Andy Roddick tried to remain upbeat despite becoming the highest-profile casualty of the 2007 French Open following a four-set defeat to an inspired Igor Andreev.

RAFAEL NADAL was one point away from losing the first set before rallying to take command of his first-round match with American Robert Kendrick to move into the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Andy Murray earned a straightforward victory over Christophe Rochus to reach the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open in Doha.

The Kremlin Cup lost its two top seeds on Friday, but only one of them was beaten on the court.

TOMAS BERDYCH belongs to an exclusive club of players to have beaten Roger Federer in the last two years.

Andy Roddick was today enjoying an unexpected day off after racing through his second-round match at Wimbledon late last night.

Andy Murray has vowed “not to explode” at Wimbledon after seeing his hopes of a warm-up title blown away.

Roger Federer is on track for a second Australian Open crown in three years after comfortably defeating Belorussian Max Mirnyi to reach the fourth round at Melbourne Park.

Roger Federer headed a near clean sweep by the men’s seeds during the fourth day of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

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.

ROGER FEDERER came through the toughest test of his Wimbledon defence so far — but still has lost just one set in SW19 since the 2004 final.

Greg Rusedski is through to the second round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal after defeating Swiss qualifier Stanislas Wawrinka.

Spanish accents will be heard from all corners of the show courts in the men’s singles quarter-finals today.

ROGER FEDERER eased into the Wimbledon quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-4 7-6 victory over Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Robby Ginepri never dropped his serve but still lost out to top seed Andy Roddick 7-6 (9/7) 7-6 (7/2), in an all-American quarter-final at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis.

Top seed and defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium became the highest-seeded player at this year’s US Open to lose as she was knocked out by Russia’s Nadia Petrova.

US Open Championship, Flushing Meadows, New York

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

These are the results from today's tennis events at the Athens Olympics:

French Open results, Roland Garros, Paris

The top seeds sat out the opening day of the Paris Masters at Bercy, but some of the better performed hopefuls from the lower ranks wasted their chance to grab the headlines.

French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero lost his place at the top of the ATP Champions Race after a shock third-round defeat in the Masters Series in Montreal.

Wimbledon champion Roger Federer scored his 18th win in 19 matches as he reached the quarter-finals of the Masters Series in Montreal.

Bookmakers’ favourite Andy Roddick eased into the quarter-finals but revealed a chink in his armoury which will provide a glimmer of hope for his next opponent Jonas Bjorkman.

Tim Henman has surprised himself with his easy progress to the last 16 of Wimbledon.

ANDY RODDICK and Venus Williams had the Stars and Stripes flying proudly over centre court as the two Americans powered into the fourth round at Wimbledon yesterday.

Ivo Karlovic – the tallest man in Wimbledon history – stretched his improbable Wimbledon progress into the third round today.

Defending champion Lleyton Hewitt found top gear when he needed it and got past Moroccan Younes El Aynaoui to reach the US Open semi-finals.

The seedings for the 2002 Wimbledon Championships have been announced by the All-England Club in London.

Second-seed Marat Safin has booked a place in the French Open second round after struggling through his opener against wild card Michael Llodra today.

Alexandra Stevenson produced a stunning upset against top seed Jennifer Capriati, ousting the Australian and French Open champion in three sets at the adidas International in Sydney.

World number one Gustavo Kuerten became tennis’s great escapologist early this morning to scrape through an extraordinary US Open third round match with Max Mirnyi.

Resuts of today's play: