World number one Rafael Nadal is forced to dig deep to see off the challenge of compatriot Pablo Andujar in the French Open second round.
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Nadal overcomes stubborn Andujar
May 26th, 2011 
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May 26th, 2011 admin World number four Andy Murray overcomes a slow start to defeat Simone Bolelli in straight sets and reach the French Open third round.
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May 26th, 2011 admin Britain’s Heather Watson is outclassed by Kaia Kanepi in the second round of the French Open in Paris.
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May 26th, 2011 admin World number two Kim Clijsters crashes out of the French Open to 114th seed Arantxa Rus in three sets in the second round.
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May 26th, 2011 admin Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal win on day five at the French Open, Britain’s Heather Watson and Elena Baltacha get knocked out, following a shock defeat for Kim Clijsters.
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May 25th, 2011 admin Andy Murray, Elena Baltacha and Heather Watson are all attempting to reach the last 32 of the French Open on Thursday.
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May 25th, 2011 admin Third seed Roger Federer makes short work of Maxime Teixeira to make the third round of the French Open in Paris.
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May 25th, 2011 admin Gael Monfils and Novak Djokovic is in second-round action on day four of the French Open, as Roger Federer and Carolina Wozniacki both post victories to reach round three.
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May 24th, 2011 admin Fifth seed Robin Soderling sweeps past American qualifier Ryan Harrison into the second round of the French Open
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May 24th, 2011 admin Elena Baltacha beats American qualifier Sloane Stephens 7-5 6-2 to ensure there will be two British women in the French Open second round for the first time since 1992.
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May 24th, 2011 admin Britain’s Andy Murray begins his French Open campaign with a 6-4 6-1 6-3 win over home qualifier Eric Prodon.
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Classy Sharapova blows Lucic away
May 24th, 2011 admin Maria Sharapova needs less than an hour to reach the French Open second round with a 6-3 6-0 win over Croatian Mirjana Lucic.
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May 24th, 2011 admin Britain’s Andy Murray takes on French qualifier Eric Prodon in round one of the French Open, with Rafael Nadal, Kim Clijsters, Maria Sharapova and Elena Baltacha also in action on Tuesday.
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May 23rd, 2011 admin Tomas Berdych becomes the most high-profile casualty of the French Open so far after losing to French qualifier Stephane Robert in five sets.
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May 23rd, 2011 admin Anne Keothavong suffers a 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 defeat by Vesna Dolonts to prolong the 17-year wait for a British woman to win a French Open match.
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May 23rd, 2011 admin Italian Francesca Schiavone begins her defence of the French Open crown with a straight-sets win over Melanie Oudin.
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May 22nd, 2011 admin Novak Djokovic will look to extend his incredible winning streak when he begins his French Open campaign against Dutchman Thiemo de Bakker on Monday.
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May 22nd, 2011 admin Marin Cilic becomes the first seed to fall at the 2011 French Open after a surprise 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 6-4 defeat by Spain’s Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo.
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May 22nd, 2011 admin Australia’s Samantha Stosur starts her French Open campaign with a 6-2 6-3 victory over Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic.
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May 21st, 2011 admin The 2011 French Open will get off to a low-key start on Sunday, with most of the world’s leading players out of action on day one at Roland Garros.
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May 21st, 2011 admin Top seed Caroline Wozniacki prepares for the start of French Open in perfect style by defeating Shuai Peng in the final of the Brussels Open on Saturday.
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May 20th, 2011 admin Jonathan Overend on whether Novak Djokovic can stay unbeaten at the French Open
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May 20th, 2011 admin Britain’s Andy Murray will play a qualifier in the first round of the French Open following Friday’s draw.
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May 19th, 2011 admin World number 11 Andy Roddick and former champion Juan Carlos Ferrero pull out of the French Open with shoulder injuries.
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May 19th, 2011 admin Heather Watson moves to within one victory of a place in the French Open as she beats Sally Peers in straight sets in the second round of qualifying.
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May 18th, 2011 admin Heather Watson makes a winning start in her quest to reach the French Open with a straight sets victory in the first round of qualifying in Paris.
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May 18th, 2011 admin Anne Keothavong and Annabel Croft assess women’s tennis ahead of the French Open
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May 17th, 2011 admin British number two James Ward loses in the first round of French Open qualifying after holding a match point against American Ryan Harrison.
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May 16th, 2011 admin Kim Clijsters confirms she will play at the French Open after recovering from an ankle injury.
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May 13th, 2011 admin Rafael Nadal ensures he will keep hold of the world number one ranking going into the French Open with victory over Marin Cilic in the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters.
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May 12th, 2011 admin Former world number one Dinara Safina will miss the French Open after taking an indefinite break from tennis.
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May 11th, 2011 admin Argentina’s David Nalbandian will miss the French Open after an illness hampers his recovery from a hernia operation and a muscle injury.
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May 10th, 2011 admin Former world number one Roger Federer does not believe the French Open will be a straight fight between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.
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May 8th, 2011 admin Novak Djokovic sets his sights on dethroning Rafael Nadal at the French Open after ending the Spaniard’s unbeaten clay-court run in Madrid.
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May 8th, 2011 admin Petra Kvitova wins her third title of the year and gives notice that she could be a French Open threat as she defeats Victora Azarenka at the Madrid Open.
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May 2nd, 2011 admin Rafael Nadal knows his fellow ATP World Tour players are gunning for him this week at the Mutua Madrid Open. Riding a 34-match win streak on clay and a winner of six straight events entered on the surface, the World No. 1 and his peers enter one of the toughest stretches of the season, highlighted by back-to-back ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in Madrid and Rome, followed by the French Open a week later
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: events-entered, french, french-open, masters, mutua-madrid, open-riding, streak-on-clay, surface, Tennis News, toughest, world-tour No Comments »Roland Garros To Keep French Open
February 13th, 2011 admin It was announced today that Roland Garros will continue as the host of the French Open, after officials at the French Tennis Federation (FFT) rejected a move to another venue. Three other projects, all in the Paris suburbs, had bid to host the clay-court Grand Slam from 2016 onwards. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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February 13th, 2011 admin The French Open will continue to be played at Roland Garros after officials rejected proposals to move the Grand Slam event to another venue.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: after-officials, french, french-open, grand-slam, rejected-proposals, roland-garros, tennis, venue, will-continue No Comments »Schiavone ends Date run in Tokyo
September 29th, 2010 admin French Open champion Francesca Schiavone beats local favourite Kimiko Date Krumm 6-3 6-3 to reach the Pan Pacific Open quarter-finals.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: beats-local, francesca, francesca-schiavone, french-open, kimiko, kimiko-date, krumm, pacific, pacific-open, reach-the-pan, tennis No Comments »Roland Garros aided by venue deal
September 23rd, 2010 admin The French Open may remain at Roland Garros in the centre of Paris, rather than being relocated to the suburbs.
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