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.

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.

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.