A strong British challenge is poised to make its mark at the Cadillac Russian Open after Sweden dominated day two in Moscow.

Sweden’s Fredrik Widmark heads the Cadillac Russian Open after a carding his second 67 of the tournament for a 10-under-par total but he leads only by one from compatriot Mikael Lundberg after dropping a shot at his penultimate hole.

Birmingham’s Tom Whitehouse has adopted a new relaxed but determined attitude and it paid off as he fired a six-under-par 66 to lead after the first round of the Cadillac Russian Open.

Veteran Roger Chapman is hoping he can cash in on some good omens and regain his European Tour card at the Cadillac Russian Open by following in the footsteps of last year’s winner Gary Emerson.

MOST of the European Tour’s better name players are absent from the Cadillac Russian Open but there is one world champion on show - former tennis champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

ANDRE AGASSI overcame a record 51 aces by Joachim Johansson yesterday and set up an Australian Open quarter-final against defending champion Roger Federer.

Switzerland’s Roger Federer extended his winning streak to 25 matches to set up a mouth-watering quarter-final clash with Andre Agassi at the Australian Open.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov’s days on the ATP Tour look to be over with the former French and Australian Open champion telling a British newspaper he has decided to retire.

Svetlana Kuznetsova’s coronation as US Open champion ensures that 2004 will be remembered as the year of the Russian revolution in women’s tennis.

Andre Agassi survived his biggest test of the US Open thus far but got some help from Taylor Dent's injured right leg.

ANDRE AGASSI walked onto the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium for the third day in a row, but the world number one has still managed to finish only one match in that span as rain halted the US Open yesterday.

Jennifer Capriati solved a puzzling opponent to advance to the fourth round of the US Open.

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.

Lindsay Davenport has come through to the next round of the French Open in two sets against France's Nathalie Dechy.

DEFENDING champion Serena Williams raced into the third round of the French Open along with Belgian fourth seed Justine Henin-Hardenne. However, Slovak ninth seed Daniela Hantuchova and former champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov headed for the exit.

SERENA WILLIAMS got the successful defence of her French Open title off to the perfect start on the opening day as she streaked into the second round with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Barbara Rittner of Germany to be joined by rivals Amelie Mauresmo and Justine Henin-Hardenne.

Unseeded Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov produced one of the biggest shocks of the clay court season by knocking out third seed Carlos Moya 6-4 7-6 (7/4) to advance to the quarter-finals of the Telecom Italia Masters in Rome.

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

Top-seed Roger Federer advanced to the second round of the Qatar Open by beating qualifier Andrei Stoliarov 6-2 6-7(4-7) 6-4.

As the tennis world digested the fact of Russia‘s enthralling first-ever Davis Cup final win, their top-ranked player described the experience as “better than sex”.

Fabrice Santoro and Nicolas Escude have pushed France to within one victory of a successful Davis Cup title defence by beating Russian duo Marat Safin and Yevgeny Kafelnikov in a five-set thriller.

US Open, Flushing Meadows, New York

The seedings for the 2002 Wimbledon Championships have been announced by the All-England Club in London.

Great Britain were handed a victory over Germany in the ARAG ATP World Team Championship when Lars Burgsmuller was forced to retire from the doubles match in Dusseldorf.

Marat Safin buried the nightmare of his performance at last year's Australian Open to move confidently into the third round in Melbourne.

Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras were first-day winners, while Yevgeny Kafelnikov was upset by Scott Draper at the Kooyong Classic exhibition tennis tournament in Melbourne.

Seventh seed Rainer Schuettler has knocked top-seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov out of the Qatar Open.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov got his Masters Cup campaign off to a winning start after coming from a set down to defeat Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero in Sydney.

Gustavo Kuerten slipped back into his recent losing habit as he bowed out of the Masters Series event in Paris.

Pete Sampras has beaten Marat Safin in the semi-final of the US Open.

Lleyton Hewitt surged into his first Grand Slam final tonight when he demolished the challenge of Russia’s Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

American sisters Venus and Serena Williams are to meet in the women’s final of the US Open tonight.

Andy Roddick crashed out of the US Open after giving an impression of John McEnroe at his worst.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov strode to a stunning straight sets win over top seed Gustavo Kuerten in the quarter-finals of the US Open.

There are two US Open quarter finals this evening.

Serena Williams eased into the semi-finals of the US Open early this morning when she won a tense and spectacular battle of the power girls.

World number one Gustavo Kuerten became tennis’s great escapologist early this morning to scrape through an extraordinary US Open third round match with Max Mirnyi.

The men's US Open draw includes three former champions in the same quarter.

Pete Sampras has crashed out of the second round of the Cincinnati Masters Series after losing 6-4 6-4 to Alberto Martin.

Tim Henman has unveiled Larry Stefanki as his new coach.

Andre Agassi is banking on his relentless work ethic to carry him to his second Wimbledon crown.

Seventh seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov became the biggest casualty of the men’s draw today when he was beaten in four sets by Argentinian baseliner Guillermo Canas.

It was one of the most sensational performances by a British tennis player that has ever been seen at Wimbledon, but before the tournament the name Barry Cowan would have drawn blank expressions even in his native Lancashire.

Andre Agassi and Pat Rafter were today beginning their bid to dethrone Pete Sampras at Wimbledon.