MARTINA HINGIS looked as if she’d never been away.

Third seed and last year's runner-up Lleyton Hewitt will begin his quest for the Australian Open title with a first round match against Czech Robin Vik.

Roger Federer blasted into the final of the Masters Cup in Shanghai without dropping a game to Argentinian Gaston Gaudio.

Andre Agassi moved into the last eight of the US Open but he was made to work for his fourth-round victory over Belgian Xavier Malisse.

Andre Agassi moved into the last eight of the US Open on Monday but he was made to work for his fourth-round victory over Belgian Xavier Malisse.

ROGER FEDERER eased into the Wimbledon quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-4 7-6 victory over Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Andy Roddick summoned a straight-sets victory over 15th seed Guillermo Coria to move into the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Court One.

Mark Philippoussis is relishing his big Centre Court showdown with in-form Marat Safin today.

Spanish prodigy Rafael Nadal blasted the Roland Garros crowd for “behaving so badly” during his four-set victory over Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean in the fourth round of the French Open on Monday.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been receiving most of the attention at Roland Garros but Marat Safin could end up surprising everyone again.

Venus Williams insists she remains a “great player” regardless of evidence to the contrary provided by her humiliating loss to 15-year-old Sesil Karatantcheva at the French Open.

Two of Argentina’s best hopes for French Open success advanced to the third round at Roland Garros today.

French Open, Roland Garros, Paris, France

ANDRE AGASSI, the oldest player at the French Open, felt his age yesterday.

Andre Agassi blamed a trapped nerve in his back for his shock exit at the hands of Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen in the French Open, but insists he is not yet ready to call time on his career.

Switzerland’s Roger Federer wanted revenge for an Olympic loss and got it.

Lleyton Hewitt today staged a brilliant fightback to keep his dreams of Australian Open glory alive.

Lleyton Hewitt survived a bad-tempered clash with Juan Ignacio Chela to book his place in the fourth round of the Australian Open.

Andy Roddick survived a third-round clash with Austria’s Jurgen Melzer, and also a grilling from Jim Courier, in the Australian Open today.

Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt breathed a massive sigh of relief after battling past American James Blake in the second round of the Australian Open today.

Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt led the big guns safely through to the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne today.

The last man to beat Roger Federer today bowed out of the Australian Open in the first round.

Tim Henman lost his rain-delayed opening match against world number two Andy Roddick at the Masters Cup in Houston.

Tim Henman’s hopes of reaching his first grand slam final were tonight cruelly ended by Roger Federer at the US Open.

TIM HENMAN won his first-round match against Ivo Karlovic in the US Open at Flushing Meadows yesterday. The British number one was 2-1 down but grafted his way to a fifth set before out-classing his opponent in the decider.

GUILLERMO CORIA became the biggest name casualty of the opening two rounds at Wimbledon after losing 6-4 3-6 3-6 4-6 to Florian Mayer yesterday, and the Argentinean number three seed offered no complaints for his exit.

Guillermo Coria’s loathing of the Wimbledon grass was all too evident as the third seed crashed out at the second round stage to Germany’s Florian Mayer.

TWO-time champion Venus Williams was upset in the second round of Wimbledon, losing in straight sets to Croatia's Karolina Sprem in a match marred by an umpire's scoring error in the final tiebreaker.

The draw has been made for the first round of Wimbledon, with defending champion Roger Federer facing a British wildcard entry.

Tim Henman was today surprisingly only seeded fifth for next week’s Wimbledon championships.

Guillermo Coria has vowed to become the world number one by the end of this year after the heartbreak of losing Sunday’s French Open final.

Unseeded Argentinian Gaston Gaudio claimed the men’s singles title at the French Open in dramatic circumstances today.

Gaston Gaudio is hoping to follow Diego Maradona and Guillermo Vilas and become the new idol of Argentina when he takes on compatriot and tournament favourite Guillermo Coria in the French Open final.

There was no handshake for the umpire. Just a resigned tightening of the lips and a look up to his wife Lucy in the players’ box – and then it was over.

French Open tennis result:

Gaston Gaudio marched into the French Open final with a straight sets demolition of Argentinian compatriot David Nalbandian.

Gustavo Kuerten’s love affair with the Roland Garros crowd has ended for another year as the three-time French Open winner lost his quarter-final encounter with David Nalbandian in four sets.

Unseeded Argentinian Gaston Gaudio claimed the prized scalp of former world number one Lleyton Hewitt as he marched into the French Open semi-finals.

Tim Henman is a man in a hurry to make history.

French Open tennis results

TITLE favourite Guillermo Coria reached the quarter-finals of the French Open on Sunday without breaking sweat while British comeback king Tim Henman had to battle down to the wire to make the last eight for the first time.

French Open tennis results:

Third seed Guillermo Coria confirmed his status as favourite at the French Open as he crushed Croatia’s Mario Ancic in straight sets to book his place in the fourth round.