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Venus wins first round match at French Open

Mon, 28 May 2012 06:59:39 GMT

Venus Williams bounced back from a poor start at the French Open on Sunday, beating 19-year-old Paula Ormaechea 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.

Tsonga, Mahut win to make French crowd happy

Mon, 28 May 2012 06:30:08 GMT

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made the Paris spectators happy when he recovered from a first-set loss to move into the second round of the French Open on Sunday's first day.

Bhupathi-Bopanna seeded sixth in French Open

Mon, 28 May 2012 06:19:19 GMT

Battling to be in the top 10 before the June 11 cut-off mark for the London Olympics, Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna were drawn against the French team of Marc Gicquel and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in their men's doubles opening round of the French Open.

Federer equals record, Azarenka fights to win

Mon, 28 May 2012 06:13:43 GMT

Roger Federer's bid for a record 17th major tennis title began with another landmark on Monday, when he won his 233rd match at a grand slam event, equalling the achievement of Jimmy Connors.

French Open: Djokovic through to 2nd round

Mon, 28 May 2012 04:41:15 GMT

World number one Novak Djokovic showed great composure to beat Italian Potito Starace 7-6 6-3 6-1 and reach the second round of the French Open on Monday.

Federer equals Connors' Grand Slam win record

Mon, 28 May 2012 02:09:02 GMT

Roger Federer equaled Jimmy Connors' record of 233 career Grand Slam match wins by beating Tobias Kamke of Germany 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 in the first round of the French Open on Monday.

French Open: Azarenka survives in 1st round

Sun, 27 May 2012 23:45:44 GMT

Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka survived a scare in the first round of the French Open. The Australian Open champion, who took over the No. 1 ranking by winning in Melbourne, came back to beat Alberta Brianti of Italy 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-2 on Monday.

Injured Zvonareva pulls out of French Open

Sun, 27 May 2012 23:14:04 GMT

Two-time Grand Slam finalist Vera Zvonareva of Russia withdrew from the French Open shortly before her first-round match Monday, citing an injured right shoulder.

Learning to live with a chronic illness: Venus

Sun, 27 May 2012 20:50:49 GMT

Venus Williams, who says she is still learning to live with a chronic illness, battled into the second round of the French Open on Sunday with a 4-6,6-1,6-3 victory over Argentine Paula Ormaechea.

Sania-Mattek-Sands win Brussels Open

Sun, 27 May 2012 07:22:46 GMT

Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands made short work of the Polish-Chinese duo of Alicja Rosolska and Jie Zheng to claim the Brussels Open on Saturday. In a one-sided contest, they won 6-3 6-2.

Ferrero, del Potro lead the way at French Open

Sun, 27 May 2012 04:05:18 GMT

Former champion Juan Carlos Ferrero disappointed the crowd by knocking out local player Jonathan Dasnieres de Veigy while Juan Martin del Potro overcame a knee injury to defeat Spaniard Albert Montanes and reach the second round of the French Open on a gentle opening day on Sunday.

Stosur, Kuznetsova reach second round in Paris

Sat, 26 May 2012 23:20:11 GMT

Major champions Sam Stosur and Svetlana Kuznetsova quickly made their way into the second round of the French Open on Sunday, both winning in straight sets on the opening day of the clay-court tournament.

Sharapova, Serena head to Paris as favourites

Sat, 26 May 2012 02:45:51 GMT

Based on form alone, Maria Sharapova enters the French Open as favourite to complete her career grand slam, a surprising turn of events for the Miami-based Russian whose relationship with the red dust has not always been a happy one.

Nadal clouds Djokovic's bid to match Laver

Sat, 26 May 2012 02:40:53 GMT

Novak Djokovic will arrive at Roland Garros seven wins away from becoming the first man for 43 years to hold all four grand slam titles concurrently - the only trouble is one of his victims will probably have to be claycourt king Rafa Nadal.

Djokovic confident of winning French Open crown

Sat, 26 May 2012 00:22:41 GMT

Novak Djokovic, the World No. 1 tennis player, has backed himself to win the 2012 French Open though he conceded clay court expert Rafael Nadal remained favourite to bag his seventh title at Roland Garros.

Serena Williams says sister Venus is 'inspiring'

Sat, 26 May 2012 00:08:22 GMT

Between bites of some 'frites' at the players' restaurant, Oracene Price smiled at the thought of being back at the French Open with her daughters, Serena and Venus Williams.

I lost focus after French Open title: Li

Fri, 25 May 2012 00:01:08 GMT

The distractions of being French Open champion led to six wasted months, said 2011 winner Li Na, who has finally found her form again in time to defend her title next week.

Nadal gets easy draw for French Open

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:49:28 GMT

Rafael Nadal was handed a smooth looking path to the French Open final on Friday, avoiding the half of the draw featuring world number one Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer who are seeded to meet in the semi-finals.

Electronic tennis racquet makes world debut

Thu, 24 May 2012 05:34:17 GMT

A tennis racquet stuffed with electronic sensors capable of tracking a player's every slice, spin and smash made its public debut at the French Open on Thursday.

Injured Monfils pulls out of French Open

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:51:27 GMT

World number 13 Gael Monfils has pulled out of the French Open because of a right knee injury, the French tennis federation (FFT) said on Thursday.

Sania-Mattek-Sands advance into Brussels final

Thu, 24 May 2012 01:51:23 GMT

Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands stumbled into the WTA Brussels Open final beating Anastasia Rodionova and Casey Dellacqua 6-3 4-6 10-5, here on Thursday.

Bopanna-Marrero bow out of Nice Open

Thu, 24 May 2012 01:44:06 GMT

Second seeds Rohan Bopanna and David Marrero suffered a shock first round defeat to crash out of the Nice Open here on Thursday.

Clijsters to retire again after US Open

Wed, 23 May 2012 04:18:11 GMT

Former world number one Kim Clijsters has confirmed that she will bring down the curtain on her second career at the end of this year's US Open, Belgian news agency Belga has reported.

Sania registers 500th pro win in Brussels

Tue, 22 May 2012 22:25:18 GMT

Sania Mirza recorded the 500th win of her professional career when she advanced to the doubles quarter-finals of the WTA Brussels Open with her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Sharapova beats Li Na to retain Italian Open

Mon, 21 May 2012 03:06:16 GMT

Maria Sharapova successfully defended her Italian Open title on Sunday, beating Li Na 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) in a wild match in which play was twice interrupted by rain and the red clay turned to mud.