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• FRENCH OPEN 2013: Capsules on women to watch

  Women to watch at the French Open, where play begins Sunday: SERENA WILLIAMS Ranked: 1 Age: 31 Country: United States 2013 Match Record: 36-2 2013 ... 

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  10 things to know for the French Open

  A look at 10 of the top topics at the French Open, the clay-court Grand Slam tennis tournament that begins Sunday and ends June 9: 1. WHY STOP AT ... 

• Monfils reaches Nice semis, Simon and Querrey out

  Second-seeded Gilles Simon of France and third-seeded Sam Querrey of the United States were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Open de Nice on ... 

• Hampton through to quarters of Brussels Open

  Jamie Hampton of the United States came back from 5-1 down in the third set Thursday to beat fifth-seeded Kirsten Flipkens 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 and advance ... 

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  Nadal favored, but not seeded No. 1 at French Open

  Used to be the French Open was the scene for clay-court specialists and surprise champions. Scan the list of past winners and runners-up. 

• Cornet, Bouchard reach Strasbourg semifinals

  Third-seeded Alize Cornet and Canadian teenager Eugenie Bouchard won in straight sets Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Strasbourg International 

• FRENCH OPEN 2013: Capsules on men to watch

  Men to watch at the French Open, where play begins Sunday: NOVAK DJOKOVIC Ranked: 1 Age: 26 Country: Serbia 2013 Match Record: 28-4 2013 Singles ... 

• FRENCH OPEN 2013: Tournament at a glance

  A quick glance at the French Open, the year's second Grand Slam tennis tournament: Site: Roland Garros. Surface: Red clay. Schedule: The 15-day ... 

• Qualifier Pella advances in Duesseldorf tennis

  Qualifier Guido Pella of Argentina mastered cold and damp conditions to reach his first semifinal match on the ATP Tour by beating seventh-seeded ... 

• Querrey beats Stakhovsky to reach quarters in Nice

  American Sam Querrey reached the quarterfinals of the Nice Open by beating Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 7-5, 6-3 on Wednesday. The third-seeded ... 

• Hsieh, Niculescu lose in 2nd round at Strasbourg

  Seeded players Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Monica Niculescu of Romania were beaten Wednesday in the second round of the Strasbourg International. 

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  Top-seeded Tipsarevic upset in Duesseldorf

  Top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic lost in the second round of the Power Horse Cup on Wednesday, falling 7-6 (1), 6-1 to Argentine qualifier Guido Pella. 

• Del Potro, Baker and Fish pull out of French Open

  Seventh-ranked Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina has pulled out of the upcoming French Open because of a respiratory virus. Del Potro said in a ... 

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  Andy Murray out of French Open due to back injury

  Andy Murray withdrew from the French Open on Tuesday because of a chronic back injury and will now focus on preparing for the start of the grass-court ... 

• Fognini, Stakhovsky, Mathieu advance at Nice Open

  Sixth-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy rallied past Marco Cecchinato 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 Tuesday in an all-Italian match in the first round at the Nice Open. 

• Davydenko loses in 1st round at Power Horse Cup

  Eighth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko lost his fourth straight match Tuesday, falling 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to "lucky loser" Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia in the first ... 

• Top seeded players out of Strasbourg International

  Top-seeded Marion Bartoli and No. 2 Tamira Paszek were beaten Tuesday in the first round of the Strasbourg International. Bartoli, the 2007 Wimbledon ... 

• Lleyton Hewitt, Andreas Seppi beaten at Nice Open

  Former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and fifth-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy lost Monday in the first round of the Nice Open. Hewitt, playing in ... 

• Opening day at Strasbourg International washed out

  Heavy rain prevented any play at the Strasbourg International, forcing all seven first-round matches to be postponed to Tuesday. Top-seeded Marion ... 

• Jarkko Nieminen into 2nd round at Power Horse Cup

  Sixth-seeded Jarkko Nieminen of Finland advanced to the second round of the Power Horse Cup by beating Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-3, 6-1 on Monday. 

• Ricardas Berankis upsets Denis Istomin in Nice

  Ricardas Berankis reached the second round of the Nice Open by beating eighth-seeded Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday. The Lithuanian ... 

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  Nadal beats Federer, Serena wins at Italian Open

  After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer. In the 30th meeting between the two tennis greats, Nadal controlled the ... 

• Rosol eliminated in 1st round at Power Horse Cup

  Daniel Brands of Germany upset fifth-seeded Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Power Horse Cup on Sunday. 

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  Federer to renew rivalry with Nadal in Rome final

  Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will renew their rivalry in the Italian Open final Sunday — exactly a week before the French Open starts. In Saturday's ... 

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  Top-ranked Djokovic beaten by Berdych in Rome

  Novak Djokovic can't seem to find any consistency on clay courts. And with the French Open less than 10 days away, he will enter Roland Garros on the ...