WORLD number one, Roger Federer, claims he never felt threatened after conceding one set en route to the French Open last 16.

World number one Amelie Mauresmo claims she does not fear the pressure at the French Open any more after easily progressing to the last 16 with a straight-set win over Serbia & Montenegro’s Jelena Jankovic.

CLAY-COURT king Rafael Nadal was unable to hide his delight after setting a new record for consecutive wins on the surface, and securing his place in the second round of the French Open.

UNLIKE fellow American Robby Ginepri, Andy Roddick knew what to do with a two-set lead.

Venus Williams’ Australian Open campaign has come to an abrupt halt with the 10th seed falling 2-6 6-0 9-7 to Bulgarian teenager Tszvetana Pironkova in the opening round.

Third seed and last year's runner-up Lleyton Hewitt will begin his quest for the Australian Open title with a first round match against Czech Robin Vik.

Anastasia Myskina’s defence of the French Open crown she won in glorious fashion last year ended with a whimper today as she crashed out in the opening round of this year’s event at Roland Garros.

Top seed Lindsay Davenport today cruised into the Australian Open quarter-finals as sixth seed Elena Dementieva crashed out.

Lindsay Davenport admits she is amazed to find herself in the fourth round of the Australian Open as top seed and world number one.

Russia’s Anastasia Myskina today advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open without hitting a ball.

Serena Williams shrugged off doubts about her fitness to cruise into the second round of the US Open with a 6-1 6-3 victory over Sandra Kleinova of the Czech Republic.

World number one Roger Federer safely negotiated the opening round of the US Open after a straight sets victory over Spain’s Albert Costa.

France's Mary Pierce has beaten Venus Williams in the women's singles event in Athens.

Lindsay Davenport will be aiming to go back to basics when she meets Maria Sharapova for a place in the women’s singles final at Wimbledon.

Russian teenage sensation Maria Sharapova became the darling of the Centre Court as she blazed her way into the Wimbledon semi-finals.

This time there was no phantom point, just a masterclass from Lindsay Davenport as Karolina Sprem’s colourful Wimbledon campaign came to an end court one.

Karolina Sprem revealed how she played through the pain barrier to book a place in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.

Lindsay Davenport showed Vera Zvonareva just how to keep a cool head after the former champion booked a place in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon for the seventh time.

TWO-time champion Venus Williams was upset in the second round of Wimbledon, losing in straight sets to Croatia's Karolina Sprem in a match marred by an umpire's scoring error in the final tiebreaker.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams suffered a shock second-round defeat to Croatia’s Karolina Sprem on Centre Court this evening.

Third seed Venus Williams, of the United States, has lost 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (8-6) against Karolina Sprem, of Croatia.

British number three Greg Rusedski was kept waiting by the rain as bad weather continued to wreak havoc on the third day of the 118th Wimbledon Championships with no play possible before 4.30pm.

Daniela Hantuchova was bidding for probably her best-ever victory today against world number four Amelie Mauresmo at Eastbourne – convinced that her career revival is ready to take off.

Results so far from Round 1 at Wimbledon.