Albert Montanes News

Jack Sock, Denis Kudla and Steve Johnson all won their qualifying matches Friday to earn berths in the main draw at Roland Garros.

Heavy French crowd favorite Gael Monfils and capable Spaniard Albert Montanes will square off in Saturday's championship match at the $530,000 Nice Open, a final clay-court French Open tune-up. The oft-injured former top-10 star Monfils, a wild card this week, defeated Spaniard Pablo Andujar 7-5, 6-4, while Montanes held off French wild card ... (more)

France's Gael Monfils beat Pablo Andujar 7-5, 6-4 at the Open de Nice on Friday to line up a final against Albert Montanes of Spain.

Third-seeded Sam Querrey was eliminated from the quarterfinals of the Open de Nice on Thursday, losing to French wild-card entry Edouard Roger-Vasselin 3-6, 7-6 , 6-1. Roger-Vasselin broke the American twice in the final set to lead 5-1 before converting his first match point with a forehand winner.

Only the intrepid and the desperate play the week between a Masters 1000 tournament and a major, where the 250 events in Nice and Dusseldorf fall.

Stretch: Novak Djokovic returns a shot to Albert Montanes during their second round match of the Rome Masters on Tuesday.

World number one Novak Djokovic made short work of Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov to reach the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters on Thursday with a 6-1 6-4 win.

World number one Serena Williams inflicted swift revenge on behalf of her older sister when she beat Britain's Laura Robson 6-2 6-2 in the Rome Masters on Tuesday.

Serena Williams of the U.S. hits a return to Laura Robson of Britain during their women's singles match at the Rome Masters tennis tournament May 14, 2013.

The top seeds had it easy in their openers Tuesday in Rome. The newly coiffed Roger Federer rolled to victory crushing Italian veteran 6-1, 6-2. Rome, though, is among the few tournaments Federer has never won, but the Swiss is hoping this good start changes his fortune this year.

Serbia's Bojana Jovanosvski returns the ball to Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki during their match at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Tuesday, May 14, 2013.

Novak Djokovic began his quest for a third title with a 70-minute win at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Tuesday.

After a bumpy Madrid event, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer look to regain their footing tomorrow at the Italian Open in Rome.

Italy's Fabio Fognini slips on the clay as he plays as he plays Spain's Albert Montanes during their fourth round match.