Nikolay Davydenko and Stanislas Wawrinka maintained their focus after a lengthy rain delay to clinch comfortable straight-sets wins at the French Open on Tuesday.

Andy Murray extended his stay at the Open Sabadell Atlantico in Barcelona by reaching the second round of the doubles alongside Londoner Ross Hutchins.

Roger Federer had few real problems as he dispatched unseeded Frenchman Gael Monfils in his opening match at the Sony Ericsson Open on Saturday.

TOP-RANKED Roger Federer showed no lasting effects from a nasty stomach bug, routing Diego Hartfield of Argentina 6-0, 6-3, 6-0 yesterday to open his quest of a third consecutive Australian Open title.

If Serbia’s rising star Novak Djokovic is feeling the pressure of being tagged the next big thing in men’s tennis he certainly was not showing it as he produced a devastating first-round performance at the 2008 Australian Open at Melbourne Park today.

Andy Murray has booked his place in the semi-finals of the Qatar Open with victory over Sweden’s Thomas Johansson.

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.

Former champion Andy Roddick stormed into the fourth round of the US Open with a straight-sets demolition of Sweden’s Thomas Johansson.

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has demanded an apology from Swedish newspapers for their scathing reviews of the group's performance in the Scandinavian country.

Roger Federer was today aiming for his 50th straight win on grass in the second round at Wimbledon.

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.

Defending champion Roger Federer felt the success of his serve had contributed significantly in his straight sets victory over Swedish veteran Jonas Bjorkman at the Australian Open.

Sixth seed Andy Roddick powered into the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday with a straight sets victory over Marc Gicquel.

ROGER FEDERER penned another elegant page in the tennis record books while Andre Agassi overcame a bout of nerves to prolong his own Wimbledon story yesterday.

Andy Roddick admitted he was second best after his shock Australian Open exit at the hands of Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis.

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.

Greg Rusedski booked his place in the quarter-finals of the St Petersburg Open with a comeback win over American Kevin Kim in his second-round match.

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.

Defending champion Roger Federer will aim to match tennis legends Pete Sampras and Bjorn Borg today as he bids for a hat-trick of consecutive Wimbledon wins.

Andy Roddick overcame a tigerish display from Swedish outsider Thomas Johansson to set up a repeat of last year’s men’s singles final with Roger Federer.

Andy Roddick will meet Roger Federer in the Wimbledon men's final after the number two seed beat Thomas Johansson of Sweden 6-7 (6-8) 6-2 7-6 (12-10) 7-6 (7-5) in today's semi-final.

Wimbledon will see an all-American final today as former champions Venus Williams and Lindsay Davenport go head to head for the women’s title.

Second seed Andy Roddick and outsider Thomas Johansson will resume their semi-final tomorrow after rain interrupted their clash at Wimbledon today.

Rain interrupted the second semi-final of the men’s singles between second seed Andy Roddick and outsider Thomas Johansson.

Roger Federer has revealed his desire to emulate boy-hood hero Boris Becker and claim a third Wimbledon title.

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.

Sweden's Thomas Johansson upset David Nalbandian of Argentina to reach the semi-final of Wimbledon.

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.

ROGER FEDERER eased into the Wimbledon quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-4 7-6 victory over Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero.

David Nalbandian again showed experience can be decisive at Wimbledon as he eased his way into the last eight with a straight sets win over French talent Richard Gasquet.

ANDY RODDICK remained on course for a third straight Stella Artois title yesterday with a hard-fought third round victory over Slovakia’s Karol Beck at Queens.

Englishman Andrew Murray’s impressive run at the Stella Artois Championship came to an end in the third round today.

Andre Agassi blamed a trapped nerve in his back for his shock exit at the hands of Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen in the French Open, but insists he is not yet ready to call time on his career.

Kim Clijsters moved a step closer to a second straight tournament victory after thrashing fourth seed Elena Dementieva 6-2 6-1 in the quarter-finals of the Nasdaq-100 Open in Miami.

Andy Roddick will not be defending his title at the $6.56m (€5m) Nasdaq-100 Open.

Newly-crowned Australian Open champion Marat Safin today promised to compete at Wimbledon despite previously vowing never to return to the All England Club.

In the time-honoured fashion of budding sports stars the world over, as a youngster Lleyton Hewitt imagined himself lifting the Australian Open trophy.

ANDRE AGASSI overcame a record 51 aces by Joachim Johansson yesterday and set up an Australian Open quarter-final against defending champion Roger Federer.

Switzerland’s Roger Federer extended his winning streak to 25 matches to set up a mouth-watering quarter-final clash with Andre Agassi at the Australian Open.

Russia’s Marat Safin dropped his first set of the tournament but kept his temper in check to beat Mario Ancic in the Australian Open today.

Roger Federer and Andre Agassi cruised into the second round of the Australian Open today as fifth seed Carlos Moya crashed out to his Davis Cup hitting partner.

Tim Henman twice came back from a set down against Michal Tabara of the Czech Republic to reach the fourth round of the US Open at Flushing Meadow.