Tennis

May 21, 2013: In recent years the French Open has been about one man; Rafael Nadal. The 26-year-old has dominated the Paris tournament in recent years, amassing seven titles in the last eight years at Roland Garros

May 14, 2013: The Next Big Thing tag has trailed 'Baby Federer' Grigor Dimitrov since he was 16 years old. Now 21, he's beginning to fulfil that promise

May 7, 2013: Andy Murray's #coverup tweet captured the worldwide reaction to plans to destroy the Operacion Puerto evidence. If the Fuentes trial was a bellwether for Spanish attitudes towards doping, the verdict made for grim reading

Apr 30, 2013: Seedings are designed to keep the best players apart until the late stages of a tournament - but will the French Open ignore the rankings for once and bump defending champion Rafael Nadal in among the top four?

Apr 30, 2013: Rafael Nadal won the Barcelona Open for the eighth time, but I still feel Novak Djokovic is the favourite for next month's French Open

Apr 23, 2013: The major theme of the past eight months in tennis went largely unnoticed, and perhaps even unrecognised because of continuing uncertainty about the condition of Rafael Nadal's knees, the struggles of Andy "will he or will he not" Murray and speculation a

Apr 16, 2013: John Isner won the US Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston on Sunday, on the same red clay where all of the ATP action up to and including the French Open will take place over the next two months

Apr 12, 2013: The upcoming Monte Carlo Masters marks a return to a clay surface, with defending champion Rafael Nadal looking to complete his ninth consecutive victory at the tournament

Apr 9, 2013: Here's how the top men have fared through the first quarter of the season

Apr 5, 2013: It has been an interesting year for Andy Murray, certainly one that he can build on. While his Sony Open victory over David Ferrer and a return to world No. 2 has been dominating the headlines, Murray has not necessarily been playing his best tennis of la

Apr 2, 2013: About two hours before the eye-opening men's final at the Sony Open, Andy Murray was out on court at the stadium hitting with coach Ivan Lendl

Mar 26, 2013: It is a blessing to see the top four players in the world as competitive as they are now, but is time running out on how long will Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal be able to dominate the circuit for?

Mar 19, 2013: Former British No. 1 Chris Wilkinson has hailed Rafael Nadal following his brilliant return from injury

Mar 12, 2013: Whatever happened to that whole thing with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal?

Mar 5, 2013: There are all different kinds of "clean," and no sport covers more of the bases in that regard than tennis

Feb 23, 2013: When Victoria Azarenka, a fiery 19-year-old from Belarus, throttled Serena Williams in the 2009 Miami final, it looked like the makings of a new world order

Feb 19, 2013: Rafael Nadal's lengthy lay-off may be over but both his mind and his knees are still recovering from his injury setback

Feb 12, 2013: Rafael Nadal was beaten in the VTR Open final by a journeyman, but it was still a promising return for the former world No. 1

Feb 5, 2013: Former British No. 1 Chris Wilkinson casts his eye over Rafa Nadal's long-awaited return from a knee injury at the VTR Open