Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray won their opening matches at the Western & Southern Open in straight sets.

Roger Federer narrowly avoided joining Rafael Nadal in a second-round exit at Wimbledon, and then declared the Spaniard’s loss good for the sport.

Roger Federer was two points away from following Rafael Nadal out of Wimbledon last night before staging a thrilling fightback to beat Julien Benneteau on Centre Court.

Two-time champion Rafael Nadal was dumped out of Wimbledon by unsung Czech Lukas Rosol who described his triumph as “a miracle” last night.

Rafael Nadal continued his seemingly unstoppable march through the French Open draw with a 7-6 (7/4) 6-2 6-3 victory over Nicolas Almagro to reach the semi-finals.

Rafael Nadal won 17 games in a row to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open — and then apologised to his opponent for the one-sided nature of the scoreline.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal continued his trouble-free progress at the French Open with a 6-1 6-3 6-4 victory over Eduardo Schwank in the third round this evening.

Rafael Nadal was in ominously good form as he made it only nine games dropped in two matches with a 6-2 6-2 6-0 victory over Denis Istomin in the third round of the French Open 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.

Andy Murray suffered final heartbreak at the hands of Novak Djokovic as he was beaten in straight sets at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami today.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic claimed a 6-0 7-6 (7/5) win over Argentina’s Juan Monaco to book his place in the Sony Ericsson Open final against Andy Murray.

Mario Sharapova came from a set down to beat her fellow former world number one Caroline Wozniacki and book her place in the final of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami this morning.

Top seed Novak Djokovic made routine progress into the last eight of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami with a straight-sets win over Richard Gasquet.

Andy Roddick produced the shock of the Sony Ericsson Open by knocking world number three Roger Federer out at the third-round stage with a 7-6 (7/4) 1-6 6-4 win.

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.

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 must return to Flushing Meadows tomorrow for his fourth-round US Open clash against Donald Young after poor weather forced the day’s play to be cancelled.

Juan Monaco discovered to his cost that Roger Federer does not like to be kept waiting as the five-time champion coasted into a record 30th consecutive grand slam quarter-final at the US Open.

Rafael Nadal will return to Flushing Meadows for his US Open fourth-round clash with Gilles Muller tomorrow hoping to make the headlines for what happens on the court rather than off it.

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.

A potentially memorable final showdown between clay court king Rafael Nadal and in-form world number two Novak Djokovic at the Madrid Open moved a step closer last night as both players progressed through to the quarter-finals without any problems.

Canadian pop star Michael Buble married Argentine TV actress Luisana Lopilato in a civil ceremony today.

World number two Roger Federer was scarcely troubled as he progressed into the third round of the Paris Masters with a comfortable win over home favourite Richard Gasquet.

Andy Murray got his wish for a Shanghai Masters showdown with Roger Federer tomorrow after both men won their semi-finals in straight sets.

Andy Murray crushed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga this morning to advance impressively into the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters.

Defending champion Andy Murray is out of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami after losing his second-round clash with Mardy Fish 6-4 6-4.

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.

The top men’s seeds continued to make trouble-free progress at the Australian Open today as Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Nikolay Davydenko all secured comfortable straight-set wins.

World number one Roger Federer sent out an ominous warning to his rivals with the most comfortable of second-round victories over Victor Hanescu at the Australian Open today.

Nikolay Davydenko and Fernando Verdasco closed in on spots at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in contrasting fashion at the Paris Masters today.

Second seed Nikolay Davydenko remained on course for his fifth ATP Tour title of the season today with a straight-sets win against Argentinian Juan Monaco at the Valencia Open.

Albert Montanes edged past third seed Juan Monaco 7-6 (7/2) 7-6 (8/6) to claim the BCR Open Romania title in Bucharest today.

Five-time champion Roger Federer held off a game challenge from Germany’s Simon Greul to set up a US Open third-round match with Lleyton Hewitt.

World number one Rafael Nadal believes Andy Murray will be “very difficult to stop” if he succeeds in getting his claycourt game up to the level he desires.

Reigning champion Andy Murray is realistic about his chances of defending his crown at this week’s Madrid Masters following the tournament’s change to clay courts, admitting he is not looking any further than his opening match.

Andy Murray may have tasted defeat at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome yesterday, but the world number four is confident his clay-court game is improving.

Andy Murray will have to wait until tomorrow to launch his title bid at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia after rain wreaked havoc on the second day in Rome.

Rain has prevented early play from starting at the Rome Masters today.

AMELIE MAURESMO believes her first-round win over Olga Savchuk will help to dismiss any “mental fears” she had coming into the French Open.

Nikolay Davydenko and Stanislas Wawrinka maintained their focus after a lengthy rain delay to clinch comfortable straight-sets wins at the French Open on Tuesday.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal moved a step closer to claiming his first title of the season on Monday after recording a 6-1 6-3 victory against American teenager Donald Young at the Pacific Life Open.

Juan Monaco overcame Argentinian compatriot Juan Pablo Brzezicki to advance to the semi-finals of the Movistar Open on Friday.