Only half of the eight seeded players remain in the draw heading into the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open.

LLEYTON HEWITT breezed into the second round of the US Open with a straight-sets victory over American Amer Delic yesterday.

Rain delayed the start of the first semi-final between Andy Roddick and Dmitry Tursunov at the Artois Championships today.

ANDY RODDICK won through to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after a rollercoaster match against Croatian Mario Ancic on day seven.

Andy Roddick won through to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after a rollercoaster match against Croatian Mario Ancic on day seven.

Roger Federer has revealed he suffered a bruised shinbone after a nightmare left him hysterical in the middle of the night.

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.

Raging Dmitry Tursunov compared umpire Fergus Murphy to Saddam Hussein after being given a point penalty at a crucial point in his five-set loss to Jarkko Nieminen.

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.

Tim Henman headed home from the French Open haunted by another of those matches that might have been.

Tim Henman’s French Open challenge ended this afternoon when he failed to launch the fightback he needed in his rain-curtailed match against Dmitry Tursunov.

Tim Henman crashed out of the Australian Open today after a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 defeat to Dmitry Tursunov on the opening day of the tournament in Melbourne.

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

British favourite Tim Henman has crashed out of Wimbledon today, losing his second round match 6-3 2-6 6-3 3-6 6-8 against Russia's Dmitry Tursunov.

Tim Henman today received plenty of support, some from highly unlikely sources, ahead of his second-round match at Wimbledon.

RUSSIAN 19th seed Marat Safin crashed out of Wimbledon in his tournament opener yesterday – and then vowed he would never return to the All England Club.