Andy Murray has been handed his highest seeding for a grand slam event after being installed at 15 for next week’s Australian Open.

Brendan Mooney

ILENA RUS is unable to sit down. She paces the kitchen floor, crying and wailing.

French Open tennis results:

Women's Singles, Round 1

FROSTIES TIGERS, smarting from Wednesday night’s defeat by Neptune, can’t expect any favours from UCC Demons when they return to Cork for tonight’s ESB SuperLeague clash at The Mardyke with Pat Price’s side on the rebound after last weekend’s loss in overtime to Saints.

New York Marathon positions

US Open Tennis latest:

French Open results

Men’s Singles Semi-finals: (11) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) bt (2) Marat Safin (Rus) 6-3 6-2 6-4

Andre Agassi has beaten Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu at Roland Garros to progress to the next round.

Collated results

Jennifer Capriati has said she hopes she can hang on for another week at the Australian Open, despite her hip strain.

World number one Gustavo Kuerten became tennis’s great escapologist early this morning to scrape through an extraordinary US Open third round match with Max Mirnyi.

Fourth seed Marat Safin has beaten Germany's David Prinosil in his third round match at Wimbledon today.

British number one Tim Henman has been named number six seed for next week's Wimbledon tournament.

Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski are 12th and 15th respectively in the ATP Champions Race.

Australian Open results