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Fifth-seeded Sorana Cirstea beat wild card Johanna Larsson 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the first round of the Swedish Open on Monday.

"Ross Hutchins loses the first foot-tennis forfeit - he's had to squeeze into an extra small 'Game, Set, Murray' T-shirt as punishment." 1224: Wonder if that question is the new 'Who's the man in the players' box with the cowboy hat?' Luckily, I don't need a Mole to answer it.

JAMIE Murray stayed in the hunt for a second Wimbledon mixed doubles title as he and partner Liezel Huber progressed to the last four.

Fans were out in force early today to get their hands on Roger Federer's latest clothing line.

Andy Roddick of the US returns the ball to Jeremy Chardy of France during their match at Wimbledon in London yesterday.

LONDON // Jelena Jankovic cried out for an escape route from the tennis-touring treadmill last week after a first round defeat at Eastbourne followed an early exit from the French Open.

BRITISH players continue to struggle on the second day of the Wimbledon Championships, with four more crashing out at the first-round stage this afternoon.

Venus Williams began the defence of her Wimbledon title with a 6-3 6-2 win over world number 97 Stefanie Voegele.

Britain's brightest young star makes her senior debut at Wimbledon today in the first game on the new Court Two.

ANDY MURRAY begins his quest to end Britain's long wait for a home Wimbledon winner against Robbie Kendrick in the first round of the Championships.

's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands - Romania's Sorana Cirstea needed to rally from a set down to capture her first-round match on the opening day of play at the Ordina Open, a final grass-court Wimbledon tune-up. Cirstea, seeded fourth this week, blew a first-set lead and needed to regroup before posting a 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 victory over fellow Romanian ...

Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova captured her first WTA Tour singles title with a straight-set victory over Li Na of China on Sunday at the Aegon Classic.

Third seed Venus Williams was eliminated in the third round of the French Open, beaten 6-0 6-4 by Hungary's Agnes Szavay.

Portuguese teenager Michelle Larcher de Brito made a very noisy departure from the big stage while a tortured and tormented Venus Williams whimpered out of the French Open on Friday.

The reigning French Open women's champion and former world No 1 Ana Ivanovic turned in a polished performance to overcome Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-1 6-2 and reach the third round of the French Open yesterday.

Rezai takes the first set tie-break 7-3 and that should keep De Brito quiet. At least for the changeover.

Reigning champion Ana Ivanovic continued her ruthless streak at the French Open with a straight-sets thrashing of Iveta Benesova in the third round.

By Dave James Paris - Maria Sharapova battled into the French Open last 32 on Wednesday as Roland Garros glanced the future of women's tennis in the shape of high-volume, big-hitting, 16-year-old Michelle Larcher de Brito.

Top-ranked Dinara Safina and defending champion Ana Ivanovic cruised into the third round of the French Open on Wednesday.

Boilover ... 17-year-old Olivia Rogowska hits a forehand during her first-round victory over Maria Kirilenko.