French Open News
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Serena Williams was in tears and at one of the lowest points in her career, her earliest Grand Slam defeat.
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Defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain may have to play men’s top seed Novak Djokovic in the semifinals as he seeks a record eighth French Open tennis title.
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Defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain will start his quest to win eight French Open championships against 60th-ranked Daniel Brands of Germany.
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U.S. Open champion Andy Murray withdrew from next week’s French Open because of a back injury, the first tennis major he’ll miss since 2007. Juan Martin Del Potro also pulled out.
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Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer in straight sets in the final of the Internazionali BNL D’Italia, winning the clay-court tennis tournament for the seventh time as he prepares to defend his French Open title.
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Andy Murray retired from his second- round match at the Italian Open with a lower-back injury that may keep him out of the French Open.
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ESPN reached agreement for exclusive rights to the U.S. Open, wresting the tennis tournament’s finals away from CBS after 47 years.
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Rafael Nadal defeated Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets today to win tennis’s Madrid Masters for the third time.
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The Women’s Tennis Association will move its season-ending championships to Singapore for five years starting in 2014, as the organization tries to increase its fan base in Asia.
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The winners of next month’s French Open will receive a record 1.5 million euros ($2 million) each, while early-round losers will get the biggest raise as the clay- court tennis major responds to player demands for more equal distribution of prize money.
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