Defending champion Andy Murray moved into the second round of Wimbledon with a straight-sets win over Belgian David Goffin.

Novak Djokovic drew first blood in the French Open final by taking the opening set 6-3 against eight-time champion Rafael Nadal.

Andy Murray’s French Open came to a brutal end with a straight sets thrashing by Rafael Nadal, who will bid for an unprecedented ninth French Open title tomorrow against Novak Djokovic.

Novak Djokovic reached his second French Open final with a four-set win over Ernests Gulbis.

Maria Sharapova said she is proud of the fighting spirit that has carried her to a third successive French Open final.

Eugenie Bouchard used to idolise Maria Sharapova, now she will face her in the semi-finals of the French Open.

Novak Djokovic made short work of clearing a potentially major hurdle as he crushed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to move into the quarter-finals of the French Open.

Two days after making French Open history Roger Federer is bidding farewell to Roland Garros after being dumped out by Ernests Gulbis, who fought back from a set down to claim what he described as the biggest win of his career.

Second seed Novak Djokovic was given a workout before earning his ninth straight victory over Marin Cilic to move into the fourth round of the French Open yesterday.

Serena Williams’ demise yesterday turned the ripples into shockwaves at a French Open full of surprises as Maria Sharapova assumed the mantle of title favourite.

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.

Novak Djokovic is learning to expect the unexpected at Wimbledon but is making sure he keeps his own game under control.

Top seed Roger Federer enjoyed a comfortable workout as he opened his account at this week’s Gerry Weber Open in Halle with a straight-sets win over German wildcard Cedrik-Marcel Stebe.

Rafael Nadal will hope his scheduling problems do not prove too much of a hindrance when he returns to Roland Garros today for his third-round match against Fabio Fognini.

Ernests Gulbis was the talk of the French Open after blasting the big four of men’s tennis as boring – and Andy Murray and Roger Federer do not disagree.

Maria Sharapova looked in fine form as she dispatched America’s Mallory Burdette to reach the fourth round of the US Open.

Fourth seed David Ferrer continued his straightforward progress through the draw with a 6-2 6-3 7-6 (14/12) victory over Dutch qualifier Igor Sijsling in the second round of the US Open today.

Andy Roddick fended off fellow American James Blake in a pair of tie-breaks to reach the third round at the Winston-Salem Open.

The number six seed and 2010 finalist Tomas Berdych was a surprise first-day casualty at Wimbledon as he was humbled by Ernests Gulbis.

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have both thrown their weight behind tentative plans to extend the gap between the French Open and Wimbledon to three weeks.

Roger Federer described as “pretty incredible” his achievement in equalling Jimmy Connors’ record of grand slam match wins at the French Open today.

Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez reached the quarter-finals of the BMW Open in Munich today after seeing off Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-4 7-6 (7/4) in 86 minutes.

Ernests Gulbis beat top seed Mardy Fish 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the final of the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles last night to claim his second ATP Tour title - but he made life hard for himself.

Talented Latvian Ernests Gulbis caused a major shock as he beat second seed Juan Martin Del Potro 6-2 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the Farmers Classic.

Second seed Juan Martin Del Potro booked his place in the quarter-finals of the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles with a straight-sets win over James Blake.

David Ferrer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga posted convincing wins on the opening day of the French Open, but Marin Cilic’s poor run continued as he was dumped out by Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo.

Rafael Nadal will begin his campaign for an unprecedented seventh straight Monte Carlo Rolex Masters title today with the praise of his great rival Roger Federer ringing in his ears.

Kim Clijsters retired injured from her fourth-round match in the ATP & WTA BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells last night.

Roger Federer won his first match in this year’s BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.

World number 11 Li Na has progressed to the final of the Sydney International with a straight-sets victory over Serbian teenager Bojana Jovanovski.

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer both got their 2011 campaigns off to comfortable starts with straight-sets victories in the opening round of the ExxonMobil Open in Doha today.

World number two Roger Federer was scarcely troubled as he progressed into the third round of the Paris Masters with a comfortable win over home favourite Richard Gasquet.

World number one Rafael Nadal moved closer to landing a seventh title of the year as he booked a place in the semi-finals of the PTT Thailand Open.

Top seed Rafael Nadal was made to work hard before finally breaking the resistance of world number 93 Teymuraz Gabashvili to book his place in the second round of the US Open.

Marcos Baghdatis today became the biggest casualty of the US Open so far, the 16th seed losing in five sets to veteran Frenchman Arnaud Clement.

The top six seeds all safely progressed through to the third round at the Cincinnati Masters to keep their US Open preparations on track.

Roger Federer opened his ATP Rogers Cup campaign with a straight-sets second-round victory over Juan Ignacio Chela in Toronto on Tuesday night but Andy Roddick withdrew from the event due to illness.

THIRD seed Rafael Nadal made short work of his Rome Masters quarter-final, progressing to the last four with a 6-4 6-1 win over Stanislas Wawrinka – but the tournament lost another star as Novak Djokovic fell to Fernando Verdasco.

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.

Marat Safin began his final home tournament in style, beating Richard Gasquet 7-6 (7/5) 6-4 in the first round of the St Petersburg Open today.

Retiring former world number one Marat Safin showed there is still life in him yet as he overcame fifth seed Phillipp Petzschner in their first-round meeting at the Thailand Open today.

Andy Murray opened his US Open campaign with a solid victory over the inconsistent Ernests Gulbis at Flushing Meadows.

Andy Murray is preparing for a long, tough campaign at the US Open and expecting a bumpy ride from a tough draw at Flushing Meadows.

Andy Murray was today planning another ruthless Centre Court late show to take him into the second week of Wimbledon.