Nick Matthew, the only Englishman to have won the British Open three times, reached the quarter-finals Wednesday with a 11-7, 11-3, 11-4 win over Laurens Jan Anjema, the world number 17 from The Netherlands.

Results on Wednesday on the third day of the British Open (x denotes seeding):

Results on Wednesday on the third day of the British Open (x denotes seeding):

PARIS (Reuters) - World number seven Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina has pulled out of next week's French Open tennis after failing to recover from a virus, organisers said on Wednesday. Del Potro, who reached the quarter-finals at the claycourt grand-slam event last year, flew home after losing to Frenchman Benoit Paire …

World number one Ramy Ashour wants to win the word's oldest title for the Egypt's poorest people in their times of despair and difficulty.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Bernard Tomic will play at next week's French Open despite his off-court troubles if only to keep some momentum going for the grasscourt season ahead, Tennis Australia's Todd Woodbridge said on Wednesday. Tomic's father John faced a charge of causing criminal injury in a Madrid court earlier this month …

LONDON (Reuters) - World number two Andy Murray has pulled out of the French Open after failing to recover from a lower back injury which he aggravated at the Italian Open last week. "It's a really tough decision and I love playing in Paris, but after seeking medical advice, I am not fit to compete," Murray said in a statement …

Collated results on Tuesday on the second day of the British Open (x denotes seeding):

Results on Tuesday on the second day of the British Open (x denotes seeding):

Results on Tuesday on the second day of the British Open (x denotes seeding):

World number one Ramy Ashour won a fierce battle of words as well as deeds with his compatriot Omar Mosaad during a hot-tempered opening win in the British Open on Tuesday.

World number one Nicol David's bid to win the British Open for a fifth time made a fast and impressive start on Tuesday which belied the fact that she has yet to win a title this year.

Nick Matthew, the only Englishman to have won the British Open three times in a row, made an impressive start to his title defence on Monday.

Gregory Gaultier, the only Frenchman to have won the British Open title, wants to win it again as a tribute to the coach who died during last year's tournament at the O2 Arena in London.

PARIS (Reuters) - Zhang Jike sealed a remarkable hat-trick of major titles when he beat fellow Chinese Wang Hao 4-2 in the men's final of the world championships at Bercy on Monday. Zhang, who had already beaten Wang in the 2011 world championships final and the Olympic final last year, prevailed 11-7 11-8 6-11 14-12 5-11 …

Nicol David may have to cope with uniquely tricky conditions caused by a large temperature drop if she is to avoid trouble early on during her British Open title defence.

By Eric Salliot ROME (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal made short work of his great rival Roger Federer to win the Italian Open, his sixth trophy of the year, 6-1 6-3 on Sunday. The crowd sitting in the sunshine at Rome's Foro Italico watched Nadal race to victory in 69 minutes on the red clay. The Spaniard, back in his best form …

ROME (Reuters) - Serena Williams won her fourth consecutive tennis tour title when she thrashed former world number one Victoria Azarenka 6-1 6-3 to take the Italian Open on Sunday. The American, who has not lost a match since Azarenka defeated her in the Doha final in February, completely overpowered the Belarussian on …