Francesca Schiavone becomes the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title after a brilliant 6-4 7-6 win over Sam Stosur at Roland Garros.
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French Open women’s final as it happened
June 5th, 2010 
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June 5th, 2010 admin Francesca Schiavone beats Australia’s Sam Stosur in the French Open final to become the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title.
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June 3rd, 2010 admin Francesca Schiavone becomes the first Italian woman to reach a Grand Slam final as Elena Dementieva pulls out of their French Open semi-final with an injury.
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June 2nd, 2010 admin Jurgen Melzer comes from two sets down to stun Novak Djokovic and will face Rafa Nadal in his first Grand Slam semi-final, while Serena Williams crashes out to Sam Stosur.
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June 2nd, 2010 admin Daily tickets for the Pilot Pen, to be held from August 22-28 in New Haven, are now on sale. Through June 4, take advantage of this special promotion: middle tier tickets for the first evening session on Monday, August 23, which typically are $20, will be available for $1.
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June 1st, 2010 admin Fifth seed Robin Soderling has avenged his 2009 Roland Garros final defeat to World No. 1 Roger Federer, snapping a 12-match losing streak for his first victory over the Swiss superstar on Tuesday evening.
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Soderling Stuns Federer For Semi-Final Berth; Battle For No. 1 Intensifies
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May 31st, 2010 admin Australia’s Sam Stosur becomes the first player to beat Justine Henin at the French Open for six years as she stuns the four-time champion to reach the quarter-finals.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: becomes-the, becomes-the-first, first, for-six, french-open, henin-at-the, reach-the, stosur, tennis No Comments »Roland Garros Thursday Diary
May 27th, 2010 admin Rafa Must Wait: Rafael Nadal faces the prospect of winning six matches in 10 days if he is to win a fifth Roland Garros title this year. The Spaniard’s second-round match with Horacio Zeballos, scheduled for Thursday, was postponed to Friday following a day of long rain breaks. Zeballos was likely thankful for the extra time to recover from his first-round match – an 8-6 fifth-set victory over Austrian Martin Fischer.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: 8-6-fifth-set, extra, first, prospect, rafael-nadal, roland-garros, scheduled-for, tennis, Tennis News, victory-over No Comments »O’Brien falls to Craybas in Paris
May 25th, 2010 admin Briton Katie O’Brien falls to American Jill Craybas 6-0 4-6 6-2 at the first hurdle at the French Open.
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O’Brien falls to Craybas in Paris
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May 25th, 2010 admin Belgian Justine Henin beats Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4 6-3 to make round two in her first appearance at the French Open since winning her fourth title in 2007.
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May 24th, 2010 admin There were audible gasps after in-form Frenchman Richard Gasquet was selected to face World No. 4 Andy Murray at last week’s Roland Garros draw ceremony, and the first-round match lived up to its blockbuster billing as Britain’s top title hope recovered from two sets and a break down to prevail 4-6, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-2, 6-1. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Murray Fights Past Gasquet; Monfils, Gonzalez Advance
Posted in Tennis News Tags: a-break-down, break-down, britain, draw-ceremony, first, frenchman, last-week, match-lived, prevail-4-6, roland, roland-garros, tennis, Tennis News No Comments »Djokovic Passes Korolev Test; Baghdatis Advances
May 24th, 2010 admin World No. 3 Novak Djokovic did not have it all his own way in his first-round match at Roland Garros against Evgeny Korolev, surrendering the second set before prevailing 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 in just over two hours Monday in Paris.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: evgeny, first, match-at-roland, Novak Djokovic, own-way, paris, prevailing-6-1, roland No Comments »Murray set for early French test
May 23rd, 2010 admin Andy Murray will find himself the centre of attention as early as day two of the French Open when he takes on Richard Gasquet in the pick of the first-round matches.
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May 23rd, 2010 admin Fourteenth seed Flavia Pennetta proves too tough an opponent for Anne Keothavong, who becomes the first Briton to fall at this year’s French Open.
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Keothavong falls at first hurdle
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May 22nd, 2010 admin Richard Gasquet signals a warning to Andy Murray ahead of their meeting in the first round of the French Open on Monday by winning the Nice Open.
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Red-hot Gasquet wins Nice title
Posted in Tennis News Tags: first, french, gasquet, meeting, monday-, murray, nice, open, open-on-monday, richard-gasquet, tennis, the-first, winning-the, winning-the-nice No Comments »Brazilians Melo-Soares Win First Title
May 22nd, 2010 admin Third-seeded Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares captured their first ATP World Tour doubles title at the Open de Nice Cote d’Azur on Saturday. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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May 22nd, 2010 admin Unseeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet looks for his first ATP World Tour title since 2007 as he takes on No. 2 seed Fernando Verdasco of Spain in the championship of the Open De Nice Cote d’Azur on Saturday. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Nice Final Preview
Posted in Tennis News Tags: azur-on-saturday, first, his-first, looks-for, open, richard-gasquet, saturday, spain, Tennis News, title, unseeded-frenchman, world No Comments »Murray to face Gasquet in Paris
May 21st, 2010 admin British number one Andy Murray will play Richard Gasquet in the first round of the French Open.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: first, french, french-open, murray, number-one, richard, richard-gasquet, tennis, the-first, will-play No Comments »Mayer Surprises Baghdatis, Reaches Second Career SF
May 20th, 2010 admin Argentine Leonardo Mayer beat a Top 30 player for the first time in almost 12 months Thursday, when he defeated fifth seed Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 for a place in the semi-finals at the Open de Nice Cote d’Azur.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: 6-4-for, argentine-leonardo, defeated-fifth, first, leonardo, marcos, marcos-baghdatis, news-on-atpworldtour, open, player-for, semi, tennis, the-first, the-semi-finals, thursday No Comments »Dusseldorf Thursday Preview
May 19th, 2010 admin The Red Group winner will be decided between Czech Republic and the United States and the Blue Group winner will be determined between Argentina and France. Each country is 2-0 through the first two round robin ties
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Dusseldorf Thursday Preview
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May 15th, 2010 admin There are six singles matches on the opening day of action, leading off with Philip Kohlschreiber of host Germany taking on Frenchman Jeremy Chardy for the first time on Centre Court 1 in a Blue Group contest. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: are-six, centre, centre-court, chardy, first, for-the, frenchman, frenchman-jeremy, matches-on-the, philip, singles-matches, tennis, Tennis News, the-opening, time-on-centre No Comments »Iron Man Isner’s Race Against The Clock
May 13th, 2010 admin A routine trip from Belgrade to Madrid became a 21-hour ordeal for American John Isner, as he dealt with the effects of volcanic ash, lost luggage and an unsympathetic train conductor en route to his first-round match in the Spanish capital. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: 21-hour-ordeal, a-21-hour-ordeal, belgrade, effects, first, his-first-round, isner, lost-luggage, news-on-atpworldtour, ordeal, routine-trip, Tennis News No Comments »Monfils Wins On Return; Lopez To Face Roddick Next
May 10th, 2010 admin Frenchman Gael Monfils returned to ATP World Tour action for the first time in two months, and came up with a 6-2, 7-5 win over countryman Stephane Robert on Monday at the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: action-for, and-came, first, frenchman-gael, monday-, mutua-madrilena, over-countryman, Tennis News, two-months, world No Comments »Gonzalez-Rettenmaier Capture Belgrade Title
May 9th, 2010 admin In an all-unseeded doubles final Sunday at the Serbia Open 2010, Santiago Gonzalez and Travis Rettenmaier won their first ATP World Tour doubles title with a 7-6(6), 6-1 victory over Polish duo Tomasz Bednarek and Mateusz Kowalczyk.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: 6-1-victory, doubles-final, doubles-title, first, polish, serbia-open, sunday, tennis, tomasz-bednarek, travis-rettenmaier, won-their, world, world-tour No Comments »Estoril Sunday Preview
May 9th, 2010 admin Two major storylines will clash at the Estoril Open on Sunday, as one player comes off a stunning win over the World No. 1 and the other has become the first Portuguese man ever to reach an ATP World Tour singles final.
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May 9th, 2010 admin For the first time since 2003 two Americans will battle it out in a clay court final on the ATP World Tour. On Sunday, No. 3 seed Sam Querrey will take on No
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: 2003-two, a-clay-court, championship, clay-court, final-on-the, first, isner, querrey, serbia, serbia-open, sunday, the-first, will-battle, will-take No Comments »Gil Creates History For Portugal, Reaches First Final
May 8th, 2010 admin Frederico Gil has become the first Portuguese player to reach an ATP World Tour singles final in the Open Era and will play defending champion Albert Montanes of Spain in the Estoril Open final on Sunday afternoon. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Gil Creates History For Portugal, Reaches First Final
Posted in Tennis News Tags: a-and-will, and-will, estoril, first, has-become, play-defending, portuguese, singles-final, spain, the-first, world No Comments »Butorac-Kohlmann Reach First Team Final
May 8th, 2010 admin Third seeds Eric Butorac and Michael Kohlmann reached their first ATP World Tour doubles final together Saturday with a 6-1, 7-6(3) win over German duo Christopher Kas and Philipp Petzschner in the semi-finals of the BMW Open by FWU RETAKAFUL, an ATP World Tour 250 clay-court tennis tournament. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: butorac, first, michael-kohlmann-, philipp, semi, the-semi-finals, world, world-tour No Comments »Youzhny Faces Cilic In Third Attempt For Munich Title
May 8th, 2010 admin Mikhail Youzhny advanced to his third straight final at the BMW Open by FWU RETAKAFUL Saturday with a 7-5, 7-6(5) victory over German Philipp Petzschner. The Russian will hope to win the title in Munich for the first time after twice finishing runner-up at the ATP World Tour 250 clay-court tennis tournament. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Youzhny Faces Cilic In Third Attempt For Munich Title
Posted in Tennis News Tags: after-twice, first, german, mikhail-youzhny, russian, tennis, Tennis News, title, world-tour No Comments »Federer Passes Clement Test; Defending Champion Next In SFs
May 7th, 2010 admin Former champion Roger Federer saved one set point in the first-set tie-break against former Top 10 Frenchman Arnaud Clement in a 7-6(7), 6-2 victory on Friday for a place in the Estoril Open semi-finals. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Baghdatis Survives Scare In Opener; Rain Curbs Play
May 7th, 2010 admin Baghdatis Survives Scare In Opener; Rain Curbs Play Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis recorded his first clay-court win of the season Tuesday, but not without a scare. The fifth seed recovered from a set down and also trailed by a break in the final set of his 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory over German qualifier Peter Gojowczyk at the BMW Open by FWU RETAKAFUL, an ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament in Munich. World No.
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Posted in Tennis Tutorials Tags: a-groin-injury-, baghdatis, cypriot-marcos, first, france-, french, german-benjamin, mens tennis news, nicolas-kiefer, thierry-ascione, tickets, world, world-tour No Comments »Federer into quarters at Estoril
May 5th, 2010 admin Roger Federer records his first win of the year on clay at the Estoril Open in Portugal.
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Federer into quarters at Estoril
Posted in Tennis News Tags: estoril, estoril-open, federer, first, first-win, portugal, records-his, roger-federer, tennis, the-year-, year, year-on-clay No Comments »Serena wins on Rome injury return
May 4th, 2010 admin Serena Williams defeats Timea Bacsinszky in straight sets to win her first match since January at the Italian Open on her return from injury.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: first, first-match, from-injury-, her-return, italian, italian-open-, january, january-at-the, open-on-her, serena-williams, straight-sets-, tennis, timea-bacsinszky, williams No Comments »Serena wins on Rome injury return
May 4th, 2010 admin Serena Williams defeats Timea Bacsinszky in straight sets to win her first match since January at the Italian Open on her return from injury.
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May 4th, 2010 admin World No.
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Federer Eyes Estoril Title; Ready For Weeks Ahead
Posted in Tennis News Tags: estoril, estoril-open, first, last-week, news-on-atpworldtour, recording-his, roger, tennis, year-at-the No Comments »Montpellier To Host ATP World Tour 250 Event
May 4th, 2010 admin Montpellier, the fastest-growing city in France for the past 25 years, will host an ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament for the first time in late October. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: 250-tennis, atp, fastest, first, for-the, france-, past, tennis, Tennis News, the-first, will-host, world-tour No Comments »Baghdatis Survives Scare In Opener
May 4th, 2010 admin Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis recorded his first clay-court win of the season Tuesday, but not without a scare.
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Baghdatis Survives Scare In Opener
Posted in Tennis News Tags: 6-2-victory, a-set-down, fifth-seed, final, first, munich-, recorded-his, recovered-from, the-season-, world-tour No Comments »Andreev Records 200th Match Win
May 3rd, 2010 admin World No. 50 Igor Andreev recorded his 200th tour-level singles match win Monday as he defeated Blaz Kavcic 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Serbia Open 2010, an ATP World Tour 250 clay-court tennis tournament in Belgrade.
Posted in Tennis News Tags: 200th, 250-clay-court, atp, first, monday-, news-on-atpworldtour, recorded-his, serbia, serbia-open, Tennis News, tennis-tournament, world, world-tour No Comments »Henin claims title in Stuttgart
May 2nd, 2010 admin Justine Henin claims her first title since coming out of retirement as she beats Samantha Stosur 6-4 2-6 6-1 in the final of the Stuttgart Grand Prix.
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Henin claims title in Stuttgart
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May 2nd, 2010 admin Britain’s Naomi Cavaday claimed her first ITF clay-court title by beating second seed Andrea Hlavackova in the final of the Brescia event in Italy.
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Cavaday wins first title on clay
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