Maria Sharapova has told fans she is "counting the days" until she returns to tennis next spring after the Court of Arbitration for Sport reduced her two-year doping ban to just 15 months.

Andy Murray’s coach Jonas Bjorkman believes his protege is already hitting the levels needed to win more grand slams as the British number one gets set for his Wimbledon quarter-final on Wednesday.

Viktor Troicki claimed his second career ATP Tour title as he beat fellow qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin at the Apia International in Sydney.

Andy Murray moved closer to booking his place in the end-of-season ATP Tour Finals by reaching the final of the Erste Open in Vienna on Saturday.

Andy Murray reached the second week of Wimbledon in style with a straight-sets victory over 32nd seed Tommy Robredo under the Centre Court roof.

Fourth seed David Ferrer passed a potentially dangerous test with flying colours as he defeated big-serving South African Kevin Anderson in the first round of the US Open.

Nikolay Davydenko upset Alexandr Dolgopolov in the first round of the Western & Southern Open at Cincinnati.

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic remained on a Wimbledon semi-final collision course but they were the lucky ones as rain frustrated the men on fourth-round day yesterday.

Roger Federer narrowly avoided joining Rafael Nadal in a second-round exit at Wimbledon, and then declared the Spaniard’s loss good for the sport.

Roger Federer was two points away from following Rafael Nadal out of Wimbledon last night before staging a thrilling fightback to beat Julien Benneteau on Centre Court.

Two-time champion Rafael Nadal was dumped out of Wimbledon by unsung Czech Lukas Rosol who described his triumph as “a miracle” last night.

Rafael Nadal was in ominously good form as he made it only nine games dropped in two matches with a 6-2 6-2 6-0 victory over Denis Istomin in the third round of the French Open today.

Andy Roddick produced the shock of the Sony Ericsson Open by knocking world number three Roger Federer out at the third-round stage with a 7-6 (7/4) 1-6 6-4 win.

World number one Caroline Wozniacki went out in the quarter-finals of the Sydney International today as she was beaten by Agnieszka Radwanska.

Roger Federer reached the semi-finals of the Paris Masters and joined a select band of players who have won 800 matches in the open era.

World number one Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the Paris Masters due to his injured shoulder.

Top seed Novak Djokovic battled past compatriot Viktor Troicki to book a quarter-final with local favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Paris Masters this evening.

Novak Djokovic became the third member of the ’Big Four’ to make it through to round three at Wimbledon after sweeping past South Africa’s Kevin Anderson 6-3 6-4 6-2.

Roger Federer steered clear of trouble as he cruised to a straight-sets first-round Wimbledon victory over Mikhail Kukushkin from Kazakhstan.

Andy Murray did things the hard way again as he defeated unseeded Juan Ignacio Chela 7-6 (7/2) 7-5 6-2 to reach the semi-finals of the French Open for the first time.

ANDY MURRAY reflected on one of the most emotional victories of his career after defying an ankle injury and the best efforts of Viktor Troicki to book a place in the quarter-finals of the French Open.

Andy Murray completed a remarkable comeback to defeat Viktor Troicki 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5 in the fourth round of the French Open this afternoon.

Andy Murray will today bid to complete a stunning French Open fightback against Viktor Troicki after coming from two sets and a break down to tie the fourth-round match at 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 when play was called off last night because of darkness.

Andy Murray will tomorrow bid to complete a stunning French Open fightback against Viktor Troicki after coming from two sets and a break down to tie the fourth-round match at 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 when play was called off because of darkness.

Andy Murray is set to test out his injured ankle in the fourth round of the French Open today knowing this time there will be no helping hand from his opponent.

Andy Murray admitted his continued participation in the French Open is in doubt after suffering an ankle injury midway through his 6-2 6-3 6-2 victory over Michael Berrer today.

Jurgen Melzer overcame an early back injury and blustery conditions to secure a first victory over Roger Federer and a place in the semi-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters today.

Andy Murray moved into the last eight of the Rolex Monte Carlo Masters today with a 6-3 6-3 victory over injury-stricken Gilles Simon.

Novak Djokovic’s winning momentum continued as he breezed past James Blake into the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open.

Kim Clijsters retired injured from her fourth-round match in the ATP & WTA BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells last night.

Roger Federer won his first match in this year’s BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.

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.

World number 11 Li Na has progressed to the final of the Sydney International with a straight-sets victory over Serbian teenager Bojana Jovanovski.

Viktor Troicki sealed Serbia’s first Davis Cup title with a straight-sets win over Michael Llodra in the decisive fifth rubber in Belgrade today.

Roger Federer swept aside Andy Roddick to reach the final of the Swiss Indoors in Basle today.

Roger Federer took another serene step towards regaining the US Open title by taking revenge against Sweden's Robin Soderling at a windswept Flushing Meadows.

Roger Federer brushed aside Jurgen Melzer to seal his place in the quarter-finals of the US Open, with another fine performance ensuring he has yet to drop a set in doing so.

GAEL MONFILS yesterday reached the quarter-finals of the US Open for the first time in his career, where he will play a Novak Djokovic running ominously into form.

Top seed Rafael Nadal was made to work hard before finally breaking the resistance of world number 93 Teymuraz Gabashvili to book his place in the second round of the US Open.

Novak Djokovic came back from the brink of defeat to book his place in the second round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows today.

The withdrawal of Flavia Pennetta allowed US Open top seed Caroline Wozniacki to reach the last four of the Pilot Pen Tennis without playing in New Haven, Connecticut.

The top six seeds all safely progressed through to the third round at the Cincinnati Masters to keep their US Open preparations on track.

Two-time champion Andy Roddick was pushed to three sets before beating 46th-ranked Sergiy Stakhovsky in the opening round of the Cincinnati Masters today.