Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray won their opening matches at the Western & Southern Open in straight sets.

Serena Williams may not be playing the best tennis of her career but her confidence remains as high as ever as she prepares to take on defending champion Petra Kvitova at Wimbledon today.

Women’s singles top seed Maria Sharapova crashed out of Wimbledon yesterday after being stunned by big-hitting German Sabine Lisicki.

Austrian Tamira Paszek was the first woman to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon today as she claimed an impressive win over Roberta Vinci.

Andy Murray feels Wimbledon’s Centre Court roof policy is still very much a work in progress.

Serena Williams survived by far the biggest first-week test of her Wimbledon campaign as she came from a set down to see off the gutsy challenge of 25th seed Jie Zheng.

Novak Djokovic will play Roger Federer in a rematch of last year’s classic French Open semi-final after fighting back from the brink in remarkable fashion against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga last night.

Venus Williams took another huge step on her comeback as she knocked seventh seed Jelena Jankovic out of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston last night.

Top seeds Serbia made a perfect start to their Hopman Cup campaign as they beat Kazakhstan 3-0 in Perth.

Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm upset 12th seed Maria Sharapova in three sets in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo today.

A rain dance from Novak Djokovic had the desired effect as his US Open final with Rafael Nadal was delayed until today.

The US Open final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic has been delayed until tomorrow due to persistent rain at Flushing Meadows.

Former world number one Dinara Safina claimed just a third win in her past 11 matches after beating first-round opponent Andrea Petkovic at the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

Third seed Elena Dementieva was a surprise loser in the second round of the Cincinnati Open yesterday, going down in straight sets to fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Former world number one Ana Ivanovic fought from a set down to dump ninth seed Victoria Azarenka out of the Cincinnati Open on Monday night.

SERENA WILLIAMS is determined not to enjoy her incredible tennis success too much – so she can have more of it.

SERENA WILLIAMS last night struggled to comprehend how she could have played so badly after becoming the second major star to fall to Samantha Stosur at this year’s French Open.

Serena Williams tonight struggled to comprehend how she could have played so badly after becoming the second modern great to fall to Samantha Stosur at this year’s French Open.

Roger Federer refused to contemplate the potential loss of his world number one status following his shock French Open quarter-final defeat to Robin Soderling.

Serena Williams today revealed she was suffering with a cold and sickness bug after a medical time-out helped her recover from a second-set malaise to reach the last 16 of the French Open.

Ana Ivanovic’s miserable grand slam run continued today when the 2008 champion crashed out of the French Open barely an hour after play finally got under way at Roland Garros.

Marion Bartoli wasted little time in brushing aside top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

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

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.

Second seed Serena Williams has been dumped out of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in her first game in Rome after suffering a 6-2 2-6 6-1 defeat to Patty Schnyder in the second round.

BOTH Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova made light work of their first-round opponents at Wimbledon — before then reigniting the debate over equal prize money.