Teenager Kyle Edmund is one of two British players to be announced by the All England Club as wildcard entries for the men’s singles at Wimbledon, with James Ward also on the list.

American fourth seed Andy Roddick advanced to the quarter-finals of the ATP BB&T Atlanta Open on Wednesday with a straight-sets victory over his French Open conqueror Nicolas Mahut.

Marin Cilic triumphed in the second longest match in Wimbledon history as he saw off Sam Querrey to set up a potential fourth-round tie against Andy Murray.

Roger Federer continued to make heavy weather of a straightforward-looking draw at the French Open as he scraped past Nicolas Mahut 6-3 4-6 6-2 7-5 in the third round today.

Andy Roddick described his movement on the red clay of Roland Garros as “horrendous” as the former world number one made an opening-day exit from the French Open.

Venus Williams marked her return to competitive action for the first time in over six months with a straight-sets win over Kimiko Date-Krumm in the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez led a trio of seeds through to the second round of the Sud de France Open in Montpellier with a straight-sets win over Russia’s Igor Kunitsyn.

Novak Djokovic barely broke sweat as he overcame Nicolas Mahut for the loss of just two games at the Australian Open today.

Novak Djokovic was pleased to have continued his untroubled progress through to the third round of the Australian Open today.

Rafael Nadal conceded his confidence is not as high as when he won the US Open title 12 months ago but he will be happy as long as he keeps making progress.

Rafael Nadal overcame a spirited challenge from Kazakhstan’s Andrey Golubev to reach the second round of the US Open with a 6-3 7-6 (7/1) 7-5 victory in the night session on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Mardy Fish began the defence of his Atlanta Tennis Championships crown with a straight-set win over Nicolas Mahut.

Rafael Nadal avoided the shock of all shocks by coming from two sets to one down to beat John Isner 6-4 6-7 (2/7) 6-7 (2/7) 6-2 6-4 in the first round of the French Open today.

1 THE Mary Byrne award for best female performance this year, happily, has been marked by our girls representing on the world stage.

Nicolas Mahut's eventful Wimbledon is over after the Frenchman and partner Arnaud Clement were beaten 7-6 (7/4) 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7/4) by British pair Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski in the first round of the men's doubles.

Wimbledon officials are today set to probe the incident which saw Romanian Victor Hanescu apparently spit towards the crowd before quitting his third-round men's singles match.

John Isner will put a sign on his door when he returns to Florida this weekend following his record-breaking Wimbledon marathon - gone fishing!

THEY outlasted the scoreboard, which broke down trying to keep up with them, and little wonder.

American 23rd seed John Isner has beaten France’s Nicolas Mahut 6-4 3-6 6-7 7-6 70-68 in the first round at Wimbledon.

John Isner and Nicolas Mahut return today to complete a match assured of its place in sporting legend after reaching 59-59 in the final set of their first-round Wimbledon match.

JOHN ISNER and Nicolas Mahut’s first-round Wimbledon encounter will today go into a third day after a titanic battle yesterday that will go down as one of the most remarkable ever witnessed at the All-England Club.

John Isner and Nicolas Mahut’s first-round Wimbledon encounter will go into a third day after a titanic battle today that will go down as one of the most remarkable ever witnessed at the All England Club.

John Isner and Nicolas Mahut were obliterating Wimbledon records today in a marathon match on Court 18.

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

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.

British number one Andy Murray coasted into the final of the Open 13 in Marseille, crushing Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-2 6-2 in the semi-final.

Only half of the eight seeded players remain in the draw heading into the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open.

ANDY Roddick took advantage of the early good weather at Wimbledon to book his place in the third round at the All-England Club before the heavens opened.

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

Rafael Nadal has no illusions about the size of his task at Wimbledon next week.

Rain delayed the start of the first semi-final between Andy Roddick and Dmitry Tursunov at the Artois Championships today.

Andy Murray comfortably discarded Frenchman Nicolas Mahut to reach the fourth round of the Pacific Life Open tonight.

ROGER FEDERER stepped up a gear on day three of the Australian Open to sweep past Jonas Bjorkman in straight sets.

James Blake used a little inspiration from Andre Agassi to beat Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili in the US Open second round.

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

Roger Federer dropped his serve for the first time at Wimbledon today before sealing his place in the last 16.

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

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.

The year-end battle for the world number one spot between Juan Carlos Ferrero and Andy Roddick moved closer to centre stage on Monday night at the Paris Masters Series event.

World number one Juan Carlos Ferrero was pushed all the way by French qualifier Nicolas Mahut before advancing to the third round of the BNP Paribas Masters Series in Bercy tonight.

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.