Andy Roddick advanced to the final of the Queen's club grass-court championships, beating seventh-seeded Dmitry Tursunov of Russia 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday.

JAMIE MURRAY insists his tennis doubles partnership with Eric Butorac is destined for success despite their exit from the Artois Championship yesterday.

RAFAEL Nadal needed just three minutes on Friday to swat aside Max Mirnyi 7-6 6-3 and reach the quarter-finals at Queen's.

TOP remaining seed James Blake was dumped out of the ATP Halle tournament quarter-finals in straight sets by German Philipp Kohlschreiber overnight.

CROATIAN Marin Cilic and France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were rewarded for their promising run at Queen's with wildcards into the main draw at Wimbledon.

MARIA Sharapova's injured shoulder will face a stern examination in the run-up to Wimbledon after rain once again decimated play at the WTA grass-court tournament in Birmingham overnight.

ANDY Roddick admits he won't be satisfied with his career until he has won Wimbledon.

RAFAEL Nadal plans to cope with his shock Queen's Club exit by cheering his friends in the Real Madrid team as they try to win the Primera Liga title in Spain.

FRENCH Open champion Rafael Nadal suffered a rare taste of defeat as unseeded Nicolas Mahut knocked him out of Queen's in the quarter-finals overnight.

SCOTLAND'S Karen Paterson has been guaranteed an appearance at Wimbledon this year after being given a wild card for the women's doubles along with the British No3, Melanie South.

WHILE rain put a dampener on Maria Sharapova's Wimbledon preparations, world No 3 Jelena Jankovic dodged the showers in Birmingham to reach the last eight of the DFS Classic yesterday.

ANDY Murray's mother remains hopeful that her son will be fit for Wimbledon.

BRITISH tennis has changed a lot over the past decade and a bit, and will continue to do so at an accelerating rate.

RAFAEL Nadal hopes to recharge his batteries for Wimbledon by cheering Real Madrid to the Primera Liga title after his shock defeat by Frenchman Nicolas Mahut yesterday in the Artois Championships at Queen's Club.