Defending champion Mardy Fish cruised into the semi-finals of the Atlanta Tennis Championships with a comfortable straight sets win over Somdev Devvarman.

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.

IRISH tennis has suffered a massive blow with the news that Louk Sorensen has decided to quit the professional game due to injury.

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

Roger Federer wasted little time in advancing to the second round of the Australian Open today after crushing Lukas Lacko.

Roger Federer bowed out of Wimbledon on a defiant note, warning his critics he is not finished with tennis by a long way.

TOMAS BERDYCH is on a roll as he prepares for his first Wimbledon semi-final.

Novak Djokovic was in imperious form as he ended Yen-Hsun Lu’s fairytale run at Wimbledon with a straight-sets demolition on Court One.

Venus Williams’ bid for a sixth Wimbledon title came to a crashing halt in the quarter-finals today as Tsvetana Pironkova registered a major upset on Court One.

TAIWAN’S Yen-Hsun Lu refused to let himself believe he had a chance of defeating Andy Roddick before prevailing in a thrilling five-set encounter with the American at Wimbledon yesterday.

Taiwan’s Yen-Hsun Lu caused one of the biggest upsets in Wimbledon history by knocking out three-time finalist Andy Roddick in the fourth round.

ROGER FEDERER hailed yesterday’s straight-sets win over world number 71 Peter Luczak as the “perfect” way to begin the defence of his French Open title.

Defending champion Andy Murray is out of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami after losing his second-round clash with Mardy Fish 6-4 6-4.

LOUK SORENSEN collected the biggest pay cheque of his career following his 6-3 7-6 (7/4) 7-5 defeat by giant American John Isner in the second round of the Australian Open yesterday.

Irishman Louk Sorensen showed fighting spirit but ultimately saw his Australian Open fairytale ended by American John Isner today.

LOUK SORENSEN’S unexpected victory in the Australian Open will be “life-changing”, according to the chief executive of Tennis Ireland.

Louk Sorensen's unexpected victory in the Australian Open will be "life-changing", according to the chief executive of Tennis Ireland.

Louk Sorensen became the first Irishman to win a Grand Slam match in 25 years when he defeated Yen-Hsun Lu in the first round of the Australian Open this morning.

The top two seeds in the men's draw at the Pilot Pen tournament in New Haven progressed into the third round today - although it was far from easy for Nikolay Davydenko.

Andy Murray will play either Yen-hsun Lu or Jeremy Chardy in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal next week in his first match since Wimbledon.

Roger Federer remains on track for a record-breaking 15th grand slam title after breezing through the first round at Wimbledon but the Swiss ace is not the best ever grasscourt player, according to Andy Murray.

The odd flake of rust clung to Roger Federer as he began the quest for his sixth Wimbledon title on Centre Court.

The All England Lawn Tennis Championships get underway later today at Wimbledon.

Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddick have reached the fourth round of the Australian Open.

David Nalbandian became the highest-profile casualty in the men’s draw as he crashed out in the second round of the Australian Open today.

Andy Murray looked set for early Olympics embarrassment in Beijing today as he trailed Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei by a set and a break when his first round match was delayed by rain.

Top-seeded American Andy Roddick booked his place in the quarter-finals of the SAP Open with a 6-2 6-4 victory over in-form Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori.

Andy Roddick narrowly survived a first-round scare at the SAP Open to prevail 6-3 6-7 (7/3) 7-6 (7/5) against heavy-serving Australian Chris Guccione on Wednesday.

Lleyton Hewitt secured his place in the quarter-finals of the Kingfisher Airlines Open with a 7-6 (7/2) 6-2 victory over unseeded Boris Pashanski on Thursday.

Britain’s Andy Murray set up a potential semi-final meeting with top seed Andy Roddick after beating Stefan Koubek 6-3 6-2 in the quarter-final of the Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis.

World number one Roger Federer was forced to fight for his place in the third round of the Japan Open before clinching a 7-6 (7/2) 7-6 (7/3) victory over Viktor Troicki.

Rafael Nadal recovered from the brink of defeat to edge a five-set Centre Court thriller and avoid falling victim to the biggest shock of the Championships so far.

US Open Championship, Flushing Meadows, New York