Rafael Nadal was a straight-sets winner at last at the French Open, but there was nothing straightforward about his third-round victory over Fabio Fognini.

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.

Andy Roddick set up a blockbuster fourth-round clash against Juan Martin Del Potro at the US Open as he kept the fat lady at bay for at least a couple more days.

David Ferrer battled his way past Lleyton Hewitt to reach the fourth round of the US Open on Sunday while defending champion Novak Djokovic continued his New York stroll.

Ninth seed Tomas Berdych became the 17th singles player to pull out of this year’s US Open during his third-round match against Janko Tipsarevic today.

Rafael Nadal does not believe he is currently playing well enough to win a sixth French Open crown this year.

Novak Djokovic is through to the French Open semi-finals for the first time in three years after Fabio Fognini pulled out of their last-eight clash because of a thigh injury.

Rafael Nadal began his bid to reclaim the Wimbledon title from Roger Federer in determined mood as the world number one eased to victory in his opener on Centre Court today.

Top seed Carlos Moya advanced to his first championship match of the season and the 43rd of his career on Saturday as he defeated unseeded Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador, 6-2 3-6 7-6 (7/5) in the Brasil Open semi-finals.

Juan Monaco overcame Argentinian compatriot Juan Pablo Brzezicki to advance to the semi-finals of the Movistar Open on Friday.

World number 14 Andy Murray was uncertain about his immediate plans after his comeback from injury was abruptly halted by a 6-2 6-2 defeat by Fabio Fognini in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal.