Andy Murray lost the US Open final in straight sets to Roger Federer last month. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
If anyone doubted that Andy Murray was the fourth-best in the world - and there have been those who have regarded him, or at least his style, as something of a curiosity, or throw-back to days gone [...]

Will this man still be grimacing come match point? Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP
First set: Federer* 2-3 Nadal Federer completes a love hold with a booming ace, and that’s normal service restored by the big-serving Swiss.
First set: Federer 1-3 Nadal* Nadal consolidates his advantage, but only after a struggle. Continuing to pepper the Federer backhand off his [...]

Roger Federer’s victory over Marc Gicquel sets up a fourth round tie with former champion Lleyton Hewitt. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images
Every hero becomes a bore at last, observed Emerson - not Roy, who won 12 grand slam titles, including two Wimbledons, but Ralph Waldo, who was probably a duffer at tennis but understood a thing [...]

Roger Federer: unbeaten in 59 matches on grass. Photograph: AFP
FEDERER WINS 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 After the last game, Hrbaty went and sat with Federer during their break - it’s all done with a smile and the crowd enjoys the moment. A wag in the crowd reduces his fellow-spectators to giggling idiots with some crack about [...]

Expect plenty of the above this afternoon. Photograph: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters
Second set: Federer 0-1* Nadal The last player to win the French without dropping a set was Borg. Don’t bet against it happening again. That’s another love game for Nadal, who slides to his right to intercept a decent Federer approach at 40-0 and makes the [...]