For a moment on Saturday, it looked as though Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga would have to wait until Sunday to find out which of the two would make the Queen's final.

With atrocious weather delaying the start of their last-four encounter, both the Scot and the Frenchman had every right to be concerned with the pile-up of duties in their quest for a title ahead of Wimbledon.

Worry was the last thing on the mind of two top-10 players who had already won two Queen's contests each in one day earlier in the week, once again thanks to the rain.

Instead the two had a grand old time in the

The sight of a ball connecting with, erm, a rather sensitive area, is enough to make any man wince.

Grigor Dimitrov fell victim to the kind of dull ache that reduces adults to tears on Wednesday when misjudging a bouncing tennis ball in his match with Leyton Hewitt at Queen's.

The highly-rated Bulgarian took his eye off the ball and could only flinch in horror as it struck him in the nether regions.

As Dimitrov sunk to his knees in pain, Hewitt indulged in a little smile.

Presumably Dimitrov's girlfriend - a certain Maria Sharapova - was rather less amused.

Only one day after winning a record eighth French Open title, tennis star Rafael Nadal was forced to apologise after mistakenly tweeting that Nelson Mandela had died.

On Monday, Nadal – who has 4.5 million followers on Twitter – wrote "Today we have lost one of the most important and relevant people in our world. Rest in peace #NelsonMandela".

Here is the original tweet, in Spanish:

Which was all very well – except the 94-year-old former President of South Africa was not dead.

Rather predictably, the storm surrounding Nadal’s comment – which was re-tweeted more than 3,000 times – resulted in

You won't find two much bigger female superstars that Beyonce and Serena Williams and it would appear that the two women have great respect for each other.

Serena won her second French Open and her 16th Grand Slam overall with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Maria Sharapova on Saturday and Beyonce was certainly impressed.

She posted a hand-written letter on her website congratulating Serena on her triumph.

"Stunt on them Serena. 31 and in your prime. You have no idea how much you inspire all of us women. I'm so proud of you. All my love and respect, Beyonce!"

Beyonce and Serena are good friends and

Rafael Nadal won a historic eighth title at the French Open on Sunday night but curiously woke up this morning having dropped a place in the world rankings.

Even more gallingly for the King of Clay, the man who has replaced him in fourth in the ATP rankings is David Ferrer, his compatriot whom he dispatched 6-3 6-2 6-3 in the final at Roland Garros.

“It’s strange, no?” Ferrer said. “I lost the final against Rafael, but tomorrow, I’ll be No. 4. Anyway, I would change. I prefer to win here and to stay No. 5.”

The rather bizarre situation may have dire implications for Nadal ahead of Wimbledon,

French Open organisers defended their security arrangements after anti-gay marriage protesters, one letting off a flare and running on court, briefly interrupted the final between Spaniards Rafa Nadal and David Ferrer on Sunday.

A police source told Reuters that seven people had been formally detained on Sunday night after the showpiece match was disrupted and protests broke out elsewhere at Roland Garros in Paris. Five others were released after initial questioning.

A group called "Hommen" claimed responsibility for the protests on social-networking sites Facebook and Tumblr, describing

Andy Murray has been training at Queen's Club ahead of his tilt at the Wimbledon title and the British number one has roped in a familiar face.

Tim Henman, a man who knows only too well how it feels to have the hopes of a nation resting on his shoulders, helped Murray warm up ahead of the tournament in SW19.

Henman reached four semi-finals at Wimbledon during his own playing career, while Murray has gone one better, reaching last year's final where he lost to Roger Federer.

Having missed the French Open due to injury, Murray will be hoping some extra work with Tiger Tim might help him claim

Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova play very similarly. Both love to dominate from the baseline, neither defends particularly well on clay, and both are fiercely competitive.

There’s not much to choose between their first serves either: both are pacey and their average speeds are almost identical.

The patterns of play they prefer are also identical: Williams favours the slice serve out wide to the deuce court and the serve up the T to the ad court, as does Sharapova.

And both work well, with Sharapova winning 72 per cent of her first serve points, and Williams winning 76% so far in the