Serena Williams has brushed off suggestions female players do not deserve equal prize money to men after her 48-minute thrashing of Elena Vesnina.

Roger Federer and Andy Murray took one step closer to a showdown in the Wimbledon final after they both cruised into the last eight yesterday.

Roger Federer has pulled out of this week's Madrid Open with a back injury as his troubled season continues.

Andy Murray failed to build on a bright start as eight-time champion Rafael Nadal came from a set down to book his place in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters.

Serena Williams and Andy Murray were the big losers in the Miami Open as they were dumped out in the third and fourth round respectively on a day of upsets in Florida.

Rafael Nadal became the highest-profile casualty of this year’s Wimbledon after slumping to a 7-5 3-6 6-4 6-4 defeat to dreadlocked German Dustin Brown.

Rafael Nadal has vowed to be ready for a Wimbledon showdown with a dreadlocked German who has already taught him a lesson on grass.

Andy Murray admits he will have to draw on all his clay-court experience if he is to pull off the shock of the tournament and beat Novak Djokovic in the French Open semi-final.

Roger Federer is already looking towards Wimbledon after his hopes of winning a second French Open title were ended in straight sets to Swiss compatriot Stan Wawrinka in the quarter-finals.

Rafael Nadal was dumped out of the Miami Open yesterday as he suffered a shock defeat to fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco.

US Open champion Marin Cilic will miss the Australian Open with a shoulder injury.

“I hope at the moment that the whole country is united and I hope it will not create a divided country, the consequences of that would be terrible.”

Andy Murray recorded his best win since lifting the Wimbledon trophy last year to set up a blockbuster US Open quarter-final against Novak Djokovic.

Andy Murray had another frustrating afternoon on the Louis Armstrong Stadium court but did enough to defeat Andrey Kuznetsov and reach the fourth round of the US Open.

Novak Djokovic dropped just four games against Paul-Henri Mathieu as he coasted into the third round of the US Open. The world number one, bidding to reach the final for a fifth straight year, had the easiest of afternoons on Arthur Ashe, defeating the 81st-ranked Frenchman 6-1 6-3 6-0.

Ireland’s James McGee makes his grand slam debut against Kazakh Aleksandr Nedovyesov at the US Open today after brilliantly fighting his way through qualifying.

Andy Murray reached the last 16 of the Western & Southern Open after shrugging off humid conditions in Cincinnati to beat Joao Sousa.

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray remain on a quarter-final collision course at the Rogers Open in Toronto after both men came through their second round matches yesterday.

Tennis: Novak Djokovic admitted he feared his Wimbledon campaign was over when damaging his left shoulder in a "scary fall" during his third-round win over Gilles Simon at Wimbledon yesterday.

Seven-time champion Roger Federer put on an evening masterclass after world number one Rafael Nadal laboured his way through to the third round at Wimbledon.

World number one Rafael Nadal fought back from losing the first set to beat Martin Klizan 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3 on Centre Court and secure a place in the second round at Wimbledon yesterday.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wasted little time in securing a place in the second round of Wimbledon when returning to Court One on Tuesday morning.

Novak Djokovic made short work of clearing a potentially major hurdle as he crushed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to move into the quarter-finals of the French Open.

Second seed Novak Djokovic was given a workout before earning his ninth straight victory over Marin Cilic to move into the fourth round of the French Open yesterday.

Serena Williams’ demise yesterday turned the ripples into shockwaves at a French Open full of surprises as Maria Sharapova assumed the mantle of title favourite.

Stanislas Wawrinka expects his Australian Open triumph to persuade other players that the big four of men’s tennis are there to be shot at.

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Andy Murray believes he is already reaping the rewards of his back surgery.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic will meet David Ferrer in the final of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition event in Abu Dhabi.

World number two Novak Djokovic will not feature in any events other than the Mubadala World Tennis Championships prior to the Australian Open in January.

Rafael Nadal began life back at world number one with a convincing victory at the Shanghai Masters to join Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in the third round.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has pulled out of the US Open as he continues to recover from the knee injury he aggravated at Wimbledon.

Roger Federer insists he is still capable of winning a record eighth Wimbledon title despite suffering a shock second round defeat to world number 116 Sergiy Stakhovsky.

Novak Djokovic is learning to expect the unexpected at Wimbledon but is making sure he keeps his own game under control.

For the first time in his career, Rafael Nadal will wake today with a first-round loss at a grand slam against his name, but he is adamant that it will not be long before he is back to put that right.

The departure of Rafael Nadal caused the major stir on the opening day of play at this year’s Wimbledon.

Andy Murray is refusing to start dreaming about another grand slam final despite avoiding a dreaded quarter-final clash against Rafael Nadal today.

Andy Murray has been drawn in the same half as Rafael Nadal for Wimbledon.

Top seed Roger Federer enjoyed a comfortable workout as he opened his account at this week’s Gerry Weber Open in Halle with a straight-sets win over German wildcard Cedrik-Marcel Stebe.