2008 wimbledon tennis

Andy Murray has been handed a seemingly safe route into the second round of the upcoming US Open after being drawn against an opponent from outside the world's top 100.

Argentine Sergio Roitman will provide Murray with his first grand-slam test since being defeated in the Wimbledon quarter-finals be eventual champion Rafael Nadal.

The world 102 has never been beyond the first round of a grand-slam and appeared at Flushing Meadows for the first time last year.

Murra

There could be a number Brits in the draws for the US Open singles tournaments after steady progress was made in the qualification rounds for the grand-slam.

Three British women are in line to grab a first round spot - one of them is Elena Baltacha defeated Poland's Anna Korzeniak 7-6 5-7 6-0 to reach the second round of qualifying, edging closer to her first appearance at the event.

Mel South saw off Italy's Alberta Brianti 6-2 3-6 6-3.

Serbian Ana Ivanovic has knocked her compatriot Jelena Jankovic off the top of the women's tennis rankings.

Jankovic previously broke Ivanovic's nine week spell as world number one, but held the top spot for just one week before Ivanovic retook the position.

The WTA has indicated that the 20 year-old French Open champion will now hold the number one position for the next three weeks.

Fernando Gonzalez of Chile booked his place in the final of the men's Olympic tennis tournament with a win over American James Blake.

Gonzalez, ranked 15 in the world, now faces either Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic in a battle for the gold medal.

Blake, who threw away three break points in the deciding set, went down 4-6 7-5 11-9 in a compelling contest in Beijing.

Nadal v Djokovic sees the soon-to-be world number one play the Australian Open champion in a match m

Soon-to-be world number one Rafael Nadal booked a second round Olympic tennis tournament match-up with Australia's Lleyton Hewitt after beating Italian Potito Starace in three sets.

The Spaniard faced a tough test over two hours and 15 minutes as he eventually overcame the world number 74 6-2 3-6 6-2.

Now he faces former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt, who saw off Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman 7-5 7-6 (7-2) in the first round.

Hewitt boasts a 4-3 career record over Na

Carlos Moya stands in the way of Andy Murray reaching his second semi-final in two weeks at the Cincinnati Masters.

Moya faces the British number one after edging past Igor Andrev 3-6 7-6(8) 7-5 - the former French Open champion is currently ranked 41 in the world.

Murray bounces into the contest on the back of a marvellous showing at the Toronto Masters, where he beat Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic and ran red-hot Rafael Nadal close.

So far in Cincinnati,

Rafael Nadal has a chance to take Roger Federer's crown as world number one at the Cincinnati Masters this week after the Swiss crashed out 6-7 6-4 6-7 to Ivo Karlovic.

Should Nadal win the tournament he will leapfrog Federer after the US Open champion's near five-year reign at the top of the sport.

The young Spaniard will be up against Fernando Verdasco of Spain or Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti in the quarter-finals.

He said the ranking points situation: "Right

Andy Murray is gearing up for his second competitive singles match after Wimbledon - a third round tie in the Toronto Masters against Stanilas Wawrinka.

Wawrinka - who reached the fourth round of Wimbledon this year, equalling his best showing in a grand-slam - earned himself a game with Murray by seeing off Marat Safin 6-3 6-4.

The match-up should make for an intriguing contest, with 23-year-old Wawrinka ranked number ten in the world, one behind the Scot.

Murray

Andy Murray is preparing for a third round Toronto Masters tie with Swede Thomas Johansson.

The British number one was seeded eighth for the tournament and received a bye through to the second round.

Veteran Johansson beat Marat Safin to win the Australian Open in 2002.

Serena Williams will play either Alisa Kleybanova or Patty Schnyder in the quarter-finals of the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford, California, after progressing from the second round, but not without a scare.

Williams, a finalist at this year's Wimbledon, will await the winner of the Kleybanova v Schnyder match awash with relief after being severely tested by Portuguese teenager Larcher de Brito.

The courageous 15-year-old won the first set of the contest, before Willia