Four-time defending champion Roger Federer began his bid for a first Grand Slam win of the season with a comfortable first round victory over Argentina’s Maximo Gonzalez at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center.

RICHARD GASQUET’S stay at the US Open was a short one after he lost 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 5-7 7-5 6-2 in the first round to Tommy Haas.

Roger Federer completed his unstoppable march into his sixth consecutive Wimbledon final with a thoroughly dominant straight-sets victory over former world number one Marat Safin on Centre Court.

Number one seed Roger Federer, of Switzerland, wins second set of men’s singles semi-final against Marat Safin of Russia, 7-6 (7/3). Federer leads the match 2-0.

Rafael Nadal will face Rainer Schuettler in Friday’s semi-finals after getting his wish to avoid the worst that the Wimbledon weather could throw at him.

ROGER FEDERER is wary of the threat posed by a revitalised Marat Safin as the Swiss star continues his quest for a record-equalling sixth straight Wimbledon title on Centre Court today.

ROGER FEDERER and Rafael Nadal are on course to meet in the Wimbledon final for the third year in a row after both enjoyed straight-sets victories in the quarter-finals today.

Lleyton Hewitt will take inspiration from Tiger Woods as he attempts to end Roger Federer’s 62-match unbeaten run on grass at Wimbledon tomorrow.

Roger Federer will be seeking a 12th straight victory over Lleyton Hewitt when the two clash in Monday’s intriguing fourth-round clash at Wimbledon.

Rafael Nadal continued his campaign for a first Wimbledon title today, desperate to avoid the sort of upset which saw one of his main rivals, Novak Djokovic, make a shock early exit.

ROGER FEDERER motors remorselessly on as the road to history and that sixth consecutive Wimbledon title gets less congested by the day.

Third seed Novak Djokovic crashed out of Wimbledon in the second round today, beaten by a man known for his “mental instability".

Roland Garros dark horses Nikolay Davydenko and David Ferrer had few problems progressing to the French Open third round on a day when fellow leading seeds David Nalbandian and James Blake slipped up against a couple of unknowns.

Third seed Novak Djokovic upped his game considerably to breeze into the third round of the French Open today.

Marat Safin hit back from two sets down to beat Tomas Berdych and give Russia an early advantage in their Davis Cup quarter-final against the Czech Republic.

Mardy Fish’s recent run of form came to an abrupt halt as the unseeded American went out in the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami to Frenchman Arnaud Clement.

Russian Marat Safin has become the latest player to drop out of the upcoming SAP Open, tournament organisers announced on Tuesday.

Andy Murray's Australian Open preparations suffered a setback as he lost in straight sets to Marat Safin at the Kooyong Classic in Melbourne this morning.

Andy Murray has been drawn to face former world number one Marat Safin in the opening round-robin tie of the Kooyong Classic in Melbourne.

WORLD number three Jelena Jankovic was delighted to reach the last 16 after surviving a major fright from a limping opponent.

RAFAEL NADAL had little to quibble about after cruising into the second round of Wimbledon yesterday.

Marat Safin’s French Open campaign was ended at the second-round stage by Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic on Wednesday.

Marat Safin was an early winner on the opening day at the French Open before constant drizzle caused play to be temporarily abandoned at Roland Garros.

ANDY RODDICK won the battle of the big-hitting former grand slam champions in four sets to bring an early end to Marat Safin’s Australian Open campaign.

ROGER FEDERER stepped up a gear on day three of the Australian Open to sweep past Jonas Bjorkman in straight sets.

Russia’s Marat Safin battled back to overcome Dudi Sela in five sets to set up a mouth-watering third-round clash with American Andy Roddick at the Australian Open.

World number 15 Andy Murray has been offered the opportunity to take instant revenge on Ivan Ljubicic after the pair were drawn to meet at the AAMI Kooyong Classic.

Russia clinched victory in the Davis Cup final as Marat Safin beat Argentina’s Jose Acasuso in four sets to win the deciding rubber.

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

The Kremlin Cup lost its two top seeds on Friday, but only one of them was beaten on the court.

Rafael Nadal’s hardships on hard courts continued as the Spaniard suffered a fourth-set collapse against unseeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny in the quarter-finals of the US Open.

TOP SEED Roger Federer rolled to his fourth consecutive straight-sets victory with a 6-3 7-6 6-3 triumph over France's Marc Gicquel at the US Open.

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.

Greg Rusedski tonight crashed out of Wimbledon in the first round after suffering a straight-sets defeat to Russian Marat Safin.

Feliciano Lopez today dumped fifth seed Marat Safin out of Wimbledon with a ruthless performance on Court One.

DEFENDING champion Roger Federer cruised into round three at Wimbledon by beating Ivo Minar yesterday.

Marat Safin battered big-serving Mark Philippoussis into submission to move into the third round of Wimbledon this afternoon.

Mark Philippoussis is relishing his big Centre Court showdown with in-form Marat Safin today.

ROGER FEDERER’S quest for a third straight Wimbledon title got off to a strong start.

Defending Wimbledon champion Roger Federer insists he is “total control” of a once troublesome temper as he heads to SW19 in pursuit of a hat-trick of titles.

Roger Federer extended his winning streak on grass to 29 matches with a three-set victory over Marat Safin in the final of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle.

A knee injury may force Marat Safin to cut short his grass court season despite a promising first round win at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle.

MARAT Safin claimed he was deserted by Lady Luck as he crashed out of the French Open following a five-set, fourth-round thriller with 15th seed Tommy Robredo.

Marat Safin’s hopes of a maiden French Open title were shattered on Monday as he was knocked out in the fourth round by Tommy Robredo in a five-set thriller.