Rafael Nadal has been knocked out of the Italian Open after a straight-sets defeat by Austrian Dominic Thiem.

Novak Djokovic continued his steady return to form as he booked his place in the quarter-finals of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome on Thursday.

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.

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will meet in the semi-finals at the China Open - but second seed Rafael Nadal was a shock quarter-final casualty.

Roger Federer recovered from dropping his first set of the tournament to race into the fourth round of the US Open.

Matthias Bachinger knows New York fairytales are real because he is living one at the US Open.

Stan Wawrinka has hit out at Wimbledon bosses for handing him five matches in seven days to achieve his title dream.

Stan Wawrinka shrugged off his potential Wimbledon logjam with a straight-sets victory over Denis Istomin.

Two days after making French Open history Roger Federer is bidding farewell to Roland Garros after being dumped out by Ernests Gulbis, who fought back from a set down to claim what he described as the biggest win of his career.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal survived a serious scare against Radek Stepanek before recovering to reach the third round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

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.

Rafael Nadal’s bid to regain the world number one ranking got off to a fine start with a routine 6-2 6-4 win over Colombian qualifier Santiago Giraldo in the first round of the China Open in Beijing.

Tomas Berdych served notice of his intent to Andy Murray and all the title favourites with a demolition of Julien Benneteau to reach the fourth round of the US Open.

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray were both sent packing in their Western & Southern Open quarter-final matches yesterday.

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.

Tennis writer Simon Chambers reveals the secrets behind the Wimbledon experience

David Ferrer was made to work harder than expected but still progressed to the third round of the Australian Open today.

Andy Murray made short work of Alexandr Dolgopolov at the Shanghai Masters today, advancing to the last eight in less than an hour.

Belgian Steve Darcis claimed the scalp of Andy Roddick as he beat the American in the last 16 of the Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina.

Marin Cilic triumphed in the second longest match in Wimbledon history as he saw off Sam Querrey to set up a potential fourth-round tie against Andy Murray.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic and 2004 winner Maria Sharapova are the top seeds for this year's Wimbledon Championships.

Roger Federer continued to make heavy weather of a straightforward-looking draw at the French Open as he scraped past Nicolas Mahut 6-3 4-6 6-2 7-5 in the third round today.

A relaxed Rafael Nadal strolled into the second round of the French Open with a 6-2 6-2 6-1 victory over Italian Simone Bolelli at Roland Garros today.

Roger Federer described as “pretty incredible” his achievement in equalling Jimmy Connors’ record of grand slam match wins at the French Open today.

World number one doubles pair Bob and Mike Bryan gave the United States a 2-1 lead in their Davis Cup tie with France in Monte Carlo.

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.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic moved through to the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells last night with a 6-2 6-3 win over South African Kevin Anderson.

Novak Djokovic barely broke sweat as he overcame Nicolas Mahut for the loss of just two games at the Australian Open today.

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

2011 saw Conor Niland on the crest of a wave with qualification for Wimbledon and the US Open, however, the reality of daily life on the professional tennis tour can be far from glamorous. Ewan MacKenna reports.

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).

Roger Federer reached the semi-finals of the Paris Masters and joined a select band of players who have won 800 matches in the open era.

Top seed Novak Djokovic battled past compatriot Viktor Troicki to book a quarter-final with local favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Paris Masters this evening.

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.

Andy Roddick has called for players on the ATP Tour to unite in a bid to avoid the farcical scenes which have marred this year’s US Open.

ANDY MURRAY called for changes in the way tennis is run after finally coming through his rain-hit US Open fourth-round clash with Donald Young.

Andy Murray called for changes in the way tennis is run after finally coming through his rain-hit US Open fourth-round clash with Donald Young.

Rafael Nadal conceded his confidence is not as high as when he won the US Open title 12 months ago but he will be happy as long as he keeps making progress.

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.

Former world number one Andy Roddick won his first match since Wimbledon when he enjoyed a regulation straight-sets victory over Edouard Roger-Vasselin at the Winston-Salem Open.

Defending champion David Nalbandian dropped out of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington DC at the first hurdle as he was defeated by James Blake.

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