French Open News

Amir Weintraub advanced to the second round of the Roland Garros qualifying tournament in Paris on Tuesday, beating Ti Chen of Taiwan 6-1, 6-3. Weintraub, who plummeted 30 places to No.

A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami says he doesn't want any more reconstructive surgery.

Seventh seed Viktor Troicki pressed on, while former world No. 3 Nikolay Davydenko suffered an opening-round upset at the inaugural $530,000 Power Horse Cup, a final French Open tune-up. The Serbian Troicki came back to best American journeyman Michael Russell, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, while Slovenian lucky loser Aljaz Bedene surprised the eighth- seeded ... (more)

Eugenie Bouchard from Canada, seen in a clay court tournament earlier this year, is gearing up for the French Open.

Fifth seed Andreas Seppi and former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt came up first-round losers Monday at the $530,000 Nice Open, a final clay-court French Open tune-up. Taiwan's Yen-Hsun Lu upended the Italian Seppi 7-5, 1-6, 6-4, while Spaniard Pablo Andujar outlasted the two-time Grand Slam champion and wild card Hewitt 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 at the Nice Lawn ... (more)

Tennis Channel, will begin its first day of 2013 French Open coverage with nine consecutive hours of matches followed by a another nine hours of interview-and-encore show French Open Tonight .

It's not looking promising that Juan Martin Del Potro will play next week at the French Open.

The British media are reporting that Andy Murray will decide on Wednesday if he will play the French Open.

Spain's Rafael Nadal poses for a photo in front of the statues of Pietrangeli court after his straight-sets victory against Roger Federer.

Sixth-seeded Jarkko Nieminen of Finland beat Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-3, 6-1 Monday to reach the second round of the Power Horse Cup, a clay-court tuneup for the French Open.

ESPN will be the main telecaster for three out of four Grand Slam events when it takes over the US Open from Flushing Meadows, NY in 2015.

Bernard Tomic's management won't confirm he will contest the French Open, raising fresh doubts over Australia's top-ranked male player's appearance at Roland Garros.

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

Sixth-seeded Jarkko Nieminen waited out a two-hour rain delay before putting a quick end to a run of two first-round clay losses with a 6-3, 6-1 defeat of Lukas Lacko at the PowerHorse Cup on Monday.

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LEIGH HALFPENNY fears his brilliant form for Wales has made him the No.1 target for the Wallaby hitmen this summer.

Most of the top names on the WTA tour are at rest this week, but some big names such as former No.

Fifth seed Lukas Rosol was a first- round loser Sunday at the inaugural Power Horse Cup, a final French Open tune-up. Rosol, the only seeded player to see action on the red clay at Rochusclub, lost 6-4, 6-3 to German Daniel Brands.

Ricardas Berankis was a first-round winner Sunday at the $530,000 Nice Open, a final clay-court French Open tune-up. Berankis topped Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin, the No.

In the 30th meeting between the tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from the start and won 6-1, 6-3 Sunday for his seventh Italian Open title.