Rafael Nadal will begin his campaign for an unprecedented seventh straight Monte Carlo Rolex Masters title today with the praise of his great rival Roger Federer ringing in his ears.

ROMANIAN Victor Hanescu quit his Wimbledon third-round men’s singles match tonight after appearing to spit in anger at members of the crowd.

Third seed Novak Djokovic overcame the brutal serve of Taylor Dent to ensure a welcome early conclusion to the second match of his Wimbledon campaign.

Roger Federer recovered from a first-set wobble to cruise into the third round of the French Open after a rain-hit victory over Alejandro Falla.

Fourth seed Rafael Nadal was given a scare by Argentinian David Nalbandian before edging into the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

The top two seeds in the men's draw at the Pilot Pen tournament in New Haven progressed into the third round today - although it was far from easy for Nikolay Davydenko.

Novak Djokovic claimed his place in the Gerry Weber Open final in Halle with a straight-sets win over Olivier Rochus today.

RAFAEL NADAL cruised into the quarter-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships yesterday with a convincing victory over Russian qualifier Mikhail Ledovskikh.

Andy Murray won one and lost one at the Qatar Open in Doha today but will be contented with the way 2008 has begun.

Fifth seed Ivan Ljubicic tumbled out of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon on Friday following defeat to Alejandro Falla in the quarter-finals.

Lleyton Hewitt secured his place in the quarter-finals of the Kingfisher Airlines Open with a 7-6 (7/2) 6-2 victory over unseeded Boris Pashanski on Thursday.

Andy Roddick tried to remain upbeat despite becoming the highest-profile casualty of the 2007 French Open following a four-set defeat to an inspired Igor Andreev.

TOMMY HAAS gained revenge for his five-set defeat to Robby Ginepri in the third round of the 2005 US Open by beating the American in another marathon encounter at the same stage 12 months on.

RAFAEL NADAL made sure he kept things moving along as he negotiated the first hurdle at the US Open without too much difficulty.

Defending champion Roger Federer kicked off his bid for a hat-trick of US Open titles with an easy first-round victory over Yeu-Tzuoo Wang.

Lleyton Hewitt made short work of Olivier Rochus on Saturday to advance to the last 16 at Wimbledon.

Lleyton Hewitt advanced to the third round of Wimbledon today after prevailing in his one-set shoot-out with Hyung-Taik Lee.

BIRTHDAY girl Justine Henin-Hardenne and former world number one Lleyton Hewitt moved into the French Open third round yesterday, booking their places before the rains returned to swamp Roland Garros.

JUAN Ignacio Chela revelled in his sweet win. A year ago the lanky Argentine was beaten by fierce rival Lleyton Hewitt in a spiteful third-round match at the Australian Open.

Roger Federer headed a near clean sweep by the men’s seeds during the fourth day of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Third seed and last year's runner-up Lleyton Hewitt will begin his quest for the Australian Open title with a first round match against Czech Robin Vik.

Croatian Mario Ancic is full of confidence as he heads into the Heineken Open semi-final in Auckland against Swiss youngster Stanislas Wawrinka.

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.

Top seed Roger Federer booked his place in the last 16 of the US Open with a 6-3 7-6 (8/6) 6-2 victory against Olivier Rochus at Flushing Meadows.

Argentinian seventh seed Guillermo Canas and Dutchman Sjeng Schalken have both pulled out of Wimbledon.

Two of Argentina’s best hopes for French Open success advanced to the third round at Roland Garros today.

Andy Roddick will not be defending his title at the $6.56m (€5m) Nasdaq-100 Open.

ANDRE AGASSI overcame a record 51 aces by Joachim Johansson yesterday and set up an Australian Open quarter-final against defending champion Roger Federer.

Switzerland’s Roger Federer extended his winning streak to 25 matches to set up a mouth-watering quarter-final clash with Andre Agassi at the Australian Open.

Russia’s Marat Safin dropped his first set of the tournament but kept his temper in check to beat Mario Ancic in the Australian Open today.

Russia’s Marat Safin is enjoying taking things easy as he targets a second straight Australian Open final appearance.

Top seed and defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium became the highest-seeded player at this year’s US Open to lose as she was knocked out by Russia’s Nadia Petrova.

TIM Henman reached the US Open quarter-finals for the first time as opponent Nicolas Kiefer withdrew in the fifth set of their fourth-round clash with a wrist injury at Flushing Meadows yesterday.

Top seed Roger Federer remains on course to win his third Grand Slam of the year after advancing to the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows thanks to a walkover.

Tim Henman reached the quarter-finals of the US Open for the first time in his career as opponent Nicolas Kiefer withdrew in the fifth set of their fourth-round clash with a wrist injury.

US Open Championship, Flushing Meadows, New York

Greg Rusedski put his injury problems behind him to complete a winning return to action in the first round of the AAPT Championship in Adelaide.

Tim Henman has surprised himself with his easy progress to the last 16 of Wimbledon.

NOT for the first time, three-time champion John McEnroe sees him as favourite but this week it looks like now or never for Tim Henman.

Results so far from Round 1 at Wimbledon.

David Nalbandian set out to prove his appearance in last year’s final was no flash in the pan with an impressive first round victory at Wimbledon.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI'S preparations for next week's Australian Open were halted yesterday when she was beaten 4-6 6-4 7-5 by Russian Tatiana Panova in the second round of the Sydney International.

Second seed Marat Safin is first on Centre Court at Wimbledon today.