James McGee yesterday rose to the challenge of standing in for Louk Sorensen in the opening singles rubber of the Davis Cup showdown between Hungary and Ireland in Hungary, scoring a 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-7 (7/9) 6-4 victory over his 316-ranked opponent.

FOR the second day in succession, an Irish tennis player was forced to retire from a US Open first round match as Louk Sorensen succumbed to injury against Rogerio Dutra Da Silva while losing 0-6 6-3 4-6 0-1 at the time.

CONOR NILAND’S US Open dream ended in misery last night after he was forced out of the tournament by food poisoning, conceding his first round clash with world number one Novak Djokovic.

CONOR NILAND says he can’t wait to take to the court for his dream showdown against Novak Djokovic in the first round of the US Open.

IRISH tennis has suffered a massive blow with the news that Louk Sorensen has decided to quit the professional game due to injury.

AFTER RECEIVING a walkover from top seed Daniel Glancy in the opening round, Glasnevin’s Paul Keoghan was quickly jolted back to reality last night at the National Indoors Tennis Championships at David Lloyd Riverview when Mike Johnston defeated him 6-4 6-1.

IRISH tennis sensation Conor Niland is targeting a spot in the top 100 in the world by the end of 2010.

IRELAND’S Conor Niland yesterday extended his stunning run in the ATP Challenger Israel Open by nailing down a place in the final of the $100,000 outdoor hardcourt event, at Ramat Hasharon.

LOUK SORENSEN was brought back down to earth yesterday following his Australian Open heroics.

LOUK SORENSEN collected the biggest pay cheque of his career following his 6-3 7-6 (7/4) 7-5 defeat by giant American John Isner in the second round of the Australian Open yesterday.

Irishman Louk Sorensen showed fighting spirit but ultimately saw his Australian Open fairytale ended by American John Isner today.

Louk Sorensen's unexpected victory in the Australian Open will be "life-changing", according to the chief executive of Tennis Ireland.

Louk Sorensen became the first Irishman to win a Grand Slam match in 25 years when he defeated Yen-Hsun Lu in the first round of the Australian Open this morning.

Ireland will have a player in the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time since 1985 after national number one Louk Sorensen qualified for the Australian Open overnight in Melbourne.

IRELAND’S Conor Niland and Louk Sorensen have advanced to the final round of the Australian Open qualifying.

Ireland’s Conor Niland and Louk Sorensen are just one victory each away from making the main draw of a Grand Slam event for the first time after hard-fought three set victories overnight in the second round of qualifying for the Australian Open.

Irish tennis player Louk Sorensen has qualified for the main draw of the Chennai Open.

Ireland’s Louk Sorensen has qualified for the main draw of the Chennai Open.

WIMBLEDON doubles champion in 2005, Wesley Moodie has confirmed his participation in the Shelbourne Men’s Irish Open tennis championships next month.