Another year, another title, another set of records. Roger Federer seems to pass milestones as routinely as he passes opponents at the net and the 30-year-old Swiss ended his 13th full season on the tour here yesterday in the way that he knows best.

Canadian who made short work of French opponent yesterday scheduled to face Nadal in third round

Appearing at the Southbank on successive nights, Janine Jansen and Sarah Chang allow interesting comparisons between two virtuoso fiddlers in their early thirties, who are in every other respect as different as the sun and moon.

He will not exactly be rushing into the net like a super-charged Pete Sampras, but Novak Djokovic's determination to move forward this year has not ended with his triumph at the Australian Open. The 23-year-old Serb has achieved his success largely as a baseliner but believes he can add another dimension to his game by coming to the net more regularly.

If you're planning to keep fit during the forthcoming festivities, you don't need any more reasons to avoid going to the gym. Steven Lawani will be piling on the pounds rather than stealing them after being given a five-year ban from all leisure centres in the UK.

In winning a record 10th world title, 18 years after his first, Kelly Slater has helped his sport cope with his great rival's death. He tells Ben Mondy about the mix of emotions.

Roger Federer beat Germany's Florian Mayer 6-4, 6-3 to win the Stockholm Open yesterday and equal Pete Sampras's haul of 64 ATP titles.

Paul Annacone, head coach of men's tennis at the Lawn Tennis Association for the last three years, is to leave when his contract expires in November.

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ON A DAY of innovation, when it was confirmed that a new men's ranking system for the calendar year - ATP Champions Race 2000 - will be launched in January, it was pleasing to acknowledge the success of something as delightfully old- fashioned as a wood court.

The Benetton equation - "shocking" ads, boring product - holds good with Gap, too. Only the Gap commercials are smart and charming rather than shocking, and all the more insidious for that. The recent Gap series, the dancing ones - Sixties go-go etc - and the singing ones, are all really good in their bland way. They recycle other people's ideas, aesthetics and music in good-taste, high-production-value, high-concept ways. And in very much a photographer's studio; white-out, tasteful settings, with no problematic class or tribal-specific detailing. It's all done with a strong stylist's editorial eye (rather as Ralph Lauren gained hugely from Ann Boyd's taste).

PETE SAMPRAS avenged last year's loss to Patrick Rafter in the ATP Championship, beating the Australian in straight sets yesterday to seal his 60th tournament title.