After wins for Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, it was Rafael Nadal’s turn to begin his Wimbledon campaign today with a first-round match against Germany’s Andreas Beck.

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.

Third seed Novak Djokovic was nowhere near his best as he laboured to a four-set win over Denis Gremelmayr in the first round of the French Open on Sunday.

A beefed-up Rafael Nadal muscled his way into the second round of the Australian Open with a gritty straight-sets win on day one.

Only half of the eight seeded players remain in the draw heading into the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open.

Top seed Andy Roddick crashed out of the Indianapolis Championships, with a shock 6-4 7-6 (7-1) semi-final defeat by Frank Dancevic.

Lleyton Hewitt booked his place in the second round with a five-set victory over unseeded American Michael Russell.

Two-time former champion Lleyton Hewitt was knocked out of the ATP Next Generation Adelaide International on Thursday after losing his round-robin encounter with Russia’s Igor Kunitsyn in three sets.

British number two Tim Henman breezed into the third round of the Japan Open with victory over Frank Dancevic.