Nadal dreams of an eighth French title

Christopher Clarey, Paris Spaniard is in top-seeded Novak Djokovic's half of the draw.

Andy Murray - the much misunderstood potential Wimbledon champion who divides opinions

Sue Mott The Women's Institute is a broad church. They will tolerate lectures on all the enemies of mankind, from Stalin to Japanese knotweed.

Andy Murray wins his first Masters crown

Andy Murray lifted his first Masters title as he beat Novak Djokovic for the second time claiming a 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5) straight sets win in Cincinnati.

Andy Murray into St Petersburg semis

Defending champion Andy Murray, top seed of the ATP's St Petersburg Open, battled into the semi-finals, beating Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia in straight sets.

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Federer or Nadal? It's going to the fifth set

Richard Hinds ROGER Federer and Rafael Nadal have created such fascination during their parallel careers. How does the Swiss turn a backhand into a symphony? If a nuclear bomb exploded on the first day at Roland...

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Renewed Rafa has eyes for great eighth

Rafael Nadal can become the first man to win the same grand slam title eight times at the French Open, with few willing to risk talking down the rejuvenated Spaniard's chances.

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Angry young man disappoints

Linda Pearce Todd Woodbridge has called ''disappointing'' the defection of former Australian Open junior champion Brydan Klein to Britain, his mother's birthplace, while insisting that the combustible 23-year-old...

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Murray out of French Open

Open champion Andy Murray has withdrawn from next week's French Open because of an injury, the first major he'll miss since 2007.

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John Tomic banned; Bernard remains in French Open

Linda Pearce John Tomic has been banned from Roland Garros as his son, Bernard, prepares to contest next week's French Open.

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Sore Murray likely to miss French Open

Rome Scot walks off the court after second set in second-round Italian Open match.

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Hurt Djokovic stunned by Bulgarian

World No.1 Novak Djokovic was stunned by 21-year-old Grigor Dimitrov in the second round of the Madrid Masters on Tuesday as he was beaten 7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (8-10) 6-3 in just over three hours of...

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Tomic's ciao to Italian Open

Rome Withdrawal comes just days after his father and coach was barred from tournaments.

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Nadal to face Wawrinka in "dream final"

Kieran Canning Rafael Nadal described reaching the final of the Madrid Masters as a "dream" after he stormed into his seventh consecutive final since returning from a seven-month injury layoff with 6-0, 6-4 win...

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Nadal eases past Matosevic in Monaco

Rafael Nadal starts his quest for a ninth straight Monte Carlo Masters title with a 6-1 6-2 defeat of Australia's Marinko Matosevic.

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Error-strewn Murray in shock Monaco loss

Roger Federer will return to second in the ATP standings next week after Andy Murray collapsed to a 6-1 6-2 third-round loss to Stanislas Wawrinka at the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday.

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Djokovic's ankle holds up in Monte Carlo

AFP Top seed Novak Djokovic passed another test on his suspect right ankle when he posted a 4-6 6-2 6-2 win over Juan Monaco to join eight-time champion Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals of the Monte...

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Tomic and Ferrer toppled in Barcelona

Argentine Juan Monaco has bundled Australian Bernard Tomic out of the Barcelona Open, while Russia's Dmitry Tursunov knocked out top seed David Ferrer.

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Tomic loses Monte Carlo opener

Bernard Tomic's European claycourt season is off to the worst possible start, with the Australian losing 6-2 6-4 to Alexandr Dolgopolov in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters.

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Murray beats Ferrer to win Miami Masters

Miami British second seed gets his 26th career title and second for the year.