Russian seventh seed Nikolay Davydenko fought back to beat South Africa’s Kevin Anderson 3-6, 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, 9-7 in the first round of the men’s singles at Wimbledon.

Anderson’s Manchester United future looks to be back in the balance, with Marseille showing an interest in the injured Brazilian midfielder.

Kevin Anderson, one of three South African singles representatives at Wimbledon, was on Friday drawn to take on Russia’s seventh-seeded Nikolay Davydenko in his opening match.

His season ended early, but there were still glimpses of Ando’s potential.

Viv Anderson has claimed Brian Clough would just have the edge over Sir Alex Ferguson in a battle of the managers…

England’s first black international Viv Anderson has condemned world football’s attempts to rid the game of racism…

Viv Anderson has warned Manchester United not to underestimate the threat of Bayern Munich in their Champions League quarter-final…

Manchester United will be without Anderson for around six months after the midfielder had an operation on his knee…

Manchester United will be without Rio Ferdinand or Brazilian midfielder Anderson for their Champions League return against AC Milan in 12 days, after yesterday’s bad injury news…

Manchester United midfielder Anderson has been ruled out for the rest of the season after rupturing his cruciate ligament in Tuesday night’s win over West Ham.