Rafael Nadal continued his magnificent run of form on the ATP circuit with a comprehensive victory in his opening match at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters.

Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis became the first man to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open today as he eased to victory in three sets over home favourite Michael Llodra.

A SHOCKED Serena Williams hailed an “unbelievable” performance from Katarina Srebotnik after crashing out of the French Open at the third-round stage yesterday.

Third seed Novak Djokovic secured a second successive straight-sets victory at the French Open to ease into the fourth round.

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.

Top seed Carlos Moya advanced to his first championship match of the season and the 43rd of his career on Saturday as he defeated unseeded Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador, 6-2 3-6 7-6 (7/5) in the Brasil Open semi-finals.

RAFAEL NADAL had little to quibble about after cruising into the second round of Wimbledon yesterday.

Andy Murray today pulled out of Wimbledon after failing to recover from the wrist injury he suffered last month.

A clearer picture of Andy Murray’s chances of competing at Wimbledon will emerge this afternoon, according to his mother Judy.

Andy Murray is confident he will be able to compete at Wimbledon and will make a final decision on his participation after practice on Monday.

Andy Murray will face Ecuador’s Nicolas Lapentti in the first round at Wimbledon if he recovers from his wrist injury.

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.

Andre Agassi needed time to settle into his first-round match at the Tennis Masters Canada on Monday night, but then made quick work of local wild card Frederic Niemeyer.

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

ALBERT COSTA retained his position at the head of the Spanish Armada when he became one of four Spaniards to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open yesterday.

Tim Henman made a winning return to action today with victory over Ecuador’s Nicolas Lapentti at the BMW Open in Munich.

Defending champion Lleyton Hewitt crushed Michael Chang 6-2 6-2 in the second round of the Japan Open.

All England Lawn Tennis Championships, Wimbledon - Order of Play for Monday, June 1

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

Jennifer Capriati, drained from an exhausting match with Italian Rita Grande, still had the energy at the Australian Open today to blast Marcelo Rios for his comments about women’s tennis.

German Tommy Haas narrowly avoided the curse of the top seeds at the Australian Open today.

Former world number one Marcelo Rios sent another seed packing in the Australian Open in Melbourne today, and did so in straight sets.

Gustavo Kuerten slipped back into his recent losing habit as he bowed out of the Masters Series event in Paris.

Great Britain are back in the World Group of the Davis Cup, after grabbing an unassailable 3-0 lead over Ecuador.

Tim Henman will today meet Spanish qualifier Felix Mantilla in the second round of the Estoril Open after comfortably passing his first-round test yesterday.

Pete Sampras and Yevgeny Kafelnikov followed Marat Safin out of the Ericsson Masters Series in Miami.

Spanish ninth seed Juan Carlos Ferrero has become the Australian Open's biggest casualty to date, after losing in five sets in his second round match in Melbourne against local favourite Andrew Ilie.

One of the darkest days in British Davis Cup history is still something that Tim Henman will be drawing confidence from when he clashes with Nicolas Lapentti in the second round of the Australian Open.