Andy Roddick described his movement on the red clay of Roland Garros as “horrendous” as the former world number one made an opening-day exit from the French Open.

Ninth seed Tomas Berdych became the 17th singles player to pull out of this year’s US Open during his third-round match against Janko Tipsarevic today.

Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt added to the list of high-profile French Open withdrawals this morning only a couple of hours before he was due on court for his first-round match.

Roger Federer continued his serene progress at the US Open on Saturday to remain on course for a showdown with the man who ended his amazing Grand Slam streak.

Roger Federer lit up the opening day of the US Open with another moment of sheer genius during his first-round victory at Flushing Meadows.

Top seed Nikolay Davydenko's troubled season continued when he crashed out in the third round of the German Open in Hamburg to Kazakhstan's world number 82 Andrey Golubev last night.

British number one Andy Murray has been placed on a Wimbledon semi-final collision course with Rafael Nadal.

Defending champion Roger Federer has been named as the top seed for the men’s singles at Wimbledon despite losing his world number one spot to Rafael Nadal.

Novak Djokovic today stayed on course for a third French Open semi-final in four years after breaking the resistance of Robby Ginepri to reach the last eight.

FOUR-TIME French Open champion Rafael Nadal is braced for a tough battle as he faces Lleyton Hewitt at Roland Garros today.

Roger Federer was pleased with his form but Rafael Nadal felt there was more improvement to come from himself as both secured straightforward victories at the French Open today.

Top seed Novak Djokovic eased past an out-of-sorts David Nalbandian to reach the Monte Carlo Masters semi-finals and stay on course for a possible re-run of last year’s final against Rafael Nadal.

Roger Federer crashed out at the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami as Tomas Berdych triumphed 6-4 6-7(3/7) 7-6(8/6) in a gruelling battle.

The Czech Republic and Spain both have one foot in the Davis Cup final after opening up 2-0 leads in their respective semi-final matches yesterday.

ANDY MURRAY admitted he was comprehensively beaten after exiting the US Open last night at the fourth-round stage.

Third seed Rafael Nadal advanced to the fourth round of the US Open today but not without an injury scare at Flushing Meadows.

Rafael Nadal’s return from injury was short but successful as he advanced to the third round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal because fellow Spaniard David Ferrer was forced to retire from the match with an injury of his own.

Andy Murray cruised to a 6-4 6-2 win over Jeremy Chardy in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal today in his first match since losing to Andy Roddick in the Wimbledon semi-finals.

ROGER FEDERER and Andy Murray stayed on course for a Wimbledon final clash with straight-sets victories in the quarter-finals yesterday.

Roger Federer and Andy Murray stayed on course for a Wimbledon final clash with straight-sets victories in the quarter-finals today.

Andy Murray today stormed into the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time with a comprehensive victory over Juan Carlos Ferrero.

The men's quarter-finals are due to take place at Wimbledon today, with British eyes all trained on the home favourite Andy Murray.

ANDY MURRAY set a new Wimbledon record in his epic fourth-round match with Stanislas Wawrinka – coming through in five sets 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 in the latest match ever on played Centre Court.

Andy Murray kept his Wimbledon dream alive but only after an intense five-set thriller under the Centre Court lights.

Andy Roddick will put his friendship with Jurgen Melzer temporarily to one side when the pair clash in the third round at Wimbledon today.

Andy Murray reached the final of AEGON Championships for the first time in his career after a one-sided victory over Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero at Queen’s.

Andy Murray insists he will be untroubled by the lack of rowdy support when he takes on Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero in today’s AEGON Championships semi-final at Queen’s Club today.

World number one Rafael Nadal has given the new Centre Court roof at Wimbledon the thumbs-up.

Novak Djokovic admits Andy Murray will deserve to be ranked third in the world if he passes the Serbian.

Rafael Nadal continued his magnificent run of form on the ATP circuit with a comprehensive victory in his opening match at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters.

Third seed Novak Djokovic upped his game considerably to breeze into the third round of the French Open today.

Novak Djokovic and Stanislas Wawrinka will meet in the final of the Rome Masters after both saw their opponents retire during Saturday’s semi-finals.

Top seed Roger Federer was relieved to have a straightforward passage into the quarter-finals of the Pacific Life Open after a tough start to the season.

Three-time Australian Open champion Roger Federer headed the list of seeded players to safely make it through to the third round on day four at Melbourne Park.

RAFAEL NADAL continued his claycourt dominance yesterday by breezing into the semi-finals of the Mercedes Cup with a 6-1 6-3 victory over Argentinian Juan Monaco in Stuttgart.

Number one seed Justine Henin of Belgium has lost her women’s singles semi-final match against Marion Bartoli, of France, 6-1 5-7 1-6.

Roger Federer took another step closer to immortality when he dispatched Juan Carlos Ferrero to take his place in the Wimbledon semi-finals.

Rafael Nadal can rarely have shed more buckets of sweat or whiled away more pointless hours.

SECOND seed Rafael Nadal’s Wimbledon hopes hang in the balance for the second night in a row after another rain-hit day at Wimbledon.

Defending champion Roger Federer was today handed a bye to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon when fourth-round opponent Tommy Haas was forced to pull out through injury.

RAFAEL NADAL had little to quibble about after cruising into the second round of Wimbledon yesterday.

THE rain that kept Rafael Nadal’s third-round match going for five days stayed away long enough to thwart his fourth-round opponent and pave the way for the Spaniard to produce his best display yet on grass.

JELENA JANKOVIC’S credentials as a dark horse for the French Open title were further enhanced as she won a high-quality third-round clash against Venus Williams yesterday.

Top seed Roger Federer cruised into the fourth round of the French Open with a routine straight-sets win over Potito Starace.