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

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

Number three seed Lleyton Hewitt has eased into the second round at Wimbledon with a 6-3 6-3 6-1 victory against Christophe Rochus.

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.

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.

Men's Singles, Round 1 results

Olivier Rochus’ plan to make Marat Safin ‘‘get crazy’’ paid off in style as he sent the second seed crashing out of Wimbledon.

Marat Safin buried the nightmare of his performance at last year's Australian Open to move confidently into the third round in Melbourne.