France's Marion Bartoli withdrew before her second-round match at the Eastbourne International because of a viral infection.

Rafael Nadal was named fifth seed for Wimbledon, leaving his rivals to ponder meeting the Spaniard as early as the quarterfinals.

American Venus Williams has pulled out of this year's Wimbledon because of a back injury, the five-times singles champion said.

French Open champion Rafael Nadal is preparing for a tricky transition from the clay to the grass of Wimbledon as his bid for a third title at the All England Club begins next week.

Bernard Tomic has recharged his form on grass, shaking off last week's hamstring concern to post a first round win over James Ward at the ATP-WTA Eastbourne International.

Ten years after Roger Federer made his Grand Slam breakthrough at Wimbledon, he returns to the All England Club as defending champion, but with the clock ticking.

Agnieszka Radwarska is hoping to improve her grass-play consistency on what she calls her favourite surface as she starts as women's top seed at the ATP-WTA Eastbourne International.

Kevin Anderson has retained his career-best ranking, despite withdrawing from last week's Aegon Championships at the Queens Club.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia maintained first place in the men's tennis rankings issued Monday by the ATP.

Serena Williams led the way in an unchanged top 10 in the latest women's tennis rankings issued by the WTA on Monday.

Andy Murray was crowned king of Queen's Club for the third time.

Daniela Hantuchova won the sixth title of her career and a battle of the generations which saw her defeat Donna Vekic in the Birmingham WTA final.

Roger Federer clinched his first title of the season when he battled back from a set down to beat Mikhail Youzhny and win the Halle Open.

Andy Murray's bid for a third Queen's Club title was delayed as rain lashed the west London venue ahead of the final against defending champion Marin Cilic.

Rain played havoc with the schedule at Queen's Club as Lleyton Hewitt's clash with defending champion Marin Cilic was moved from the main show-court.

Romania's Simona Halep claimed her first WTA title with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Andrea Petkovic in the Nuremberg claycourt final.

Roger Federer edged closer to his first title of the season when he beat defending champion Tommy at the Halle Open.

Kevin Anderson's agent says South Africa's top-ranked tennis player is confident of recovering from a shoulder niggle in time for Wimbledon.

Andy Murray admits he will have to raise his game to get past French fourth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-finals at Queen's Club.

Andy Murray remains on track for a third Queen's Club title after booking his semi-final place with a victory against Germany's Benjamin Becke.