Tim Henman revelled in the atmosphere of ‘People’s Sunday’ as he booked his place in the fourth round of Wimbledon for the ninth year in a row.

Tim Henman overcome his now familiar stuttering start to book his place in the third round at Wimbledon with a straight sets victory over Switzerland’s Ivo Heuberger.

Greg Rusedski is free to continue playing tennis as he awaits the outcome of the hearing into his positive drugs test.

WORLD number two Roger Federer may have felt he was a little off-key, but he did enough to beat the in-form David Nalbandian in four sets and seal an Australian Open semi-final showdown with Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Juan Carlos Ferrero today reached his first Australian Open semi-final with a hard-fought victory over Morocco’s Hicham Arazi.

THE Australia Day fireworks fizzed and died yesterday as local favourites Lleyton Hewitt and Mark Philippoussis were brought to their knees in the fourth round of the Australian Open.

Moroccan Hicham Arazi put a dampener on the Australia Day celebrations Down Under with a straight-sets fourth round victory over home favourite Mark Philippoussis (pictured).

Second seed Roger Federer and home favourite Lleyton Hewitt remain on collision course at the Australian Open, but for them to meet in the last 16 both will have to overcome teenagers with bright futures.

The top seeds sat out the opening day of the Paris Masters at Bercy, but some of the better performed hopefuls from the lower ranks wasted their chance to grab the headlines.

GREAT BRITAIN’S Davis Cup captain Roger Taylor said his side have a mountain to climb after losing the first two rubbers to Morocco in Casablanca yesterday.

TIM HENMAN has set his sights on a winning start when he takes on Hicham Arazi in the opening rubber of Britain’s Davis Cup play-off today.

THE future and the past were on display at the French Open as Kim Clijsters and Lleyton Hewitt roared into the second round while former men’s champion Michael Chang bade a fond — but tearful — farewell to the Roland Garros crowds.

TOP seeds Serena Williams and Lleyton Hewitt were given a savaging

WIMBLEDON champion Lleyton Hewitt has been given permission to skip the final day of Australia's Davis Cup play-off against India in September to live out a sporting fantasy and play for his beloved Adelaide Crows Australian Rules Football team.

Andre Agassi will finally begin his quest for a second French Open title on the third day of competition at Roland Garros today.

Tim Henman beat Alberto Martin 7-5 4-6 6-2 to reach the final of the Australian Hard-court Championships in Adelaide.

Pete Sampras has crashed out of the second round of the Cincinnati Masters Series after losing 6-4 6-4 to Alberto Martin.

Andre Agassi and Marat Safin have crashed out of the Masters Series event in Hamburg.

Gustavo Kuerten needed three sets, Australian Open champ Andre Agassi just two, but both made it into the third round of the Tennis Masters Series in Miami.

Top-seed Gustavo Kuerten cruised through a first-round victory in the Mexican Open defeating Spain's Felix Mantilla 6-4, 6-1.

One of the darkest days in British Davis Cup history is still something that Tim Henman will be drawing confidence from when he clashes with Nicolas Lapentti in the second round of the Australian Open.

Tim Henman cruised into the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne with a straight-sets victory over Hicham Arazi.