French Open News

It's hard to choose a standout accomplishment in the legendary playing career of Swiss superstar Roger Federer - whether it's capturing the most Grand Slam singles titles, sitting atop the rankings for more than 300 weeks or the multiple double-digit winning streaks.

Two-time defending champion Maria Sharapova has withdrawn before her Italian Open quarterfinal match against seventh-seeded Sara Errani because of illness.

It seems that all of the chatter about Nadal's seeding for Roland Garros may have been for nothing, as the Spaniard may be guaranteed the No.

With the tennis season's second Slam just around the corner, Fila gave Tennis Grandstand a sneak peak at their Roland Garros Spring 2013 line which will be worn by Janko Tipsarevic, Andreas Seppi, Jelena Jankovic, Julia Goerges and Nadia Petrova .

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic wasted a chance to serve out the match and was beaten 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 by sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych in the Italian Open quarterfinals on Friday.

Serena Williams made it 21 wins on the bounce with an easy victory over Dominika Cibulkova to reach the quarter-finals of the WTA Italian Open.

THE Scot was forced to pull out of the Rome Masters earlier this week and now he awaits news on whether he can take part in the French Open a week on Sunday.

Six-time champion Rafael Nadal overcame one of the worst opening sets of his career to edge Latvian qualifier Ernests Gulbis 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 Thursday and reach the Italian Open quarterfinals.

Sprinter Mark Cavendish did what he does best overnight winning the 12th stage of the Giro d'Italia in a sprint finish.

The U.S. Open tennis tournament will leave CBS after nearly a half-century and move all TV coverage to cable starting in 2015 under an 11-year contract with ESPN.

It was hard to blame Roger Federer for being rusty enough to lose in the third round of the Madrid Open to 4-6, 6-1, 2-6. He came into the tournament on the heels of a two-month hiatus from the sport, after all.

Tennis Australia is expecting and encouraging Bernard Tomic to contest this month's French Open, despite John Tomic recently declaring his son's participation unlikely.

Rafael Nadal continued his near-perfect preparations for the French Open by brushing aside Fabio Fognini in Rome but Andy Murray crashed out.

Tennis Hall of Famer Andre Agassi left Nike eight years ago to become sponsored by adidas, only to return to the "Swoosh" this past Monday.

Remember Bo Jackson ? The 1980s and '90s superstar was an expert at every sport under the sun -- at least in Nike's popular, rose-colored-glasses TV campaign.

Andy Murray of Great Britain speaks with trainer Clay Sniteman during Wednesday's match in Rome.

Andy Murray retired from his second-round match with Spanish opponent Marcel Granollers at the Italian Open on Wednesday with lower back pain and considers himself doubtful for the French Open.

Wholesale NFL Jerseys . Cleverly received winning scores of 117-112 and 116-113 from two judges and the other scored it 114-114. The Welshman improved to 23-0. "I knew he would be dangerous in the first three rounds, but in all honesty I thought hed tire more," Cleverly told Box Nation TV.

BERNARD Tomic may not play in the French Open with a question mark over his mental stamina, his coach and father John Tomic suggested yesterday.

Briton Laura Robson beat Venus Williams 6-3, 6-2 in blustery conditions at the ATP/WTA Rome Masters on Monday and now faces the second half of a one-two punch when she next plays Williams' sister and world number one, Serena.