Juan Martin Del Potro eased into the second round of the Sony Ericsson in Miami today.

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

Andy Roddick made an impressive start to his 2011 season today with a straight-sets defeat of Australian Marinko Matosevic at the Brisbane International.

Eighth seed Nadia Petrova overcame a poor showing in the first set to book her place in the second round of the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven.

World number one Roger Federer survived an uncharacteristically sloppy display to edge past a battling Igor Andreev in four sets as he began his quest for a fourth Australian Open title.

Andy Murray did not have to be at his best as he wrapped up a comfortable victory in the first round of the Valencia Open 500.

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.

Fourth seed Novak Djokovic survived a scare at the hands of American qualifier Jesse Witten as he reached the US Open fourth round.

TOP seed Dinara Safina survived a huge scare to beat Australian world number 167 Olivia Rogowska 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 6-4 and reach the US Open second round.

The top two seeds in the men's draw at the Pilot Pen tournament in New Haven progressed into the third round today - although it was far from easy for Nikolay Davydenko.

Rafael Nadal’s return from injury was short but successful as he advanced to the third round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal because fellow Spaniard David Ferrer was forced to retire from the match with an injury of his own.

Third seed Igor Andreev tumbled out of the Swiss Open at the semi-final stage today as unseeded Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci set up a meeting with Germany’s Andreas Beck in tomorrow’s final in Gstaad.

Germany’s Tommy Haas held off Marin Cilic to win a five-set thriller on Court One and book his place in Wimbledon’s fourth round – and then called for floodlights to be installed.

ROGER FEDERER feared for his French Open existence during his testing second-round win over Argentina’s Jose Acasuso yesterday.

Roger Federer feared for his French Open existence during his testing second-round win over Argentina’s Jose Acasuso today.

Roger Federer feared for his French Open existence during his testing second-round win over Argentina’s Jose Acasuso today.

Andy Murray will face Roger Federer in the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells after the British number one came through a tough encounter with Ivan Ljubicic 7-5 7-6 (8/6).

ANDY MURRAY advanced to the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells after opponent Tommy Robredo retired with an injury.

World number two Roger Federer made a successful return since his Australian Open final defeat with a 7-6 (7/4) 6-4 win over Frenchman Marc Gicquel in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open.

It was a good day for the French at the Australian Open today as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon all progressed to the fourth round.

Juan Martin Del Potro was overjoyed after leading Argentina into the Davis Cup final by winning the deciding contest in the 3-2 victory over Russia in Buenos Aires.

ROGER FEDERER admitted he was a relieved man after narrowly avoiding a fourth-round upset at the US Open late on Tuesday night.

Roger Federer admitted he was a relieved man after narrowly avoiding a fourth-round upset at the US Open yesterday.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC joined four-time defending champion Roger Federer in the fourth round of the US Open with victory over Marin Cilic at Flushing Meadows.

Novak Djokovic joined four-time defending champion Roger Federer in the fourth round of the US Open with victory over Marin Cilic at Flushing Meadows.

Roger Federer was able to overcome a sloppy performance against unheralded Brazilian Thiago Alves to reach the third round of the US Open.

Top seed Roger Federer has survived a major scare at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, defeating Robby Ginepri in a hard-fought second round encounter.

ROGER FEDERER motors remorselessly on as the road to history and that sixth consecutive Wimbledon title gets less congested by the day.

Marat Safin hit back from two sets down to beat Tomas Berdych and give Russia an early advantage in their Davis Cup quarter-final against the Czech Republic.

RAFAEL NADAL cruised into the quarter-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships yesterday with a convincing victory over Russian qualifier Mikhail Ledovskikh.

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.

Former US Open champion Andy Roddick has hailed the United States’ first Davis Cup victory in 12 years as one of the greatest moments of his career.

Andy Roddick and James Blake won their singles matches yesterday to give the United States a commanding 2-0 lead over defending champions Russia in the Davis Cup final in Portland.

Former champion Andy Roddick suffered a first-set setback but still eased into the US Open third round when Argentina’s Jose Acasuso limped out of their match in New York today.

REIGNING champion Rafael Nadal easily got the better of close friend and fellow Spaniard Carlos Moya to stride into the semi-finals of the French Open.

RAFAEL NADAL had little to quibble about after cruising into the second round of Wimbledon yesterday.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are expected to set up a second successive showdown in the French Open final when they play their respective last-four matches today.

Nikolay Davydenko and Novak Djokovic will have to produce career-best performances on Friday if they are to prevent it from being another Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal final at the French Open.

SERENA Williams admitted feeling “violated” after being on the receiving end of a straight-sets hammering by Justine Henin in the quarter-finals of the French Open yesterday.

Nikolay Davydenko sealed the semi-final showdown with Federer by sweeping past Guillermo Canas in straight sets on Suzanne Lenglen court today.

Justine Henin and Serena Williams will renew their rivalry today when they meet in the quarter-finals of the French Open.

RAFAEL NADAL gave yet another clay-court masterclass yesterday as he passed his first genuine test of this year’s French Open with flying colours to ease into the quarter-finals.

Rafael Nadal gave another claycourt masterclass today as he passed his first genuine test of this year’s French Open with flying colours to progress untroubled into the quarter-finals.

Marcos Baghdatis progressed through to the fourth round of the French Open on Saturday after his opponent Jan Hajek withdrew because of injury midway through their clash on Suzanne Lenglen court.