RAFAEL NADAL made a winning debut under the Centre Court roof as he booked his place in the third round of Wimbledon with a 6-3 6-2 6-4 win over Ryan Sweeting.

Rafael Nadal does not believe he is currently playing well enough to win a sixth French Open crown this year.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal battled through to the quarter-finals of the French Open with a 7-5 6-3 6-3 victory over Ivan Ljubicic.

Andy Murray feels “great” following his recent elbow injury as he heads into this week’s Madrid Open looking to build on last month’s display in Monte Carlo.

Roger Federer recovered from a nightmare first set to beat Swiss compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka and advance to the semi-finals of the Stockholm Open in the Swedish capital last night.

Andy Murray today crashed out of the China Open in Beijing after losing in straight sets to Ivan Ljubicic.

Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych crashed out of the US Open in the first round after losing in straight sets to France’s Michael Llodra.

Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych today became the biggest casualty of the US Open so far, the seventh seed crashing out of the US Open in the first round after losing in straight sets to France’s Michael Llodra.

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.

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.

SECOND seed Roger Federer remains on course for his first title of 2009 after continuing his almost total domination over Andy Roddick at the Madrid Open yesterday.

Andy Murray will face Roger Federer in the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells after the British number one came through a tough encounter with Ivan Ljubicic 7-5 7-6 (8/6).

Andy Murray will seek to put right one of his few losing records when he returns to the court in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam this evening.

Top seed Roger Federer was in irresistible mood as he sailed effortlessly into the fourth round of the French Open at Roland Garros today with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over Mario Ancic.

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.

Andy Murray maintained his impressive start to 2008 by reaching the final of the Qatar Open in Doha for the second successive year.

Fifth seed Ivan Ljubicic tumbled out of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon on Friday following defeat to Alejandro Falla in the quarter-finals.

Spaniards Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer and Carlos Moya all progressed to the round of 16 at the US Open on Sunday.

World number 15 Andy Murray has been offered the opportunity to take instant revenge on Ivan Ljubicic after the pair were drawn to meet at the AAMI Kooyong Classic.

Andy Murray insists his Qatar Open semi-final win over top seed Nikolay Davydenko will mean little if he fails to clinch the title today.

Fernando Gonzalez continued his impressive run at the BA-CA Tennis Trophy on Saturday with victory over third-seeded Andy Roddick.

LLEYTON HEWITT continued his dramatic grasscourt re-emergence by swatting aside the challenge of Italian Filippo Volandri to reach the second round at Wimbledon in style.

KING of clay Rafael Nadal is thrilled with his form after easing into his second successive French Open final.

DEFENDING champion Rafael Nadal confirmed there was still room for improvement after securing a place in the semi-finals of the French Open yesterday.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal confirmed there was still room for improvement after securing a place in the semi-finals of the French Open today.

Andy Roddick admitted he was second best after his shock Australian Open exit at the hands of Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis.

Roger Federer has struggled with Ivan Ljubicic in the past but when it comes to finals, he almost always comes out on top.

Top seed Tim Henman yesterday crashed out of the Madrid Masters with a three-set defeat by Ivan Ljubicic.

Tim Henman refused to make any excuses for his third-round defeat to Ivan Ljubicic in the Madrid Masters today.

RUSSIAN 19th seed Marat Safin crashed out of Wimbledon in his tournament opener yesterday – and then vowed he would never return to the All England Club.

GREG RUSEDSKI last night claimed he was being “singled out” by the ATP after testing positive for nandrolone.

Andy Roddick received a 21st birthday present a day early as he defeated Ivan Ljubicic 6-3 6-7 (4/7) 6-3 7-6 (10/8) in the second round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows.

Lleyton Hewitt had to dig deep into his reserves of tenacity and bravery to squeeze into the third round of the French Open.

Unseeded Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov produced one of the biggest shocks of the clay court season by knocking out third seed Carlos Moya 6-4 7-6 (7/4) to advance to the quarter-finals of the Telecom Italia Masters in Rome.

Andy Roddick added to the ever-growing list of injured casualties at the Australian Open as he tumbled out of his second round encounter in Melbourne.