By Zjan ShirinianJanuary 15 - The top seeds made light work of their opponents on day three of the Australian Open, as the searing Melbourne heat meant many were in a hurry to get off the court.

Men's number two seed Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, swept aside Argentine Leonardo Mayer 6-0, 6-4, 6-4.Spaniard

By Paul OsborneJanuary 13 - Novak Djokovic began his Australian Open title defence today with victory

"I know that I haven't played my best, especially in the second set," said Djokovic."

round.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesDecember 2013: Djokovic

named ITF world champion for 2013 ahead of number one NadalNovember 2013: Djokovic beats Nadal

2013: Williams completes Roland Garros preparations with Italian Open victoryJanuary 2013: Djokovic

years Federer has never dominated to the same degree and has had two other members of the "fab four" in Novak

Djokovic and Andy Murray to contend with, as well as Nadal.

them off, yes," he replied when asked if he felt he could get the better of the likes of Nadal and Djokovic

By Paul OsborneJanuary 4 - World number one and Malaysia's most successful Olympian of all time Lee Chong Wei has topped the overall prize money table in badminton for 2013, according to online magazine Badzine's top 50 earners list.

of just under $300,000 (£180,000/€220,000) is a fraction of that won by Serbian tennis player Novak

Djokovic, who won $12.4 million (£7.55 million/€9.12 million) in prize money for the 2013-2014

By Nick ButlerDecember 27 - Roger Federer has followed rivals Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic

in the footsteps of Murray, who has been coached by Czech Ivan Lendl for almost two years, and Djokovic

By Paul OsborneDecember 18 - Serbia's Novak Djokovic has been named the International Tennis Federation's

Djokovic, who has now received the honour for the last three years, won the Australian Open for the third

Djokovic triumphed over Nadal in the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London ©Getty

Rafael Nadal made a remarkable comeback from injury with two Grand Slam wins, but it is Novak Djokovic's

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesNovember 2013: Nadal voted greatest ever Spanish sport starNovember 2013: Djokovic

By Paul OsborneNovember 26 - Readers of Spanish daily newspaper Diario Marca have voted Rafael Nadal as the greatest Spanish sports star in history.

reached the final of the China Open in Beijing - although he went on to lose the final to Serbia's Novak

Díaz-Miguel.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesNovember 2013: Djokovic

By Paul OsborneNovember 17 - Radek Stepanek ensured the Czech Republic retained their Davis Cup title with a straight sets victory over Dusan Lajovic in the decisive rubber to seal a 3-2 final victory over hosts Serbia today.

more experienced Czech highlighted the clear gulf between the two players.Earliery, world number two Novak

Djokovic continued his superb form to beat world number seven Tomas Berdych in straight sets to level

It was so close, so tense, especially in the second set where one point decided it," said Djokovic, 26

By Paul OsborneNovember 12 -  A record number of fans tuned in online and on television to watch the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London as early figures pointed to another highly successful year for the season ending tournament.

on-site.A sell out crowd of 17,800 people travelled to London to witness the ATP World Tour Final between Djokovic

MondayA capacity crowd of 17,800 people travelled to the O2 last night to witness defending champion Novak

Djokovic defeat world number one Rafael Nadal for the title and a record $1.92 (£1.2/€1.43) million

Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesNovember 2013: Djokovic

By Paul OsborneNovember 11 - Novak Djokovic beat world number one Rafael Nadal in straight sets to retain

Djokovic, 26, extended his unbeaten run to 22 matches with victory in one hour and 37 minutes, capturing

Slams, because every match that you play, you play against a top 10 player every second day," said Djokovic

Djokovic beat Nadal in the pairs Open Era record 39th meeting Nadal had already ensured that he would

Nadal and Djokovic both went into the final on Monday sporting unbeaten four win streaks in the tournament.Djokovic

By Paul OsborneNovember 6 - Rafael Nadal will end the year as world number one after a victory over Stanislas Wawrinka in the ATP World Tour Finals at The O2 Arena.

regained the top spot from Federer on June 7, 2010, for another 56 weeks stretch, before losing out to Novak

Djokovic following the 2011 Wimbledon final.Nadal returned to the world number one spot on October 7

summit of the rankings.He also went undefeated on hard courts - a run of 26 matches - before his loss to Djokovic

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesSeptember 2013: Nadal powers his way to second US Open crown against Djokovic

record of 17 Grand Slam titles after he powered his way to a second US Open win against world number one Novak

Djokovic, clocking up his 13th major crown in the process.

3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in three hours and 21 minutes to inflict a second consecutive US Open final defeat on Djokovic

throughout the tournament, winning 88 consecutive service games as he cruised through the rounds, while Djokovic

breaking the Serbian twice early on to take the set 6-1 and banish the memory of his 2011 defeat to Djokovic

Novak Djokovic (left) and Rafael Nadal have now met for a record 37th time in professional matches

Djokovic, 26, made 53 unforced errors during the match, and has now lost four out of five US Open

By Duncan MackayAugust 8 - Andy Murray's historic triumph at Wimbledon has been commemorated by the Royal Mail, who have issued a special set of stamps. 

when he became the first British male in 77 years to win Wimbledon, beating Serbia's world number one Novak

Djokovic in the final.

By James CrookJuly 26 - Former world number 12 Viktor Troicki has been handed an 18-month ban by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for failing to supply a blood sample during a routine test- though the Serbian is set to launch an appeal, denying any wrongdoing.

Viktor Troicki is hugged by fellow Serbian Novak Djokovic after beating him in his first-round win at

the spotlight recently, with top players such as Wimbledon champion Andy Murray and world number one Novak

Djokovic calling for change in the system, which led to the ITF unanimously voting to adopt the biological

with a dream come true...Andy Murray gets advice from tournament referee Andrew Jarrett after beating Novak

Djokovic in the finalThere was certainly a lot of dramatic collapsing by winners at Wimbledon this