US Open Championship, Flushing Meadows, New York

GUILLERMO CORIA became the biggest name casualty of the opening two rounds at Wimbledon after losing 6-4 3-6 3-6 4-6 to Florian Mayer yesterday, and the Argentinean number three seed offered no complaints for his exit.

Guillermo Coria’s loathing of the Wimbledon grass was all too evident as the third seed crashed out at the second round stage to Germany’s Florian Mayer.

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.

Second seed Roger Federer and home favourite Lleyton Hewitt remain on collision course at the Australian Open, but for them to meet in the last 16 both will have to overcome teenagers with bright futures.

The top seeds sat out the opening day of the Paris Masters at Bercy, but some of the better performed hopefuls from the lower ranks wasted their chance to grab the headlines.

Andre Agassi overpowered Andreas Vinciguerra of Sweden to move into the third round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows with a 7-6 (7/1) 6-1 6-4 victory.

Results so far from Round 1 at Wimbledon.

AMERICAN stars Andre Agassi and Serena Williams turned up the heat at the French Open yesterday on a scorching day on the centre-court.

Rainer Schuettler will be hoping his luck holds out when he faces the genius of Andre Agassi in tomorrow’s Australian Open final in Melbourne.

Andre Agassi is arguably the best player in the world on current form and his very public display of emotion after reaching his fourth Australian Open final went a long way to explaining why.

SERENA Williams produced the fightback of her life to set up a fourth consecutive Grand Slam final with big sister Venus and Andre Agassi steamrolled towards a fourth Australian Open crown.

JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE made it the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after she and Lindsay Davenport ran each other to a standstill in a whole-hearted and dramatic fourth-round match at the Rod Laver Arena.

Andre Agassi was handed a simple route into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open today when Guillermo Coria retired halfway through their match.

ANDRE Agassi swept into the Australian Open third round as Venus Williams donned her best jewellery to produce a sparkling victory.

Tim Henman survived the sternest test of his Wimbledon credentials so far to book his place in the fourth round with a nerve-wracking victory over Wayne Ferreira.

World number one Lleyton Hewitt is out to complete a hat-trick of victories in this week’s Stella Artois Championships at Queen’s as he prepares for his assault on Wimbledon.

Number one seed Jennifer Capriati continued her quest to retain the Australian Open title with a 6-2 6-2 quarter-final victory over Amelie Mauresmo.

Tim Henman coasted through his first-round match as two other seeded players crashed out of the CA Trophy indoor event in Vienna.

Pete Sampras will return to Queen's Club today to try and book his place in the quarter-finals of the Stella Artois Championships - at the third attempt.

Number one seed Marat Safin slipped out of the Stella Artois Championships after a narrow defeat by qualifier Peter Wessels.

Greg Rusedski's French Open preparations were hit by a second round loss to Wayne Ferreira at the Rome Masters Series event.