David Nalbandian was a convincing first-round winner at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, but former champion James Blake was defeated in Washington.

Top seed Andy Roddick had to dig deep in a tough encounter with Rajeev Ram before booking his place in the quarter-finals of the Atlanta Tennis Championships.

British fourth seed Andy Murray has beaten Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen 6-3 6-4 6-2 in the second round at Wimbledon.

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.

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.

John Lloyd’s Davis Cup rookies failed to fill the void left by Andy Murray as Great Britain slumped to within one rubber of defeat against Ukraine.