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Veteran German favorite Tommy Haas decided against playing his quarterfinal match Thursday at the $530,000 Power Horse Cup, a final French Open tune-up. The second-seeded 35-year-old recent Munich champion Haas was scheduled to meet sixth-seeded Finnish fellow vet Jarkko Nieminen when the German pulled out due to a cold.

HENMAN, a former semi-finalist at the French Open, says Andy's back problem would only get worse if the Scot took part in the clay court tournament.

Fourth-seeded American Sloane Stephens was a mild quarterfinal upset victim on a rainy Thursday at the $690,000 Brussels Open, a final clay-court French Open tune-up. Eighth-seeded Chinese Peng Shuai ousted the 20-year-old Stephens 6-2, 6-3 at Royal Primerose Tennis Club.

In this June 16, 2002 file photo, Sergio Garcia, left, and Tiger Woods talk on the 11th hole while waiting for play to resume after a rain delay during the final round of the U.S. Open Golf Championship in Farmingdale, N.Y. Garcia was at a European Tour awards dinner Tuesday night, May 21, 2013 when he was jokingly asked if he would have Woods over ... (more)

Watching Rafa Nadal churn his way through the claycourt season over the past few weeks, it seems nothing much has changed since his French Open triumph a year ago despite a lengthy injury layoff.

If momentum counts for everything in tennis, nothing will stop Serena Williams from winning the French Open for just the second time in her career in Paris on June 8. At 31, the superstar of the women's game is on an unprecedented winning run going in to the consecration of the claycourt season at Roland Garros.

Billie Jean King and partner Ilana Kloss attending the 21st Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party in West Hollywood, Calif., on Feb.

Querrey will play French wild card Edouard Roger-Vasselin, who rallied to defeat Ricardas Berankis 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Albert Montanes advanced to the last eight by beating Victor Hanescu 7-5, 7-6 , and Pablo Andujar routed Lu Yen-hsun 6-2, 6-0.

Lely High School graduate and University of Florida senior Lauren Embree was upset in the first round of the NCAA Individual Singles Championship on Wednesday in Urbana, Ill.

Andy Roddick, at one time the No. 1 men's tennis player in the world and a Grand Slam singles champion, is joining FOX Sports 1, America's new sports network launching Aug.

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

Canada's Eugenie Bouchard smiles as she looks over at her coach while facing Bouchard Shahar Peer from Israel during first round of play at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament Wednesday, August 8, 2012 in Montreal.

Sergio Garcia apologized for a "fried chicken" jibe aimed at Tiger Woods during a European Tour awards dinner Tuesday, and Woods replied via Twitter on Wednesday that although the remark was "wrong, hurtful and clearly inappropriate," it's time to "talk about golf." Garcia, who has a frosty relationship with Woods, was on stage with his Ryder Cup ... (more)

One win at the French Open starting next week would be a good result for troubled star Bernard Tomic, according to Tennis Australia's Todd Woodbridge.

His game has grown exponentially over the years, as his height shot up too. At 6-foot-4, he stands out in a crowd.

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 round of the Power Horse Cup.

A federal court in San Francisco has struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy unless there's a medical emergency.

British number one Andy Murray has withdrawn from next week's French Open after failing to recover from a back injury he sustained at the Rome Masters.

The Rafael Nadal 2013 Clay Domination Tour continues apace. Nadal took the Italian Open on Sunday, one week after winning the Madrid Open.

Garrett Boleslav and Brent Boleslav practice serves before their Class A Section III semifinal match against Baldwinsville on Monday at Skytop.