Stefan Koubek News

WIMBLEDON Date: 22 June - 5 July Coverage: BBC One, BBC Two, BBC HD, Red Button, website streaming and text commentary, 5 Live, 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC iPlayer Tennis on the BBC Seventh seed Fernando Verdasco survived four gruelling sets to beat Belgium's Kristof Vliegen 7-6 6-7 7-6 6-4 to make the third round.

It's the Dulko forehand that's doing the damage. 1354: Daniela Hantuchova enjoys a fine win over last year's semi-finalist Jie Zheng on Court Two, after a fairly tortuous final game on Court Three.

Dlouhy and Paes, the No. 3 duo in the 2009 ATP Doubles Team Rankings, managed to convert just three of their 19 break points, while their opponents made good on half of their 12 chances to close out the match in one hour and 49 minutes.

Dudi Sela became the first Israeli man in 15 years to reach the third round of Wimbledon's singles draw on Wednesday, defeating 18-seeded Rainer Schuettler 7-6 , 6-3, 6-2. Dudi Sela returns a shot to Rainer Schuettler of Germany during their second round singles match at Wimbledon, Wednesday.

Tommy Haas has won his opening-round match at the Gerry Weber Open, defeating Stefan Koubek 6-2, 6-2. Haas gave Roger Federer a scare in the French Open by going up two sets before the Swiss star rallied to win the fourth-round match.

The World Number one Dinara Safina opened her title quest at Roland Garros with a perfect victory over England's Anne Keothavong.

Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal maintained his perfect record at Roland Garros Monday as the top seed began his quest for a fifth successive title with a 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 first-round win over Brazilian qualifier Marcos Daniel.

Russia's Nikolai Davydenko and Mikhail Youzhny made winning starts at the 2009 Roland Garros tennis tournament on Monday.

Spain's Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Brazil's Marcos Daniel during their first round match of the French Open in Paris on Moday.

World No. 1 Rafael Nadal moved to 29-0 lifetime on the red clay courts of Roland Garros with a straight set victory over Brazilian qualifier Marcos Daniel in the opening round of the 2009 French Open.

By Thomas Hochwarter Austria's remaining hopes dropped out in the quarter-finals of the ATP tournament in Kitzbuhel yesterday .

Second-seeded Jurgen Melzer and No. 7-seeded Mikhail Youzhny set up a quarterfinal pairing with wins Wednesday at the Austrian Open.

Second-seeded Juergen Melzer of Austria won 11 straight games Tuesday to beat Frederico Gil of Portugal 6-3, 6-0 in the first round of the Austrian Open.

Roger Federer has refocused on tennis after getting married and then promptly losing to fellow Swiss player Stanislas Wawrinka in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters.

By Thomas Hochwarter Austrian tennis ace Jurgen Melzer is struggling to emerge from his current crisis but has lost to Italian Andreas Seppi in the first round of the 2.75 million Euro ATP tournament in Monaco.

By Thomas Hochwarter Austria's tennis team has dropped out of Davis Cup competition after losing 2-3 to three-time champions Germany at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, on the weekend.

Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic in straight sets as Spain cruised into the Davis Cup quarterfinals today, while Harel Levy won in five sets to put Israel there for the first time since 1987.

Stefan Koubek gave Austria a 1-0 lead in its Davis Cup World Group first round tie in Germany with a 6-4, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 win over Rainer Schuettler on Friday.

SEEDS SCATTERED: The Taiwanese is one of five seeds to be eliminated from the tournament so far, including No.

February 27, 2009 © Getty Images Top seed Mardy Fish , still riding the wave of success of a runner-up finish at San Jose, will face France's Florent Serra , the No.