Defending champion David Nalbandian dropped out of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington DC at the first hurdle as he was defeated by James Blake.

Roger Federer sent a warning shot to his Wimbledon title rivals with a ruthless victory over former finalist David Nalbandian on Centre Court.

A spate of bloody attacks on taxis in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco left 12 taxi drivers or passengers dead, hours before the start of the Mexican Open tennis tournament.

World number two Roger Federer was scarcely troubled as he progressed into the third round of the Paris Masters with a comfortable win over home favourite Richard Gasquet.

Andy Murray’s preparation for the US Open remained right on course last night as he clinched his first title of 2010 with a magnificent straights-set victory over Roger Federer in the final of the ATP Rogers Cup.

Roger Federer and Andy Murray will go head to head in the ATP Rogers Cup final on Sunday after both won pulsating semi-finals to oust the top two seeds in Toronto.

Roger Federer gained revenge over his Wimbledon conqueror Tomas Berdych by battling from 5-2 down in the third set to edge a thrilling quarter-final against the Czech at the ATP Rogers Cup in Toronto last night.

David Nalbandian and Marcos Baghdatis are through to the Legg Mason Tennis Classic final in Washington after winning their respective semi-finals last night.

David Nalbandian was a convincing first-round winner at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, but former champion James Blake was defeated in Washington.

Top seed Novak Djokovic eased past an out-of-sorts David Nalbandian to reach the Monte Carlo Masters semi-finals and stay on course for a possible re-run of last year’s final against Rafael Nadal.

Former world number three David Nalbandian will compete at the Heineken Open in Auckland in January as he steps up his comeback following hip surgery.

Rafael Nadal survived a major scare against David Nalbandian before booking his place in the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

David Nalbandian became the highest-profile casualty in the men’s draw as he crashed out in the second round of the Australian Open today.

Novak Djokovic overcame a rain delay and Mario Ancic to secure a place in the semi-finals of the Sydney International today.

David Nalbandian hopes Rafael Nadal recovers from his knee injury in time for the Davis Cup final between Argentina and Spain.

Andy Murray was left to reflect on a sensational two months after his long winning streak finally came to an end at the Paris Masters.

Juan Martin Del Potro was overjoyed after leading Argentina into the Davis Cup final by winning the deciding contest in the 3-2 victory over Russia in Buenos Aires.

Rafael Nadal moved into the fourth round at the US Open after a push in the second set opened up a closely contested match, lifting him to a 6-4 6-3 6-0 victory over Viktor Troicki of Serbia yesterday.

After wins for Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, it was Rafael Nadal’s turn to begin his Wimbledon campaign today with a first-round match against Germany’s Andreas Beck.

Rafael Nadal is on the verge of winning his first grass-court title after an impressive victory over defending champion Andy Roddick in the semi-finals of the Artois Championships.

For the first time since 1990 the top four seeds were today contesting the semi-finals in the Artois Championships, but Andy Murray’s injury was the talk of Queen’s Club yesterday.

IT IS not a good idea to sting Roger Federer into concerted action on a tennis court.

Roland Garros dark horses Nikolay Davydenko and David Ferrer had few problems progressing to the French Open third round on a day when fellow leading seeds David Nalbandian and James Blake slipped up against a couple of unknowns.

David Nalbandian and James Blake were high-profile men’s seeds to be eliminated from the French Open today.

Third seed Novak Djokovic was nowhere near his best as he laboured to a four-set win over Denis Gremelmayr in the first round of the French Open on Sunday.

Roger Federer moved into the semi-finals of the Pacific Life Open on Friday when unseeded Tommy Haas withdrew prior to the match with a sinus infection.

Top seed Roger Federer was relieved to have a straightforward passage into the quarter-finals of the Pacific Life Open after a tough start to the season.

SO ALL the Hollywood scriptwriters are on strike, eh?

In-form David Nalbandian claimed his second Masters Series title in the space of a fortnight when he destroyed Rafael Nadal in straight sets in the final of the Paris tournament on Sunday.

Roger Federer rolled into the quarter-finals of the 1.2 million Swiss Indoors tournament Thursday with a 6-1 6-4 victory over unseeded Argentinian Juan Martin Del Potro.

Reigning champion and top seed Roger Federer moved into the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters on Friday night with victory over Feliciano Lopez.

Spaniards Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer and Carlos Moya all progressed to the round of 16 at the US Open on Sunday.

SERENA WILLIAMS produced her most convincing display so far at this year’s US Open to beat 10th seed Marion Bartoli 6-3 6-4 in the fourth round.

JELENA JANKOVIC’S credentials as a dark horse for the French Open title were further enhanced as she won a high-quality third-round clash against Venus Williams yesterday.

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.

AUSTRALIAN OPEN contenders Maria Sharapova, David Nalbandian and James Blake called for a review of the tournament’s extreme heat policy after battling soaring temperatures to reach the second round.

Fifth seed James Blake made it safely into the second round of the Australian Open after beating Spaniard Carlos Moya 7-6 (10/8) 6-2 6-4 in straight sets.

Second seed Rafael Nadal expressed his satisfaction at the ‘ease’ of his 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 6-2 win over American Robert Kendrick.

Andy Murray has been handed his highest seeding for a grand slam event after being installed at 15 for next week’s Australian Open.

Switzerland’s Roger Federer and American James Blake, the two group winners at the Masters Cup, will play each other for the title after both posted sparkling wins in today’s semi-finals.

Tomas Berdych was not intimidated by having to play Rafael Nadal on his turf.

Fernando Gonzalez continued his impressive run at the BA-CA Tennis Trophy on Saturday with victory over third-seeded Andy Roddick.

TOP SEED Roger Federer rolled to his fourth consecutive straight-sets victory with a 6-3 7-6 6-3 triumph over France's Marc Gicquel at the US Open.

David Nalbandian became the highest men’s seed to exit Wimbledon with a 6-7 (9-11) 6-7 (9-11) 2-6 defeat by Spaniard Fernando Verdasco.