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

Novak Djokovic was bidding to take himself within two wins of defending his Wimbledon title today with the knowledge the other seven remaining men – and one in particular – are out to stop him.

A pre-match pep talk from dad Richard and sister Venus inspired Serena Williams to send defending champion Petra Kvitova packing from Wimbledon at the quarter-final stage.

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic remained on a Wimbledon semi-final collision course but they were the lucky ones as rain frustrated the men on fourth-round day yesterday.

Lukas Rosol had lost his giant-killing touch as he bowed out of Wimbledon today in the third round at the hands of Philipp Kohlschreiber.

Rafael Nadal will look to join chief title rivals Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in the third round of Wimbledon when he takes on Czech Lukas Rosol on Centre Court this evening.

Rafael Nadal was faced with a common line of questioning after his first-round win over Thomaz Bellucci yesterday – his long-standing rivalry with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic and 2004 winner Maria Sharapova are the top seeds for this year's Wimbledon Championships.

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.

Novak Djokovic returned to action for the first time since his Australian Open triumph with a solid 6-4 6-2 win over Germany's Cedrik-Marcel Stebe in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships last night.

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer eased into the the last 32 of the Australian Open, but Mardy Fish has become the highest seed to exit the tournament.

Bernard Tomic thrilled the Melbourne crowd by hitting back from two sets down to stun 22nd seed Fernando Verdasco on the opening day of the Australian Open.

John McEnroe believes Ivan Lendl is the right man to lead Andy Murray to a maiden grand slam title – although the world number four will have to do it the hard way if he is to break his duck at the Australian Open.

Andy Murray faces the prospect of having to beat world number one and defending champion Novak Djokovic if he is to reach a third successive Australian Open final.

The seedings for this month’s Australian Open have been released, with Novak Djokovic and Caroline Wozniacki receiving top billing.

Defending champion Roger Federer kept his perfect record intact at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals this year with a 6-1 3-6 6-3 victory over Mardy Fish at the O2 Arena.

Rafael Nadal knows he has his work cut out if he is to beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga tonight and reach the semi-finals of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London.

RAFAEL NADAL has hit back at Yannick Noah’s claims that Spanish sporting success is due to doping.

An ailing Rafael Nadal admitted he was fortunate to begin his Barclays ATP World Tour Finals campaign with a victory after coming through a near three-hour tussle against Mardy Fish in London on Sunday night.

A YEAR dominated by Novak Djokovic could end with yet another record racked up by the enduring Roger Federer.

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.

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.

World number one Novak Djokovic will meet number four Andy Murray in the final of the Western & Southern Open.

Serena Williams' hopes of claiming a third consecutive title in the build-up to the US Open were shattered when she was forced to withdraw from the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati with a toe injury.

Ernests Gulbis beat top seed Mardy Fish 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the final of the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles last night to claim his second ATP Tour title - but he made life hard for himself.

Talented Latvian Ernests Gulbis caused a major shock as he beat second seed Juan Martin Del Potro 6-2 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the Farmers Classic.

Defending champion Mardy Fish cruised into the semi-finals of the Atlanta Tennis Championships with a comfortable straight sets win over Somdev Devvarman.

Mardy Fish began the defence of his Atlanta Tennis Championships crown with a straight-set win over Nicolas Mahut.

Rafael Nadal insists his straight-sets victory over Andy Murray in last year’s Wimbledon semi-final will count for nothing when the two players lock horns again tomorrow.

ROGER FEDERER was waiting for the pain he normally associates with defeat to kick in last night as he left Wimbledon but it didn’t come.

Spain's Rafael Nadal has beaten Mardy Fish of the USA in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon, 6-3. 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.

The man who treated Rafael Nadal’s foot injury insists there is no chance of the problem resurfacing when the world number one resumes his Wimbledon title defence against Mardy Fish today.

MARIA SHARAPOVA set up an eye-catching Wimbledon semi-final against wild card Sabine Lisicki and admitted it felt great to be in contention again.

Rafael Nadal has declared himself fit to resume the defence of his Wimbledon title against Mardy Fish tomorrow.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal was set to discover today whether his Wimbledon campaign would be ended by the foot injury he suffered in yesterday’s hard-fought victory over Juan Martin Del Potro.

Bernard Tomic will make his Court One debut at Wimbledon today hoping to succeed where the man he has replaced as the main hope of Australian tennis failed.

The stunning form of Novak Djokovic in 2011 has seen him turn the perceived two-way battle between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal at the head of the game into a three-way contest, but Nadal insists that has always been the case.

RAFAEL NADAL stayed up late to watch his friend Rory McIlroy win golf’s US Open but was still fresh enough to start the defence of his Wimbledon title with a straight-sets win over Michael Russell yesterday.

Rafael Nadal got the defence of his Wimbledon crown off to a winning start as he saw off the challenge of the unheralded American Michael Russell on Centre Court this afternoon.

Rafael Nadal vowed to go on the offensive against man-of-the-moment Novak Djokovic in the Sony Ericsson Open final – after the same tactics saw off Roger Federer.

Novak Djokovic extended his unbeaten start to the year as he set up a semi-final against new American number one Mardy Fish at the Sony Ericsson Open.

Novak Djokovic’s winning momentum continued as he breezed past James Blake into the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open.