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NEWPORT a ' Indian wild card Prakash Amritraj returned to the Campella TMs Hall of Fame Tennis Championships with the hopes of repeating last yeara TMs Cinderella run, and got off to a confident start Monday as he defeated Thailanda TMs Danai Udomchoke 6-1, 6-4 to reach the second round at the grass-court ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament in ...

Lo and behold, Roger Federer actually lost a set at Wimbledon on Friday. Not a match, mind you, just a set, which in and of itself counts as news.

Former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero has been called up to replace the injured David Ferrer in Spain's squad for this week's Davis Cup World Group quarter-final against Germany.

WORLD number one Rafael Nadal will miss the July 10 to 12 Davis Cup quarter-final meeting with Germany in Marbella, with the Spanish Tennis Federation on Tuesday unveiling a squad containing Fernando Verdasco, David Ferrer, Tommy Robredo and Feliciano Lopez.

Wimbledon's usually reliable weather forecasters got it completely wrong on Friday although Roger Federer made all the right moves as he breezed into the second week of the grasscourt championships.

POINTER: Like his predecessor Mark McGhee, Jim Gannon is noted for loyalty to his club, attractive football and relative success.

Comment about "No sight of rain but Federer breezes through" Phone Name Comment 0 Tennis - Wimbledon Championships No sight of rain but Federer breezes through Impressive Serena to meet Hantuchova Reuters Roger Federer returns the ball to Philipp Kohlschreiber.

Roger Federer remains the man to beat at Wimbledon after surviving his first serious test against 27th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber in the third round.

Thankfully, the Royal Box list has been delivered to Commentary Box 4, and in among the many Baronesses, Lords and Air Marshalls, I spy a Sir Bobby Charlton and, praise be, a Terry Wogan.

From BBC Sport's David Ornstein on Twitter: "Murray used a back entrance to slip onto practice court 22, which is out of sight of all media & spectators.

Nicolas Almagro, from Spain, finished 2008 as the 18th best tennis player in the world - so imagine, if, after being provided with a jetpropelled racket, he had won the Australian and French Open titles and was red-hot favourite for Wimbledon.

Andy Murray advanced to the quarter-finals of the French Open for the first time with a 7-5 7-6 6-1 victory over Marin Cilic on Sunday.

Rafael Nadal stretched his French Open record to 30-0, beating Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in the second round.

Spain's Fernando Verdasco returns the ball against his compatriot Nicolas Almagro during the 3rd round competition of men's singles at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, May 29, 2009.

Fernando Verdasco edged closer to another potentially epic Grand Slam showdown with Rafael Nadal on Friday after taking the hard road to see off another Spanish compatriot Nicolas Almagro.

Paris Third seeds Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy sailed into the second round of the French Open men's doubles event with a straight-set win over locals Sebastien de Chaunac and Benoit Paire in Rolland Gaross.

Andy Murray came back from the brink to book a place in the French Open third round.

Dinara Safina rolled past another opponent Wednesday at the French Open, this time beating Vitalia Diatchenko of Russia 6-1, 6-1 in the second round.

Andy Murray passed his first test at the French Open Sunday, demonstrating his hard-earned third-seed status with an efficient 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 defeat of Argentine Juan Chela.

For every professional tennis player there is an equal and an opposite player. Spaniard Nicolas Almagro, with his stocky build, clay court proficiency and the massive amounts of spin he conjures ... by Rob York 11 89 reads Opinion For every professional tennis player there is an equal and an opposite player.