Defending champions Spain took complete control of their Davis Cup quarter-final against Austria as they moved into a 2-0 lead after the opening day in Castellon.

Roger Federer equalled Rafael Nadal’s record of 19 ATP Masters 1000 titles as he beat 11th seed John Isner Isner 7-6 (9/7) 6-3 in the final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

World number one Caroline Wozniacki went out in the quarter-finals of the Sydney International today as she was beaten by Agnieszka Radwanska.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will face Roger Federer in the final of the Paris Masters after he came from a set down to beat John Isner 3-6 7-6 (7/1) 7-6 (7/3).

Andy Murray became only the seventh man in the Open era to reach the semi-finals at all four grand slams in a single year with a gripping 7-5 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7/2) victory over giant American John Isner at the US Open today.

Former world number one Andy Roddick will take on fellow American John Isner in the semi-final of the Winston-Salem Open after they won their respective quarter-finals against Juan Monaco and Marcos Baghdatis.

Defending champion Mardy Fish cruised into the semi-finals of the Atlanta Tennis Championships with a comfortable straight sets win over Somdev Devvarman.

Rafael Nadal avoided the shock of all shocks by coming from two sets to one down to beat John Isner 6-4 6-7 (2/7) 6-7 (2/7) 6-2 6-4 in the first round of the French Open today.

Novak Djokovic’s winning momentum continued as he breezed past James Blake into the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open.

1 THE Mary Byrne award for best female performance this year, happily, has been marked by our girls representing on the world stage.

Nicolas Mahut's eventful Wimbledon is over after the Frenchman and partner Arnaud Clement were beaten 7-6 (7/4) 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7/4) by British pair Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski in the first round of the men's doubles.

ROMANIAN Victor Hanescu quit his Wimbledon third-round men’s singles match tonight after appearing to spit in anger at members of the crowd.

John Isner will put a sign on his door when he returns to Florida this weekend following his record-breaking Wimbledon marathon - gone fishing!

THEY outlasted the scoreboard, which broke down trying to keep up with them, and little wonder.

RAFAEL NADAL survived a major scare against unheralded Robin Haase to progress into the third round of Wimbledon with a 5-7 6-2 3-6 6-0 6-3 victory.

American 23rd seed John Isner has beaten France’s Nicolas Mahut 6-4 3-6 6-7 7-6 70-68 in the first round at Wimbledon.

John Isner and Nicolas Mahut return today to complete a match assured of its place in sporting legend after reaching 59-59 in the final set of their first-round Wimbledon match.

JOHN ISNER and Nicolas Mahut’s first-round Wimbledon encounter will today go into a third day after a titanic battle yesterday that will go down as one of the most remarkable ever witnessed at the All-England Club.

John Isner and Nicolas Mahut’s first-round Wimbledon encounter will go into a third day after a titanic battle today that will go down as one of the most remarkable ever witnessed at the All England Club.

John Isner and Nicolas Mahut were obliterating Wimbledon records today in a marathon match on Court 18.

Rafael Nadal was forced to dig deep to see off a player of “unbelievable potential” as the world number three booked his place in the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal set up a blockbuster quarter-final against Andy Murray after they both overcame big-serving opponents at the Australian Open.

Andy Murray insists he is serving well enough to win his first grand slam at the Australian Open.

LOUK SORENSEN collected the biggest pay cheque of his career following his 6-3 7-6 (7/4) 7-5 defeat by giant American John Isner in the second round of the Australian Open yesterday.

Irishman Louk Sorensen showed fighting spirit but ultimately saw his Australian Open fairytale ended by American John Isner today.

Roger Federer made light work of 14th seed Tommy Robredo on American Labour Day as the world number one advanced on the US Open quarter-finals.

Andy Roddick became the first big-name seed to crash out of the US Open men’s singles as he lost a fifth-set tie-break to fellow American John Isner.

Roger Federer struggled early with the John Isner’s booming serve before defeating the American wild card 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 6-4 6-2 on Saturday to advance to the fourth round of the US Open.

Three-time champion Roger Federer proved far too good for Paul Capdeville as he comfortably beat the qualifier in the second round of the US Open on Wednesday night.

Mikhail Youzhny got the third day of the 2007 US Open off to a flying start in New York when he dispatched Frenchman Nicolas Devilder in straight sets.