ROGER DRAPER (pictured), the chief executive of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), has today launched a stinging attack on the sport in Britain.

BRITISH men's head coach Paul Annacone (pictured) wants up to seven players in the world's top 20 by the time of the 2012 Olympics, he said today.

Madrid’s new "Magic Box" tennis centre would be a stunning Olympic venue in 2016 if the Spanish capital is chosen to follow London, the General Assembly of the International Tennis Federation was told.

June 8 - Roger Federer (pictured) should carry on until the London 2012 Olympics, Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee, has written to urge him.

By Duncan Mackay

September 8 - Andy Murray (pictured) failed to become the first British man for 72 years to win a Grand Slam title as Switzerland's Roger Federer beat him easily in the final of the US Open in New York tonight. 

By an insidethegames reporter 

SEPTEMBER 13 - BRITAIN's Peter Norfolk and Jamie Burdekin (pictured) won bronze Paralympic Games wheelchair tennis quad doubles after a dramatic three-set play-off against the Dutch pair of Dorrie Timmermans-Van Hall and Bas Van Erp in Beijing tonight.

SEPTEMBER 16 - THE Lawn Tennis Association (LTA)  announced that life assurance and pensions company AEGON has a signed a five-year £25 million deal to become the first ever lead partner of British Tennis.

JULY 11 - LUCOZADE SPORT and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), the governing body for British tennis, have unveiled a new partnership that they claim offers a range of safe and effective sports nutrition products that will ensure the country's top players do not test positive for drugs.

JUNE 24 - CLARE WOOD (pictured), Britain's former top-ranked player, has been appointed as the competition manager for the tennis at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it was announced today.