Roger Federer the eight-time champion was in superb form this afternoon to move into the third round of Wimbledon with a straight sets victory over Lukas Lacko the world number 73. Federer now 36, won the match 6-4 6-4 6-1 and did not face a single break point and hit 48 winners. Federer seeded one will now face German Jan-Lennard Struff who came through a five set match against big serving Ivo Karlovic.

The British number ones Kyle Edmund & Jo Konta both reached the second round at Wimbledon today with straight sets victories. Edmund the 21st seed won 6-2 6-3 7-5 against Australian Alex Bolt while Konta came through two tight sets 7-5 7-6 against Natalia Vikhlyantseva from Russia.

There were wins also today for the French Open champion Rafa Nadal & Novak Djokovic. Nadal won 6-3 6-3 6-2 against Dudi Sela from Israel while Djokovic beat American Tennys Sandgren 6-3 6-1 6-2.

Novak Djokovic the former World number one reached his first final for a year by defeating Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 7-6 6-4 in the semi- final at the Queen’s Club championship yesterday. The Serb will now face big serving top seed Marin Cilic in this afternoons final who beat Australian Nick Kyrgios in two tight sets 7-6 7-6.

Andy Murray lost to Nick Kyrgios this afternoon at Queen’s on his return to the tour after almost a year out with a hip injury. Murray now ranked 156th in the world was playing his first competitive match since losing at Wimbledon last year lost against the Australian 2-6 7-6 7-5 who is currently ranked 21 in the world rankings.

The British number one Kyle Edmund won against American Ryan Harrison in straight sets 7-6 6-4 to progress into the second round & will now face Nick Kyrgios.

Novak Djokovic is out of the French Open after a shock defeat this evening to unseeded Marco Cecchinato from Italy. Djokovic lost the match 6-3 7-6 1-6 7-6 to the world number 72 who had never won a main-draw match at a Grand Slam before this year’s Roland Garros. He is also the lowest ranked player to reach this stage of the clay court event since Andrei Medvedev in 1999.

Next for Marco Cecchinato in the semi-final is Dominic Thiem who had a straight sets victory over the second seed Alexandra Zverev 6-4 6-2 6-1.

The British number one Kyle Edmund has been knocked out of the French Open this afternoon by Fabio Fognini in a five set encounter. Edmund who was aiming to reach the last 16 for the first time at Roland Garros was beaten 6-3 4-6 3-6 6-4 6-4. Fognini will now face third seed Marin Cilic who beat American Steve Johnson.

The defending champion and world number one Rafael Nadal eased into the last 16 with a straight sets victory over Frenchman & crowd favourite Richard Gasquet 6-3 6-2 6-2. Next for Nadal is unseeded German Maximilian Marterer.

Rafael Nadal has won his eight Italian Open this afternoon with a epic victory over Alexandra Zverev. Nadal won the first set 6-1 before the defending champion Zverev won nine of the next 11 games to take the second set and lead 3-2 in the decider. However Nadal turned the match around after a lengthy rain delay and closed out the final out 6-1 1-6 6-3. The victory will see Nadal regain the World number one ranking before the French Open which starts next Sunday.

The king of clay Rafael Nadal beat his long-term rival Novak Djokovic this afternoon in the semi – finals at the Italian Open. The crowd in Rome saw a superb contest with some fantastic points with Nadal winning in straight sets 7-6 6-3. In the final Nadal with face inform Alexandra Zverev who won the Madrid title last week.

The British number one Kyle Edmund has had a sensational victory over Novak Djokovic to reach the third round of the Madrid Open. Edmund beat the 12-time Grand Slam champion 6-3 2-6 6-3 in one hour and 40 minutes & is now set to move into the top 20 in the world rankings. In the next round Edmund will face David Goffin who defeated Robin Haase in straight sets 7-5 6-3.

Rafael Nadal has won the Monte Carlo final with a straight sets victory of Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-3 6-2. Nadal won the match in 94 minutes to retain his status as World number one & claim his 11th title at the clay – court event. Rafa has now extended his incredible run of 36 straight sets on his favourite surface.