robin Soderling in the fourth round at Wimbledon in a rematch of the recent French Open final.

Fourth seed Elena Dementieva today needed just 59 minutes to book her place in the fourth round at Wimbledon by thrashing fellow Russian Regina Kulikova.

Second seed Serena Williams has been dumped out of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in her first game in Rome after suffering a 6-2 2-6 6-1 defeat to Patty Schnyder in the second round.

German teenager Sabine Lisicki shocked second seed Venus Williams at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston by beating the American 6-4 7-6 (7/5) to advance to the quarter-finals.

Second seed Venus Williams survived a second-set scare to edge past Sania Mirza in the second round of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston.

Russia remain on course for another Fed Cup title after taking a commanding 2-0 lead over Spain in the final.

Top seed Ana Ivanovic was stunned at the US Open as she was defeated 6-3 4-6 6-3 by Julie Coin in the second round.

Lindsay Davenport continued her remarkable progress since returning to the WTA Tour but Daniela Hantuchova was knocked out in the second round of the Bausch & Lomb Championships on Wednesday.

Justine Henin made a confident start to her Sony Ericsson Open challenge with a straight-sets win over Angelique Kerber on Friday.

Maria Sharapova booked her spot in the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-3 6-0 win over fellow Russian Elena Vesnina on the Vodafone Arena.

Maria Sharapova put up a comprehensive display to send Lindsay Davenport crashing out of the Australian Open today.

Maria Sharapova, yet to drop a game so far this Championship, is bracing herself for a tough third-round clash with veteran Ai Sugiyama on Saturday.

WORLD number three Jelena Jankovic was delighted to reach the last 16 after surviving a major fright from a limping opponent.

FORMER Wimbledon champion Venus Williams came back from the dead to deny the “Graveyard of Champions” another scalp.

Rain could ruin the opening day's play at the French Open at Roland Garros.

Maria Sharapova was delighted to recover from a “sluggish” start to beat Daniela Hantuchova to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open at the Rod Laver Arena.

Lindsay Davenport, Justine Henin-Hardenne and Nadia Petrova all showed tremendous skill and poise to advance to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Russians dominated the women’s draw on day five at the Australian Open with four progressing to the last 16.

Venus Williams’ Australian Open campaign has come to an abrupt halt with the 10th seed falling 2-6 6-0 9-7 to Bulgarian teenager Tszvetana Pironkova in the opening round.