Rafael Nadal began his bid to reclaim the Wimbledon title from Roger Federer in determined mood as the world number one eased to victory in his opener on Centre Court today.

Alex Bogdanovic has been overlooked for a wild-card entry into this year’s Wimbledon despite being Britain’s second-highest ranked player.

JUSTINE HENIN revealed she was emotionally exhausted after slipping to her first French Open defeat for six years yesterday.

Novak Djokovic today stayed on course for a third French Open semi-final in four years after breaking the resistance of Robby Ginepri to reach the last eight.

RAFAEL NADAL last night insisted he always plays badly in the first round of the French Open after a straight-sets success against plucky French teenager Gianni Mina.

ANDY MURRAY took his place in the second round of Wimbledon but only after a tense opening match against American Robert Kendrick last night.

Roger Federer admitted he had been made to “battle hard” before securing victory in his Australian Open first-round clash with Andreas Seppi today.

World number eight Andy Roddick produced a serving masterclass to begin his quest for a second US Open title with a comfortable 6-2 6-2 6-2 straight-sets victory over Fabrice Santoro at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday.

Top seed Roger Federer has survived a major scare at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, defeating Robby Ginepri in a hard-fought second round encounter.

For the first time since 1990 the top four seeds were today contesting the semi-finals in the Artois Championships, but Andy Murray’s injury was the talk of Queen’s Club yesterday.

Roger Federer knows he must get his gameplan right if he is to beat Fernando Gonzalez and reach the semi-finals of the French Open.

RUSSIA’S Dinara Safina mounted an astonishing comeback from a set and 2-5 down to send top seed Maria Sharapova crashing out of the French Open in an epic fourth round battle yesterday.

Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez breezed into the last eight of the French Open after enjoying a routine win over unseeded American Robby Ginepri.

Top seed Roger Federer was in irresistible mood as he sailed effortlessly into the fourth round of the French Open at Roland Garros today with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over Mario Ancic.

Fifth seed David Ferrer emerged victorious from a five-set epic against Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt to edge through to the fourth round of the French Open.

Top seed Andy Roddick claimed a third SAP Open title on Sunday after defeating fourth-seeded Czech Radek Stepanek 6-4 7-5.

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.

Roger Federer booked his place in the third round of the Madrid Masters tonight, but the world number one was made to work for his victory by qualifier Robby Ginepri.

Juan Ignacio Chela outlasted Stanislas Wawrinka in an erratic match at Flushing Meadows to reach the last eight of the US Open in New York.

Spaniards Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer and Carlos Moya all progressed to the round of 16 at the US Open on Sunday.

World number 14 Andy Murray was uncertain about his immediate plans after his comeback from injury was abruptly halted by a 6-2 6-2 defeat by Fabio Fognini in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

Roger Federer was left distinctly unimpressed after he was forced to play the latter part of his second-round win over Thierry Ascione at the French Open in near-darkness last night.

IT was a day to forget for the United States at the French Open yesterday, with their nine-strong contingent of men’s singles players making history for the wrong reasons.

Second seed Rafael Nadal expressed his satisfaction at the ‘ease’ of his 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 6-2 win over American Robert Kendrick.

Tomas Berdych was not intimidated by having to play Rafael Nadal on his turf.

British number two Tim Henman breezed into the third round of the Japan Open with victory over Frank Dancevic.

Roger Federer advanced to the semi-finals of the US Open on Thursday night with a 7-6 (9-7) 6-0 6-7 (9-11) 6-4 victory over the fifth-seeded James Blake.

Andy Roddick eased through to the last eight of the US Open with a 6-3 6-4 6-3 win over German qualifier Benjamin Becker – the man who had ended Andre Agassi’s dreams of one final grand slam title.

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.

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

UNLIKE fellow American Robby Ginepri, Andy Roddick knew what to do with a two-set lead.

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.

Andy Murray put last weekend’s Davis Cup demons well and truly behind him to claim a place in the world’s top 100 at the Thailand Open.

Andre Agassi’s magical run continued at the US Open but he will need to pull out every trick to beat defending champion Roger Federer in the final.

Grand Slam finalist in 31 years with his third straight five-set victory, a 6-4 5-7 6-3 4-6 6-3 triumph over fellow American Robby Ginepri today at the National Tennis Center.

Andre Agassi moved into the last eight of the US Open but he was made to work for his fourth-round victory over Belgian Xavier Malisse.

Andre Agassi moved into the last eight of the US Open on Monday but he was made to work for his fourth-round victory over Belgian Xavier Malisse.

Robby Ginepri wrapped up a superb day for American men at Flushing Meadows by winning only his third career five-set match 7-5 6-7 (3/7) 6-4 2-6 6-3 in a marathon three-hour 20 minute effort against Tommy Haas of Germany in the third round of the US Open.

Five-time former champion Andre Agassi withdrew from the Legg Mason Tennis Classic on Monday in order to take a break ahead of the upcoming US Open.

Robby Ginepri never dropped his serve but still lost out to top seed Andy Roddick 7-6 (9/7) 7-6 (7/2), in an all-American quarter-final at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis.

Roger Federer and Andre Agassi cruised into the second round of the Australian Open today as fifth seed Carlos Moya crashed out to his Davis Cup hitting partner.

US Open Championship, Flushing Meadows, New York

Sebastien Grosjean has given himself a fighting chance of becoming the first Frenchman to capture the Wimbledon title since 1946 after sweeping past Robby Ginepri in three sets today.