Andy Murray claimed one of the bravest wins of his career as he toughed it out against Fernando Verdasco to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals last night.

Andy Murray claimed one of the toughst wins of his career as he toughed it out against Fernando Verdasco to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals today.

Bernard Tomic thrilled the Melbourne crowd by hitting back from two sets down to stun 22nd seed Fernando Verdasco on the opening day of the Australian Open.

Second seed Fernando Verdasco crashed out in the first round at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis today.

Roger Federer finally overcame his nemesis Gilles Simon today although it took him five enthralling sets to reach the third round of the Australian Open.

Fernando Verdasco saved three match points on his way to a stunning victory over Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic in the second round of the Australian Open today.

Rafael Nadal today moved a step closer to a potential Sunday showdown with Roger Federer after advancing to the semi-finals of the US Open for the third year in succession.

Top seed Rafael Nadal booked his place in the US Open quarter-finals with a business-like victory over fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez at Flushing Meadows.

RAFAEL NADAL made smooth progress into the fourth round of the US Open with a straightforward win over Gilles Simon last night.

World number one Rafael Nadal was made to work hard to clinch his place in the third round of the ATP Rogers Cup before disposing of Stanislas Wawrinka yesterday.

RAFAEL NADAL last night insisted he always plays badly in the first round of the French Open after a straight-sets success against plucky French teenager Gianni Mina.

THIRD seed Rafael Nadal made short work of his Rome Masters quarter-final, progressing to the last four with a 6-4 6-1 win over Stanislas Wawrinka – but the tournament lost another star as Novak Djokovic fell to Fernando Verdasco.

Robin Soderling comfortably brushed aside Mikhail Youzhny to reach the semi-finals of the the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, winning 6-1 6-4.

Roger Federer crashed out at the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami as Tomas Berdych triumphed 6-4 6-7(3/7) 7-6(8/6) in a gruelling battle.

Fernando Verdasco upset Andy Roddick’s bid for a fourth SAP Open title with a come-from-behind victory in San Jose.

Top seed Andy Roddick fought back from a set down to win his SAP Open semi-final and set up a meeting with second seed Fernando Verdasco in San Jose.

Top seed Andy Roddick made light work of his second-round clash at the SAP Open in San Jose today.

World number one Roger Federer sent out an ominous warning to his rivals with the most comfortable of second-round victories over Victor Hanescu at the Australian Open today.

Andy Murray will this morning be contemplating a shock end to his season after one of tennis’ strangest nights.

Juan Martin del Potro boosted his hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at London's O2 Arena today with a nervy 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7/1) victory over Fernando Verdasco in this afternoon's Group A clash.

Nikolay Davydenko and Fernando Verdasco closed in on spots at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in contrasting fashion at the Paris Masters today.

Roger Federer celebrated reaching a 22nd consecutive grand slam semi-final but only after being made to work for his US Open victory by 12th seed Robin Soderling.

Roger Federer made light work of 14th seed Tommy Robredo on American Labour Day as the world number one advanced on the US Open quarter-finals.

RUSSIA’S Elena Dementieva and Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic became the first big name casualties at the US Open.

Fernando Verdasco needed almost three hours to see off a resilient Kristof Vliegen in a tense Wimbledon second-round encounter on Court Three.

PORTUGUESE 16-year-old Michelle Larcher De Brito grunted her way into the limelight at the French Open on a day Venus Williams made her now customary early exit from Roland Garros.

A lacklustre Rafael Nadal was bundled out of the Sony Ericsson Open following after losing a see-saw quarter-final battle with Juan Martin del Potro 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7/3) in Miami.

Roger Federer’s quest for his first title of 2009 remained on course with a straight sets 6-3 6-2 win over Taylor Dent.

Andy Murray will face Roger Federer in the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells after the British number one came through a tough encounter with Ivan Ljubicic 7-5 7-6 (8/6).

RAFAEL NADAL will face Roger Federer in the Australian Open men’s final — but it needed a mammoth effort from the world number one to get there.

Rafael Nadal will face Roger Federer in the Australian Open men's final - but it needed a mammoth effort from the world number one to get there.

RAFAEL NADAL is looking forward to taking on his Davis Cup team-mate in the Australian Open semi-finals tomorrow and expects Fernando Verdasco to provide by far his sternest challenge so far.

Andy Murray insisted being favourite for the Australian Open title did not weigh heavily on him after he crashed out in the fourth round to Spain’s Fernando Verdasco.

Andy Murray crashed out of the Australian Open in five sets today, going down 2-6 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-4 to 14th seed Fernando Verdasco in Melbourne.

It was a good day for the French at the Australian Open today as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon all progressed to the fourth round.

ANDY MURRAY came from two sets down to beat Richard Gasquet in a thrilling Centre court showdown — to set up a quarter-final clash with Rafael Nadal today.

RAFAEL Nadal secured his 25th consecutive win at the French Open yesterday after dispatching Fernando Verdasco in straight sets.

A SHOCKED Serena Williams hailed an “unbelievable” performance from Katarina Srebotnik after crashing out of the French Open at the third-round stage yesterday.

Third seed Novak Djokovic secured a second successive straight-sets victory at the French Open to ease into the fourth round.

Andy Murray was relieved to overcome a “difficult mental challenge” after he progressed to the quarter-finals of the Barclays Dubai Open with victory in three sets over Spain’s Fernando Verdasco.

Three-time Australian Open champion Roger Federer headed the list of seeded players to safely make it through to the third round on day four at Melbourne Park.

Andy Murray took a huge step towards booking his place in the prestigious Masters Cup competition with a handsome victory over Fernando Verdasco to clinch his second ATP Tour title of the year in the St Petersburg Open.

RAFAEL NADAL gave yet another clay-court masterclass yesterday as he passed his first genuine test of this year’s French Open with flying colours to ease into the quarter-finals.

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.