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

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.

US Open Championship, Flushing Meadows, New York

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.

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Tim Henman believes he will start as the underdog for tonight’s Pacific Life Open final against Roger Federer despite his amazing record in past meetings with the Swiss world number one.

Tim Henman will be a hot favourite to reach the final of the Pacific Life Open when he takes on little-known Georgian Irakli Labadze in Indian Wells tonight.

World number one Andy Roddick survived a tough first-round clash at the Australian Open – but for last year’s finalist Rainer Schuettler it was another day to forget.