Defending champion Novak Djokovic eased past Italian Fabio Fognini to progress to the third round of the Shanghai Masters men's tournament on Tuesday.

whilst Australia's controversial Nick Kyrgios beat Sam Querrey of the United States 6-4, 6-4.Second seed Andy

Murray of Great Britain will start his Shanghai campaign against Steve Johnson of the US tomorrow, while

Great Britain's Kyle Edmund continued his impressive form as he beat Federico Delbonis of Argentina 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 on the second day of the Shanghai Masters men's tennis tournament.

through 6-4, 6-3 against Slovakia's Martin Klizan.Johnson will now face Britain's world number two Andy

Murray, who won last week's China Open in Beijing.

after he overcame Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-4.The world's top ranked players such as Murray

Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic was among the first round winners as play began at the Shanghai Masters today.

top seeded players such as Djokovic handed byes to the second round.Olympic and Wimbledon champion Andy

Murray of Britain, Switzerland's US Open winner Stan Wawrinka and Spain's 14-time Grand Slam champion

Defending champion Novak Djokovic heads a star-studded line-up for the eighth edition of the Shanghai Masters as he returns to action for the first time since losing the US Open final to Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka last month.

 The 29-year-old is joined by fourth seed Nadal in the top half of the draw, with second seed Andy

Murray projected to face-off against third seed Wawrinka in the other semi-final.Britain's Murray could

wildcards and seven qualifiers with the top eight seeds receiving first-round byes.Wimbledon champion Andy

Murray is the second seed ©Getty Images"We are ready for what is going to be an amazing tournament once

Argentina will face Croatia in the final of the Davis Cup after clinching a gutsy 3-2 victory over defending champions Great Britain today in Glasgow.

a partisan home crowd at the Emirates Arena as well as the resolute doggedness of world number two Andy

Murray before eventually prevailing.After joining his brother Jamie in winning the doubles yesterday

, Murray won 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 against Guido Pella despite leaving the court from a medical time out midway

Britain kept their hopes of a successful defence of their Davis Cup title alive as the doubles duo of Andy

and Jamie Murray overcame Juan Martin del Potro and Leonardo Mayer of Argentina at the Emirates Arena

question before the contest got underway in the Scottish city was whether Olympic and Wimbledon champion Andy

It's going to be tough," said Murray.

Andy and Jamie Murray, who came into the tie having won the US Open men's doubles title with Brazilian

for their team, but if there's somebody you want going out to get the first rubber on the board, it's Andy

Murray."

Argentina moved within a win of victory over defending champions Great Britain following a gruelling opening day of their Davis Cup semi-final 2-0 ahead at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. 

The opening clash between world number two champion Andy Murray and Argentina's former US Open champion

Against Andy you never know when the match will finish.

seems hugely unlikely Britain will now recover from 2-0 down, particuarly because an clearly fatigued Murray

will begin with a blockbuster contest and a repeat of the Olympic final at Rio 2016 as gold medallist Andy

Murray is due to face Juan Martin del Potro at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow tomorrow.

Murray triumphed in four sets against the Argentine to clinch his second straight Olympic title in Rio

suffering defeat to world number one Novak Djokovic, will entertain Guido Pella.Andy and brother Jamie Murray

New world number one Angelique Kerber won her second grand slam tournament of the year by beating Czech player Karolina Pliskova in the final of the US Open.

Jamie Murray (left) and Bruno Soares won the men's doubles crown ©Getty Images"It's always tough to play

In the day's other final, Britain's Jamie Murray and Brazil's Bruno Soares won the men's doubles as they

unseeded opponents 6-2, 6-3, also adding to a success at the Australian Open.earlier this year.Jamie Murray

, the brother of double Olympic and Wimbledon champion Andy, has now replicated his sibling's achievement

Japan's Kei Nishikori stunned Britain's double Olympic champion Andy Murray to reach the semi-finals

Defending champions Great Britain will welcome back double Olympic gold medallist Andy Murray for their

 Murray, a double Wimbledon champion, will return for the clash with the Argentinians in Glasgow

as Argentina have named Juan Martin del Potro in their line-up.He was beaten 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 by Murray

ImagesDan Evans and Kyle Edmund have also been picked by Britain, as well as doubles specialist Jamie Murray

Defending champion Novak Djokovic reached the semi-finals of the US Open after another of his matches at Flushing Meadows failed to last the distance.

Nadal in five sets in round four but could not reach those standards again.Britain's Olympic champion Andy

Murray will play Kei Nishikori of Japan in their quarter-final today, with the other last eight clash

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victory for Ana Konjuh saw the Polish fourth seed crash out of the tournament ©Getty ImagesBritain's Andy

Murray dropped just five games on his way to a dominant victory over Bulgaria's Grigor Dmitrov ©Getty

Grand Slam victory as she swept aside Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan at the US Open, as Britain’s Andy

Murray dropped just five games on his way to the quarter-finals with a dominant win over Grigor Dmitrov

Andy Murray dropped just five games on his way to a crushing straight sets victory over Grigor Dmitrov

Pliskova as she overcame Serena’s sister Venus 4-6, 6-4, 7-6.In the men’s tournament, Olympic champion Murray

I played extremely well," said Murray."

World number one Serena Williams set a record for the number of women’s Grand Slam victories as she cruised into the fourth round of the US Open by beating Sweden's Johanna Larsson at Flushing Meadows in New York City.

-2 triumph.Illya Marchenko of the Ukraine awaits in the fourth round for the Swiss.Olympic champion Andy

Murray recovered from a blip in the second set of his clash with Italy’s Paolo Lorenzi, the world number

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria.Elsewhere, unseeded Argentinian Juan Martin del Potro, who lost out to Murray