's return to tennis following a seven-month layoff has been met with not only match wins and tournament titles, but domination.Since returning from a last February, Rafa has been simply sensational, reaching eight straight tournament finals and winning six, including three ATP Masters 1000 series tournaments in Indian Wells, Madrid and Rome.And Nadal will make his first Grand Slam appearance of...

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Five American men, led by Jack Sock, are trying to gain one of the 16 positions reserved for qualifiers in the French Open.

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Další velký úspěch pro Jiřího Veselého! Talentovaný český tenista si poprvé v kariéře zahraje hlavní soutěž grandslamového turnaje. Devatenáctiletý hráč a už 127. hráč světa prošel úspěšně kvalifikací antukového French Open poté, co v dnešním závěrečném 3. kole v Roland Garros porazil domácího Stephanea Roberta 6:2 a 6:2.

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Like many other major tennis tournaments, the excitement of the French Open begins before play even starts. Everyone wants to know who will end up where in the draw.There is as much depth in the sport as there has been in years, so even the best players have to be cautious about upsets much earlier than usual. The top seeds cannot simply coast to the semifinals when they could face another tough...

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Andy Murray, the winner of last year’s United States Open, said that the latest round of medical tests on his ailing lower back showed that he was “not fit to compete.”

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Boris Becker recently came out and said he's picking to defeat in the final of the , according to .But, with respect to the legend, how can you logically say that?While Djokovic is the No. 1 player in the world, he's not perfect. We've seen that, last year and this year (in 2011, he was pretty much perfect). He's lost to Grigor Dimitrov and Tomas Berdych in his last two tournaments. His loss to...

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Stephanie Vogt is trying to qualify for the French Open and put her tiny home country on the tennis map.

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Jsou dlouhonohé, blonďaté a oběma se podařilo vymanit se ze stínu nevítězící Anny Kurnikovové. V éře tenisové krásky Marie Šarapovové jsou fanoušci okouzleni i dálkařkou Dariou Klišinovou, přes své mládí už dvojnásobnou mistryní Evropy v hale.

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’s latest struggle against in the Italian Open finals was a microcosm of eight frustrating years of French Open futility against his Spanish nemesis.There is little, if anything, to examine with the future of this rivalry on red clay. It would be like trying to sell a dunk contest between Michael Jordan and Larry Bird.Instead, it leads many tennis fans to reflect on the Swiss...

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Těžký los má tenista Tomáš Berdych na letošním grandslamovém Roland Garros. Ruka loňské vítězky dvouhry žen Marie Šarapovové rozhodla o tom, že pátý nasazený Čech se v 1. kole utká s domácím Gäelem Monfilsem, bývalým sedmým hráčem světa, který dostal do soutěže divokou kartu. Petra Kvitová má za soupeřku rovněž domácí hráčku, utká se s Arvene Rezaiovou.

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