Rafael Nadal began his bid for a record fifth successive title at the Monte Carlo Masters with a 6-2 6-3 victory over Juan Ignacio Chela.

Andy Murray will seek to put right one of his few losing records when he returns to the court in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam this evening.

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

NOVAK DJOKOVIC joined four-time defending champion Roger Federer in the fourth round of the US Open with victory over Marin Cilic at Flushing Meadows.

Novak Djokovic joined four-time defending champion Roger Federer in the fourth round of the US Open with victory over Marin Cilic at Flushing Meadows.

Roger Federer was able to overcome a sloppy performance against unheralded Brazilian Thiago Alves to reach the third round of the US Open.

Andre Agassi was far from his best but still beat Andreas Seppi in straight sets to advance to the third round at Wimbledon today.

Andy Murray has vowed “not to explode” at Wimbledon after seeing his hopes of a warm-up title blown away.