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Nadal wins eighth French Open title

 June 10, 2013; Updated: 11:29 pm

Paris - If Rafael Nadal truly was going to be challenged, if his bid for an unprecedented eighth French Open championship would be slowed even a bit, this might have been the moment.

Leading by a set and a break 70 minutes into...

Serena Williams the queen of Paris again

 June 9, 2013; Updated: 11:59 pm

Paris - Serena Williams knew, of course, that 11 years had passed since her only French Open championship.
She also knew, of course, what happened a year ago in Paris: the only...

Serena Williams beats Sharapova in French Open final

 June 8, 2013; Updated: 12:40 pm

"Eleven years," Serena Williams said in French during the trophy ceremony. "I think it's unbelievable. Now I have 16 Grand Slam titles. It's difficult for me to speak because I'm so excited."

Nadal wins marathon match in Paris

 June 8, 2013; Updated: 4:28 am

Paris - His dramatic and delightful French Open semifinal was 4 ½ hours old - and 14 games into the fifth set - when Rafael Nadal raced from the net to the baseline to retrieve Novak Djokovic's seemingly...

Serena looks to pick up her elusive second title at Roland Garros

 June 8, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Paris - For a decade, the French Open has presented more problems for Serena Williams than any of the other Grand Slam tournaments.

Her collection of 15 major championships includes five from Wimbledon, five from the Australian Open,...

Serena Williams cruises into French Open final

 June 7, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Paris - Done with a dominating performance in the French Open semifinals, Serena Williams climbed the stairs leading from the locker room to the players' lounge, looking to give her mother a hug.

Smiling widely all the while,...

Djokovic, Nadal to meet in semifinals

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

Paris - The ease with which Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic swept aside their quarterfinal opponents at the French Open was remarkably similar.

Both men won in straight sets Wednesday, hardly challenged. Both earned 12 break points,...

Tsonga makes quick work of Federer in Paris

 June 5, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Paris - A point from losing the first set of his French Open quarterfinal, Roger Federer shanked a routine forehand, sending the ball 10 feet beyond the opposite baseline.

The Court Philippe Chatrier crowd roared with approval, then...

Djokovic, Nadal on course for semifinal in Paris

 June 4, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

Paris - Less than 48 hours after learning of the death of his childhood coach, Novak Djokovic was on court at the French Open, determined to complete a career Grand Slam in honor of the woman he likened to a "second mother."

Still...

Federer needs five sets to win at French Open

 June 3, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Paris - Chasing a shot, Roger Federer caught his right shoe in the French Open's red clay, twisting that foot awkwardly and tumbling to the ground.

Soon enough, he was in a real rut, in danger of his earliest exit from a Grand Slam...

Nadal, Djokovic struggle, advance

 June 2, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Paris - For the third time in three matches this year in the French Open, Rafael Nadal hardly looked himself for a set.

Unlike in the first two rounds, Nadal won his opening set Saturday, albeit barely. The takeaway, even after...

After win, Nadal calls French schedule ‘not fair’

 June 1, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

Paris - Rafael Nadal wanted to get a few things off his chest.

Not about the quality of his play Friday, which fell below his usual standards at Roland Garros - for the second match in a row, he dropped a lethargic opening set before...

Mattek-Sands leads American advance in Paris

 May 31, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

Paris - There were moments, as recently as last year, when a body that would not stay healthy and on-court results prompted Bethanie Mattek-Sands to wonder whether it was simply time to call it a career after more than a decade as a...

Now things could get more interesting for Federer

 May 30, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

Paris - Now things could get a little more interesting for Roger Federer.

After a pair of straightforward and straight-set victories at the French Open against qualifiers ranked outside the top 150, the 17-time major champion will...

After waiting out rain, Djokovic starts French bid

 May 29, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Paris - Novak Djokovic spent the better part of a rainy Tuesday at the French Open wondering when - and even whether - he would wind up playing his first-round match at the only Grand Slam tournament he's yet to win.

Unlike Wimbledon...

Nadal survives an early scare in Paris

 May 28, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Paris - Rafael Nadal knows this story well. All too well. Saw it up close the previous time he played in a major tournament, actually.

Early round, main stadium, unknown opponent taking risky swings and putting everything in. At...

Nadal beats Federer, Serena wins at Italian Open

 May 20, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer.

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

Tennis Roundup

 April 26, 2013; Updated: 12:05 am

Sharapova wins in Germany
Top-seeded Maria Sharapova needed three sets and more than three hours Thursday in her clay-court season debut to overcome Lucie Safarova of the Czech...

Djokovic wins Monte Carlo title

 April 22, 2013; Updated: 11:30 pm

Monaco - Novak Djokovic kissed the clay and marveled at this sudden turn.
The top-ranked Serb won the Monte Carlo Masters, and for the first time in nine years the trophy belonged to...

Nadal wants to focus on everything except his knee

 April 16, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Monaco - Rafael Nadal will talk about almost anything except his knee.

He has made a strong return after being out seven months with an ailing left knee. He reached the final of the four tournaments he's played and won three, off to...

Isner wins U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship

 April 15, 2013; Updated: 11:29 pm

John Isner of the United States beat Argentina's Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship Sunday at Houston.

Isner won his first tournament of the year and the sixth of his career. He had seven aces in...

Serena wins Family Circle Cup

 April 8, 2013; Updated: 12:34 am

Charleston, S.C. - It took a feisty exchange with Jelena Jankovic for Serena Williams to calm down. Then, settled and able to return to business, she was a winner once more.

Williams defeated Jankovic 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 Sunday for her...

Tennis Roundup

 April 7, 2013; Updated: 12:00 am

U.S. trails in Davis Cup quarters
The United States trails Serbia 2-1 in a Davis Cup quarterfinal after the top-ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan lost to Serbia's Nenad...

Tennis Roundup

 April 6, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

U.S. tied at Davis Cup
Sam Querrey put the United States on the scoreboard with a 7-6 (1), 3-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 win over Viktor Troicki of Serbia to end the first day of the Davis Cup...

Murray wins Sony title

 April 1, 2013; Updated: 11:29 pm

Key Biscayne, Fla. - As a dramatic men's final at the Sony Open neared its conclusion in a winner-take-all tiebreaker, Andy Murray waged a 28-shot exchange with David Ferrer, who was left so exhausted by the rally he crumpled to the...

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