Roland Garros News
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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.
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The Wimbledon tennis championships won’t raise ticket prices even after it announced the biggest prize-money increase ever seen in tennis and plans to build a second retractable roof.
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The French Open tennis tournament signed a five-year sponsorship agreement with Emirates, the world’s biggest airline by international passenger traffic.
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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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Roland Garros’s proposed expansion may be in jeopardy after a Parisian administrative tribunal called for an agreement between the city and the French tennis federation to be terminated, Agence-France Presse said.
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The French Open will continue to be played at Roland Garros in Paris after the country’s tennis federation opted to upgrade the existing site rather than move the tournament outside the city.
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Defending French Open women’s champion Li Na was knocked out in the fourth round by qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova. Men’s six-time champion Rafael Nadal dropped two games in reaching the quarterfinals.
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Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka rebounded to avoid an opening-round upset at the French Open as men’s No. 1 Novak Djokovic won in straight sets and Roger Federer secured a record-tying 233rd Grand Slam victory.
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A backhand into the net ended Li Na’s reign as China’s first French Open champion, ensuring that a newcomer will win the women’s tennis title at Roland Garros.
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In his dreams, Novak Djokovic has already lifted the French Open trophy to make it four major tennis titles in a row. In reality, the No. 1-ranked player in the world has to overcome six-time champion Rafael Nadal on his favorite clay courts.
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