Third seed Novak Djokovic upped his game considerably to breeze into the third round of the French Open today.

Nikolay Davydenko has launched an angry attack on the Association of Tennis Professionals, insisting he “does not have any trust” in the governing body.

Nikolay Davydenko has been fined almost £1000 (€1425) for “lack of best effort” in his match against Marian Cilic in the St Petersburg Open.

Nikolay Davydenko has again hit out at Andy Murray over the British number one’s remarks about alleged corruption in tennis.

The four major organisations involved in professional tennis insist their sport does not have a match-fixing problem and have announced plans for an independent analysis into the risk of players throwing matches.

Tennis professionals are to be given 48 hours to tell the game’s authorities if they are approached to throw matches – and the players risk disciplinary action if they fail do so.

Two-time former champion Lleyton Hewitt was knocked out of the ATP Next Generation Adelaide International on Thursday after losing his round-robin encounter with Russia’s Igor Kunitsyn in three sets.

BIRTHDAY girl Justine Henin-Hardenne and former world number one Lleyton Hewitt moved into the French Open third round yesterday, booking their places before the rains returned to swamp Roland Garros.