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

Novak Djokovic defied sweltering conditions to ease into the second round of the Australian Open today.

John McEnroe believes Ivan Lendl is the right man to lead Andy Murray to a maiden grand slam title – although the world number four will have to do it the hard way if he is to break his duck at the Australian Open.

Andy Murray faces the prospect of having to beat world number one and defending champion Novak Djokovic if he is to reach a third successive Australian Open final.

Defending champion David Nalbandian dropped out of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington DC at the first hurdle as he was defeated by James Blake.

Irish number 1 Conor Niland came back from the brink of defeat this afternoon in the first round of the Wimbledon qualifying tournament at Roehampton, London.

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

Andy Murray survived a scare in his first match of the year before booking his place in round two of the Adelaide International.