Top seed Elena Dementieva moved into the third round of the Malaysia Classic with a straightforward win over Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski.

Rafael Nadal will celebrate his rise to the top of the world on Monday as the new Olympic champion after a straight sets victory over Chilean Fernando Gonzalez in Beijing today.

Roger Federer cruised into the second round of the Beijing Olympics and then vowed not to “freak out” at his impending demotion to world number two.

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.

Svetlana Kuznetsova proved that she is far from a false number two seed at the Australian Open, dismissing France’s Nathalie Dechy in straight sets today – and sounding a warning to her rivals.