Roger Federer progressed to the quarter-finals of the US Open without hitting a ball on Monday as Mardy Fish pulled out of their scheduled fourth-round match for health reasons.

Unheralded Slovakian Martin Klizan caused the shock of the tournament yesterday as he knocked out fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the second round of the US Open.

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray won their opening matches at the Western & Southern Open in straight sets.

Nikolay Davydenko upset Alexandr Dolgopolov in the first round of the Western & Southern Open at Cincinnati.

Rafael Nadal was faced with a common line of questioning after his first-round win over Thomaz Bellucci yesterday – his long-standing rivalry with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.

It was not always pretty, but it was job done for Rafael Nadal as he started his bid for a third Wimbledon title with a first-round win over Thomaz Bellucci yesterday.

Andy Murray has hit back at suggestions he has talked up recent injury problems by revealing he endured eight painkilling injections in his back in order to play at the French Open.

Andy Murray will begin his Wimbledon campaign against Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko.

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.

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer enjoyed straightforward victories at the ATP & WTA BNP Paribas Open on Sunday but Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova suffered a surprise early exit in Indian Wells.

Former world number one Andy Roddick won his first match since Wimbledon when he enjoyed a regulation straight-sets victory over Edouard Roger-Vasselin at the Winston-Salem Open.

Nikolay Davydenko made it through to the third round of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington but the two other seeds in action tonight are out after retiring hurt.

Second seed Novak Djokovic set up a mouthwatering quarter-final tie with Australian qualifer Bernard Tomic after breezing past Michael Llodra in straight sets today.

Roger Federer steered clear of trouble as he cruised to a straight-sets first-round Wimbledon victory over Mikhail Kukushkin from Kazakhstan.

Number one seed Rafael Nadal eased into the second week of the French Open as he won his third-round match against Antonio Veic in straight sets.

Five-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal again looked unconvincing as he booked a place in the third round at Roland Garros with a straight-sets win over fellow Spaniard Pablo Andujar.

Juan Martin Del Potro eased into the second round of the Sony Ericsson in Miami today.

Lleyton Hewitt rounded off his preparations for next week’s Australian Open by defeating Gael Monfils in the final of the Kooyong Classic today.

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.

Novak Djokovic ignored fans fighting in the crowd to join Roger Federer and Robin Soderling in the third round of the US Open yesterday.

ROGER FEDERER wasted no time in powering to the third round at the US Open in Flushing Meadows last night.

Roger Federer lit up the opening day of the US Open with another moment of sheer genius during his first-round victory at Flushing Meadows.

The top six seeds all safely progressed through to the third round at the Cincinnati Masters to keep their US Open preparations on track.

World number one Rafael Nadal was made to work hard to clinch his place in the third round of the ATP Rogers Cup before disposing of Stanislas Wawrinka yesterday.

Top seed Nikolay Davydenko's troubled season continued when he crashed out in the third round of the German Open in Hamburg to Kazakhstan's world number 82 Andrey Golubev last night.

Defending champion Roger Federer has been named as the top seed for the men’s singles at Wimbledon despite losing his world number one spot to Rafael Nadal.

ROGER FEDERER and Serena Williams needed all their fighting qualities to stay in the Australian Open on Wednesday after Li Na stunned Venus Williams to become the second Chinese to reach a grand slam semi-final.

ROGER FEDERER and Serena Williams needed all their fighting qualities to stay in the Australian Open on Wednesday after Li Na stunned Venus Williams to become the second Chinese to reach a grand slam semi-final.

World number one Roger Federer recovered from a set down to overcome his recent tormentor Nikolay Davydenko 2-6 6-3 6-0 7-5 and continue his remarkable run of reaching grand slam semi-finals.

Roger Federer will play his recent nemesis Nikolay Davydenko in the quarter-finals at the Australian Open after the Swiss brushed aside local hope Lleyton Hewitt today.

The top men’s seeds continued to make trouble-free progress at the Australian Open today as Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Nikolay Davydenko all secured comfortable straight-set wins.

World number one Roger Federer sent out an ominous warning to his rivals with the most comfortable of second-round victories over Victor Hanescu at the Australian Open today.

Novak Djokovic believes this year’s race for the Australian Open crown is as unpredictable as it has been in years.

In-form Nikolay Davydenko bounced back after losing the first set 6-0 to defeat Rafael Nadal 0-6 7-6 (10/8) 6-4 in a thrilling Qatar Open final in Doha today.

Rafael Nadal made short work of Viktor Troicki today to book his place in the final of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha.

David Ferrer got his season off to the perfect start as he came from a set down to beat Nikolay Davydenko and reach the semi-finals of the Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi.

Nikolay Davydenko admits an end to his grand slam duck could still be a long way off despite his brilliant victory at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals yesterday.

Nikolay Davydenko won the biggest title of his career with a 6-3 6-4 victory over US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro in the final of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at London’s O2 Arena this afternoon.

Nikolay Davydenko reached his second successive final at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals with a stunning 6-2 4-6 7-5 victory over Roger Federer at London’s O2 Arena.

Andy Murray will this morning be contemplating a shock end to his season after one of tennis’ strangest nights.

Nikolay Davydenko and Fernando Verdasco closed in on spots at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in contrasting fashion at the Paris Masters today.

Second seed Nikolay Davydenko remained on course for his fifth ATP Tour title of the season today with a straight-sets win against Argentinian Juan Monaco at the Valencia Open.

Nikolay Davydenko came out on top in a high-quality final with top seed Rafael Nadal to win the Shanghai Masters title.

Top seed Nikolay Davydenko cruised into the quarter-finals of the ATP Proton Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur this evening with a straight-sets win against Taylor Dent.