A FRUSTRATED Andy Roddick was downed by Philipp Kohlschreiber, who moved into the fourth round of the Australian Open after a titanic five-set struggle lasting until the early hours of Saturday morning in Melbourne.

Philipp Kohlschreiber downed a frustrated Andy Roddick to move into the fourth round of the Australian Open after a titanic five-set struggle lasting until the early hours of Saturday morning in Melbourne.

World number two Rafael Nadal overcame a slow start to down Gilles Simon and book his place in the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 7-5 6-2 6-3 victory at the Rod Laver Arena on Friday.

A beefed-up Rafael Nadal muscled his way into the second round of the Australian Open with a gritty straight-sets win on day one.

Roger Federer rolled into the quarter-finals of the 1.2 million Swiss Indoors tournament Thursday with a 6-1 6-4 victory over unseeded Argentinian Juan Martin Del Potro.

Lleyton Hewitt secured his place in the quarter-finals of the Kingfisher Airlines Open with a 7-6 (7/2) 6-2 victory over unseeded Boris Pashanski on Thursday.

Roger Federer struggled early with the John Isner’s booming serve before defeating the American wild card 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 6-4 6-2 on Saturday to advance to the fourth round of the US Open.

Britain’s Andy Murray set up a potential semi-final meeting with top seed Andy Roddick after beating Stefan Koubek 6-3 6-2 in the quarter-final of the Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis.

World number one Roger Federer was forced to fight for his place in the third round of the Japan Open before clinching a 7-6 (7/2) 7-6 (7/3) victory over Viktor Troicki.

FRUSTRATED by the French clay and a Chinese teenager, Lindsay Davenport glared at her racket, clenched her teeth and mounted a comeback.

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.

US Open Championship, Flushing Meadows, New York

WIMBLEDON champion Roger Federer took just 46 minutes to beat Tomas Behrend 6-1 6-1 in the first round of the Swiss Open yesterday.

US fifth seed Andy Roddick won a bad-tempered centre court showdown with Britain’s former US Open finalist Greg Rusedski to reach the third round of the men’s singles at Wimbledon yesterday.

Ivo Karlovic – the tallest man in Wimbledon history – stretched his improbable Wimbledon progress into the third round today.

Top-seed Roger Federer advanced to the second round of the Qatar Open by beating qualifier Andrei Stoliarov 6-2 6-7(4-7) 6-4.

Pete Sampras pulled out of an exhibition match with a back injury - but is expected to be fit to play at Wimbledon

The seedings for the 2002 Wimbledon Championships have been announced by the All-England Club in London.

Sweden's Thomas Johansson is the first man to book his place in the semi-finals of the Australian Open after defeating Jonas Bjorkman in a four set thriller in Melbourne.

Tim Henman will today meet Spanish qualifier Felix Mantilla in the second round of the Estoril Open after comfortably passing his first-round test yesterday.

Greg Rusedski counted the cost of having to play two matches in one day when he failed to reach the final of the Heineken Open in Auckland.

Hard-working Greg Rusedski booked his place in the semi-finals of the Heineken Open in Auckland with victory over Austria's Stefan Koubek.