French Tennis Federation President Bernard Giudicelli has supported calls for players returning from doping suspensions to be denied wildcards to participate in tournaments.

handed wildcards for tournaments in Stuttgart, Madrid and Rome.But Britain's men's world number one Andy

Murray has led calls for players like Sharapova to only feature at tournaments on merit."

“Andy is right,” he told L’Equipe.

invite a player sanctioned for the consumption of a prohibited product.”Men's singles world number one Andy

Murray has spoken out against those returning from doping bans receiving wildcards ©Getty ImagesIt is

World number one Sir Andy Murray had to save seven match points in an epic tie-breaker to seal his place

quarter-final's first set 7-6, with the tie-break finishing at 7-4.He had seven opportunities to send Murray

“I have never played a tiebreak that long ever,” Murray said afterwards.

“Not in juniors, nothing even close to that, I don't think.Sir Andy Murray said after the match that

Russia's Maria Sharapova has been handed a wildcard into the main draw of the women's singles competition at the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Internazionali BNL d'Italia tournament, due to be held in Rome in May.

likely to face a similar situation at Wimbledon, as her ranking will not be good enough.Great Britain's Andy

Murray, the current world number one, has been a vocal critic of anti-doping in tennis and believes

I think you should really have to work your way back," Murray told The Times."

Seven-time winner Roger Federer fell to a shock second-round defeat against Russian qualifier Evgeny Donskoy at the Dubai Tennis Championships today.

Tennis Centre, marking his earliest defeat at the ATP 500 event since he was beaten by Great Britain's Andy

Murray in the first round in 2008.Federer made a strong start and appeared to be on course for a straightforward

Lucas Pouille, the seventh seed, eased past Romanian qualifier Marius Copil 6-1, 6-4.World number one Murray

Defending champion Stan Wawrinka crashed out of the Dubai Tennis Championships today after suffering a shock straight-sets defeat to world number 77 Damir Dzumhur.

round of the Dubai Tennis Championships ©Getty ImagesThere was no such trouble for world number one Andy

Murray as the Briton beat Tunisia's Malek Jaziri 6-4, 6-1 in his first match since suffering a fourth-round

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has confirmed a total of 4,899 tests were carried out last year under the sport’s Anti-Doping Programme, 466 more than in 2015.

previously criticised the level of testing in the sport, including current men’s world number one Sir Andy

Murray of Great Britain.Murray was one of 28 players, along with the likes of world number two Novak

The Refugee Olympic Team have been presented with the Laureus Sport for Good Award for Sporting Inspiration in Monaco.

evening see honours voted for by members of the Laureus World Sports Academy.Britain’s Mo Farah and Andy

Murray are nominated in the Sportsman of the Year category, alongside Usain Bolt, Cristiano Ronaldo

Argentina begin their Davis Cup title defence tomorrow when they welcome Italy to Buenos Aires.

Getty ImagesThe other World Group clashes will see 2015 winners Great Britain, who will be without Sir Andy

Murray, visit Canada.World number two Novak Djokovic will be part of the Serbian team taking on Russia

So I see the latest tweet from BBC 5 Live Sport on West Ham’s home game against Manchester City after Yaya Toure has put the visitors 4-0 up from a penalty. “There is a mass exodus of #WHUFC fans,” reports the commentator, Conor McNamara.

flourish, or defeatist flourish, or however you want to describe it.Another stupendous overhead kick from Andy

Andy Murray has just been broken in the final set at Wimbledon, and he’s 3-4 down.

A Swiss player will definitely be in the Australian Open men’s singles final after Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka progressed to the last four in Melbourne Park.

, the 2014 champion, beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France.Zverev, who knocked out world number one Sir Andy

Murray in the fourth round, could not find the same form that helped him beat the Briton as the 17th

International Tennis Federation (ITF) President David Haggerty has claimed the sport is adopting a more vigorous approach to drug testing than before.

previously criticised the level of testing in the sport, including current men’s world number one Sir Andy

Murray of Britain.In an interview with the New Zealand Herald, Haggerty claimed the sport had strengthened

World number one Sir Andy Murray saw his quest for a first Australian Open title come to a shuddering

the contest.The world number one would respond by claiming the second set by the same scoreline, but Murray

Just wasn't meant to be," said Murray, who was broken eight times in the contest."

Top seeds Sir Andy Murray and Angelique Kerber both made it through to the second week of the Australian

World number one Murray, who saw his rival and six-time men’s singles champion Novak Djokovic get knocked

the German defeated Kristyna Pliskova of the Czech Rep.It took one hour and 59 minutes for Britain’s Murray

“Sam, particularly in the first set, was hitting a huge ball,” Murray said.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic saw his Australian Open title defence come to a premature end as the Serbian star was beaten in five sets by world number 117 Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.

With Djokovic suffering an early exit, Britain’s Sir Andy Murray is now the clear favourite to secure

Marin Cilic became the first big name casualty in the men’s singles competition at the Australian Open as the Croatian lost to Britain’s Dan Evans in Melbourne.

reach the third round at the Grand Slam for the first time.Evans compatriot and world number one Sir Andy

Murray would also progress, with the five-time runner-up cruising to a 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 win over Russian