Tennis

World number two Andy Murray has pulled out of the French Open after failing to recover from a lower back injury.

Bernard Tomic will play at next week's French Open despite his father's alleged assault of his hitting partner Thomas Drouet.

Round-up: Top two seeds Marion Bartoli and Tamira Paszek were bounced out of the opening round in Strasbourg in straight sets.

Round-up: Nikolay Davydenko fell to a 3-6 6-4 6-3 defeat to Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia in the opening round in Dusseldorf.

Brydan Klein went down 7-6 6-3 to 19-year old Mathias Bourgue at the qualifiers for the French Open in Roland Garros.

Lleyton Hewitt’s clay court season suffered another setback as the Australian suffered a second successive first round loss.

Alexandr Dolgopolov and British number two James Ward have been awarded wildcards into the Aegon Championships.

Virginia Wade believes Andy Murray needs to believe in himself on clay if he is to impress at the French Open.

Eurosport's Barbara Schett catches up with defending champion Maria Sharapova to reflect on her French Open triumph in 2012.

Elena Baltacha booked a place in the second round of the Brussels Open after beating Switzerland’s Stefanie Voegele 7-6 7-5.

Rafael Nadal warmed up for the French Open with a 6-1 6-3 demolition of Roger Federer to defend his Rome Masters title.

Serena Williams won her fourth consecutive title with a 6-1 6-3 victory over Victoria Azarenka at the Italian Open in Rome.

Roger Federer booked a meeting with Rafael Nadal in the final of the Rome Masters after beating Benoit Paire 7-6(5) 6-4.

Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic says Andy Murray shouldn't compete in the French Open if he is not fully fit.

Rafael Nadal remained on track for his seventh Rome Masters title when he beat Tomas Berdych 6-2 6-4 in the semi-finals.

Serena Williams thrashed Simona Halep to reach the final of the Italian Open in Rome, where she will face Victoria Azarenka.

Roger Federer overcame a brief scare in the second set to beat Jerzy Janowicz 6-4 7-6(2) and reach the Rome Masters semis.

Tomas Berdych recovered from a set and a break down to dump Novak Djokovic out of the Rome Masters in the quarter-finals.

Maria Sharapova withdrew from her Italian Open quarter-final with Italy's Sara Errani because of "physical problems".

Rafael Nadal battled back from a shocking opening set to book his place in the Rome Masters quarters with a 1-6 7-5 6-4 win over Ernests Gulbis.