Rafael Nadal won the Barcelona Open after defeating defending champion Kei Nishikori 6-4 7-5 in the final last night.

The search for Barry Davis Ryan in Baltimore continues, the former Finance Minister has resisted saying whether a property bubble existed, a Greek referendum on the recent proposals from the country’s creditors will go ahead despite talks and 10 things you need to know about AC/DC ahead of tonight’s gig in Dublin. Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

Top seed Novak Djokovic is relishing the renewal of his intense Australian Open rivalry with defending champion Stan Wawrinka after both men enjoyed comfortable quarter-final wins in Melbourne today.

Novak Djokovic ensured seven of the top eight seeds reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after overcoming Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller in Melbourne on Monday.

Kei Nishikori and Stan Wawrinka will try to prevent what appears an inevitable Novak Djokovic-Roger Federer showdown at the ATP World Tour Finals in London.

Andy Murray’s troubled season ended in humiliation against Roger Federer at the ATP World Tour Finals.

Roger Federer thinks Andy Murray has had the wins he needs to restore full confidence at the end of a troubled season.

“It will be an exciting match, a good one to be part of. I hope I can play well. We’ve had some very good matches over the years. I hope on Thursday it will be the same."

Andy Murray is hoping to emulate coach Amelie Mauresmo after keeping his semi-final hopes alive at the ATP World Tour Finals with victory over Milos Raonic.

Andy Murray will hope to take inspiration from Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka for his must-win match against Milos Raonic at the ATP World Tour Finals.

A place back in the top four is within Andy Murray’s grasp if he can continue his fine end to a difficult season at the ATP World Tour Finals in London.

Andy Murray has avoided world number one Novak Djokovic in the group stages of the ATP World Tour Finals at London’s O2 Arena next week.

Marin Cilic struggled to comprehend his sudden elevation to become tennis’ newest grand slam champion.

One of the most stunning days in recent tennis history ended with Marin Cilic beating Roger Federer to set up a US Open final against Kei Nishikori.

Kei Nishikori stunned Novak Djokovic to become the first Japanese player ever to reach a grand slam singles final.

Novak Djokovic had his first uncomfortable moments of the US Open but retained his status as the Mr Consistent of the grand slams.

Stan Wawrinka has hit out at Wimbledon bosses for handing him five matches in seven days to achieve his title dream.

Stan Wawrinka shrugged off his potential Wimbledon logjam with a straight-sets victory over Denis Istomin.

Dan Evans produced the performance of his life to defeat 11th seed Kei Nishikori in the first round of the US Open.

Top seed Roger Federer enjoyed a comfortable workout as he opened his account at this week’s Gerry Weber Open in Halle with a straight-sets win over German wildcard Cedrik-Marcel Stebe.

Rafael Nadal was a straight-sets winner at last at the French Open, but there was nothing straightforward about his third-round victory over Fabio Fognini.

Defending champion Roger Federer was stunned by Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the last 16 of the Mutua Madrid Open.

Fourth seed David Ferrer cruised past Kei Nishikori today with what he described as “one of the best matches of my career at the Australian Open”.

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.

Novak Djokovic struggled his way to victory over David Ferrer tonight to keep his Australian Open title defence on track.

Andy Murray reached his third successive Australian Open semi-final today after easing past the challenge of Kei Nishikori.

Lleyton Hewitt rolled back the years tonight to deliver a typically gutsy display but it was not enough to derail Novak Djokovic’s title defence at the Australian Open.

Kei Nishikori stunned sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Melbourne today to become the first Japanese player to reach the last eight of the Australian Open in 80 years.

Novak Djokovic battled back for a three-set win over Marcos Baghdatis to book his place in the semi-finals of the Swiss Indoors in Basle.

Roger Federer continued his serene progress at the US Open on Saturday to remain on course for a showdown with the man who ended his amazing Grand Slam streak.

Sweden’s Robin Soderling remains on course for a quarter-final showdown with Roger Federer after advancing to the last 16 of the US Open today.

James Blake exacted a measure of revenge with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Japanese wildcard Kei Nishikori in the opening round of the USA Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston on Wednesday.

Top-seeded American Andy Roddick booked his place in the quarter-finals of the SAP Open with a 6-2 6-4 victory over in-form Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori.

Andy Roddick narrowly survived a first-round scare at the SAP Open to prevail 6-3 6-7 (7/3) 7-6 (7/5) against heavy-serving Australian Chris Guccione on Wednesday.