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.

Number two Rafael Nadal of Spain was involved in a real scrap with Luis Horna before beating the Peruvian 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-2 to move through to the third round of the US Open.

Andy Murray roars into the second week of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time today maintaining he has little chance of extending his Wimbledon glory run much further.

LLEYTON HEWITT continued his dramatic grasscourt re-emergence by swatting aside the challenge of Italian Filippo Volandri to reach the second round at Wimbledon in style.

BIRTHDAY girl Justine Henin-Hardenne and former world number one Lleyton Hewitt moved into the French Open third round yesterday, booking their places before the rains returned to swamp Roland Garros.

MARTINA HINGIS found out yesterday that she can still slug it out with the best. She also knows she still has a way to go to get back to the top.

Roger Federer squeezed through to the semi-finals of the Australian Open after seeing off fifth seed Nikolay Davydenko in four sets.

Nicolas Kiefer has advanced to the semi-finals at the Australian Open after a brutal 6-4 0-6 6-4 6-7 (1/7) 8-6 marathon victory over Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean.

World number one Roger Federer never believed he would fail to reach the quarter-final of the Australian Open – despite being taken to a deciding set by Tommy Haas.

Nicolas Kiefer, Nikolay Davydenko and Sebastien Grosjean all booked spots in the quarter-finals after a day of tough encounters at the Australian Open.

Roger Federer is on track for a second Australian Open crown in three years after comfortably defeating Belorussian Max Mirnyi to reach the fourth round at Melbourne Park.

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

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.

SPANISH sensation Rafael Nadal progressed to the third round of the US Open yesterday without any undue alarm, beating American wild card Scoville Jenkins in straight sets.

ROGER FEDERER tightened his grip on the most famous trophy in tennis when he powered inevitably into the Wimbledon semi-finals with an impressive 7-5 6-2 7-6 victory over Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez.

Andy Roddick overcame a brave fightback from Sebastien Grosjean on Wednesday to reach his third successive Wimbledon semi-final.

Number two seed Andy Roddick, of the United States has won his quarter-final against number nine seed Sebastien Grosjean, of France, 3-6 6-2 6-1 3-6 6-3.

Spanish accents will be heard from all corners of the show courts in the men’s singles quarter-finals today.

ANDY RODDICK and Sebastien Grosjean will put their friendship on hold when they meet for a place in the men’s singles semi-finals today.

TIM HENMAN apologised for a foul-mouthed outburst after his worst Wimbledon performance for a decade yesterday.

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

Rafael Nadal believes he has little chance this year of fulfilling his childhood dream of becoming Wimbledon champion.

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.

Spanish prodigy Rafael Nadal blasted the Roland Garros crowd for “behaving so badly” during his four-set victory over Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean in the fourth round of the French Open on Monday.

SPANISH prodigy Rafael Nadal gave an indication of his outstanding talent by breezing past French hope Richard Gasquet in straight sets in front of a sold-out Philippe Chatrier Centre court at Roland Garros.

Spanish prodigy Rafael Nadal gave an indication of his outstanding talent by breezing past French hope Richard Gasquet in straight sets in front of a sold-out Philippe Chatrier Centre court at Roland Garros.

THE role of defending French Open champion weighed on Anastasia Myskina, as did her mother’s illness. And so her bid to repeat last year’s success ended in record time.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal powered into the second round of the French Open today as both made impressive opening-day statements of intent.

Roger Federer looked in ominous form as he coasted through to the second round of the French Open on Monday with a straight-sets victory over Israel’s Dudi Sela.

Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt led the big guns safely through to the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne today.

The last man to beat Roger Federer today bowed out of the Australian Open in the first round.

Lleyton Hewitt, the 2001 champion, routed 30th seed Feliciano Lopez of Spain 6-1 6-4 6-2 in the third round of the US Open and cannot meet another seed until the semi-finals.

America’s Andy Roddick put young pretender Rafael Nadal in his place to move into the third round of the US Open at Flushing Meadow.

Tommy Haas, who missed all of the 2003 season due to two shoulder operations, moved into the third round of the US Open by ousting 12th seed Sebastien Grosjean of France.

Wimbledon champion Roger Federer dropped a set to unknown Marcos Baghdatis before moving into the third round of the US Open with a 6-2 6-7 (4/7) 6-3 6-1 victory.

Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt advanced to the second round of the US Open with a 6-1 7-5 6-4 victory over veteran Wayne Ferreira of South Africa.

US Open Championship, Flushing Meadows, New York

France's Mary Pierce has beaten Venus Williams in the women's singles event in Athens.

Top seed Roger Federer has reached the final of Wimbledon with a semi-final win against 10th seed Sebastien Grosjean, of France.

WIMBLEDON champion Roger Federer was on the brink of reaching a second successive men’s singles final when rain ended play for the day in his match against Sebastien Grosjean on Centre Court yesterday.

Wimbledon champion Roger Federer was on course to book his place in the men’s singles final on Sunday when rain interrupted his match against Sebastien Grosjean on Centre Court for a second time this evening.

Second seed Andy Roddick’s Wimbledon semi-final against Mario Ancic was this afternoon moved to court one as bad weather threatened to mar the final weekend of the championships.

REIGNING Wimbledon champion Roger Federer dodged the showers and weathered a storming fightback from Lleyton Hewitt amid the gathering gloom on Centre Court last night to book a place in tomorrow’ semi-finals against 10th seed Sebastien Grosjean, of France.