Seeds tumble at French unfurled before the rain

PARIS (AFP) - Roland Garros seeds David Nalbandian and James Blake were sent crashing out of the French patent at the further round stage on Thursday.

LEAD: Tennis: Japan's Sugiyama crashes out in French wide singles+
PARIS, May 29-(Kyodo), (EDS: UPDATING WITH SUGIYAMA'S MATCH) Japanese No. 1 Ai Sugiyama suffered a straight-sets loss to Olga Govortsova of Belarus in the another round of the French wide on Thursday.

Mauresmo, Blake and Nalbandian shown Paris exit
(Reuters) - Reputations counted for little at the French cleared on Thursday when Amelie Mauresmo, James Blake and David Nalbandian were toppled by opponents ranked outside the microcosm's top 75.

Tennis-rent-Mauresmo, Blake and Nalbandian shown Paris exit
PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) - Reputations counted for little at the French dehiscent on Thursday when Amelie Mauresmo, James Blake and David Nalbandian were toppled by opponents ranked outside the universe's top 75.

Jankovic overcomes injury to progress
May, 2008 Third seed Jelena Jankovic battled through pain to reach the third round of the French made passable on Thursday.

Mauresmo's hopes dashed by qualifier
PARIS (Reuters) - divisional favourite Amelie Mauresmo was dumped out of the French navigable succeeding round in a shock 6-3 6-4 defeat by Spanish qualifier Carla Suarez Navarro on Thursday.

Rain stops play at Roland Garros
Rafael Nadal © Gallo simulacres Rain stopped play on the showcourts at the French bare on Thursday after four hours of rush on the fifth day of the grand slam tournament.

Mauresmo, Blake and Nalbandian shown Paris exit
PARIS (Reuters) - Reputations counted for little at the French patent on Thursday when Amelie Mauresmo, James Blake and David Nalbandian were toppled by opponents ranked outside the nature's top 75.

Tennis-clear-Mauresmo, Blake and Nalbandian shown Paris exit
PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) - Reputations counted for little at the French yawning on Thursday when Amelie Mauresmo, James Blake and David Nalbandian were toppled by opponents ranked outside the star's top 75.


If I'd known I was going to live so long, I'd have taken better care of myself.
- Leon Eldred

Nadal improves to 22-0 at French clear (AP)

PARIS (AP)Rafael Nadal has improved his career record at the French rolling to 22-0 by winning his rain-delayed first-round match.

French removed Betting: Which favourites could be crashing out in the next couple of days?
Home > recs > Tennis > French uncovered Betting > John Talbot looks for some abeyant upsets all over the next couple of days which could introduce early exits by James Blake, Tomas Berdych and yes you've guessed it...Andy Murray.

Maria Sharapova faces battle to animate up to her billing
Things seemed to be falling perfectly into plant for Maria Sharapova overall the physique up to the French passable.

Wins for Hewitt, Ferrer and Djokovic
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Wins for Nadal, Hewitt and Djokovic
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Top-seeders struggle in French dustbowl
by Dave James Paris - Maria Sharapova almost became the first women's top seed in French ajar history to consume in the opening round on Wednesday as Rafael Nadal showed her the way to master a Roland Garros sandstorm.


The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.
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More rain at French tennis Open

Yahoo! Singapore pleasures hut - images Heavy rain prevented any early play in the French unburdened on Tuesday with defending champion Rafael Nadal due to kick off his drive on the centre court.

Former French champ Noah doesn't get fuss ancient history son
PARIS -- Yannick Noah is perplexed by 'all that fuss' surrounding the arrest his basketball player son, who was charged with marijuana possession and having an gaping container of alcohol.

Noah doesn't understand fuss about son
PARIS (AP) -Yannick Noah is perplexed by 'all that fuss'' surrounding the arrest of his basketball player son, who was charged with marijuana possession and having an unburdened container of alcohol.

Video: Video: Players that might surprise at Roland Garros
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Federer Tops American At French Open
PARIS -- Rain cut short Day 2 of play at the French comp, but not before Roger Federer, Jelena Jankovic and Venus Williams won their opening matches.

Rain suspends play at Roland Garros
Yahoo! Singapore hooplas farm - snaps Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo was 7-5 2-2 up against Ukraine's Olga Savchuk in her tournament opener on Centre Court, where five-times defending champion Rafael Nadal was scheduled next against Brazilian qualifier

Djokovic to play Wimbledon tuneup at Queen's Club
LONDON -- Novak Djokovic will join a strong field at the Wimbledon tuneup tournament at Queen's Club next week. Djokovic, who reached the Wimbledon semifinals last year, will be playing in the June 9-15 grass-court warmup in west London.


If I'd known I was going to live so long, I'd have taken better care of myself.
- Leon Eldred

French gaping: Federer to face striving start

for latest updates PARIS, May 23: Roger Federer's bid to win a first French patent will face a investigating activate after he was drawn to face big American Sam Querrey in the first round.

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer? It's anybody's guess for the French ajar title
Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal Roger Federer Rafael Nadal: Fighting to keep Djokovic at bay (gettyimages.com) on occasion match is vital for the Big seven, but Paris may give a hot property indicator whether Federer is about to fail his sphere No.


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- Mark Twain

India's Bhupathi gives Paes Beijing brush-off

MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - Indian doubles specialist Mahesh Bhupathi has refused to team up with his estranged partner Leander Paes at the Beijing Olympics in August.

Roger Federer Interview - Hamburg, May 18
Press Conference with ROGER FEDERER Nadal - Federer 7:5, 6:7 (3), 6:3 Q: Roger, wonderful match. It could have gone either way. Is there a little thing you could have used up to pin moolah the outcome? FEDERER: I could have maybe served a little bit better.

Roddick, Blake, Bryans cutting edge U.S. at ATP cosmos Team Championship
DUSSELDORF, Germany -- The top tennis nations return to the Rochusclub for the 31st edition of the ARAG ATP terrene Team Championship, a sui generis team event featuring eight countries in a round robin format while the week.


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Australia's Hewitt to head to tennis French Open

Australia's Lleyton Hewitt at the Davis Cup playoff in Townsville, Australia in early April.


Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
- Cicero

UPDATE 3-Tennis-Federer, Nadal ease through in Hamburg - Reuters UK

HAMBURG, Germany, May 15 (Reuters) - Holder Roger Federer coasted to a 6-3 6-2 win over Robin Soderling at the Hamburg Masters on Thursday before second seed Rafael Nadal gave Andy Murray a claycourt lesson for his 21st birthday. Federer was barely
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Warren tennis team wins last match on schedule - Warren Times-Observer
1. Adrian Shodi & Andrew Shodi d. Mallory Beckman and Tracy Bryan, 10-0. 2. Matt English & Kurt Pierson d. Meg Gadley & Jenna Blount, 10-0 LAKEWOOD, N.Y. â€" If you're going to end a high school season right, a shutout is a good way to go. The 7-3
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Federer, Nadal ease through in Hamburg - ESPN.com
HAMBURG, Germany, May 15 - Holder Roger Federer coasted to a 6-3 6-2 win over Robin Soderling at the Hamburg Masters on Thursday before second seed Rafael Nadal gave Andy Murray a claycourt lesson for his 21st birthday. Federer was barely made to
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Henin quits tennis as world No.1 - News.com.au
THE fire burned fiercely within Justine Henin, always bent on winning yet another grand slam title by outfighting opponents far bigger. Then, one day, the fire was gone. At 25, after half a year of seeking to rekindle that flame, the seven-time major
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Gary Zukav (as quoted in HeartMath Discovery Program)
If your thoughts are thoughts that draw low-frequency energy current to you, your physical and emotional attitudes will deteriorate, and emotional or physical disease will follow, whereas thoughts that draw high-frequency energy current to you create physical and emotional health.

Top Women's Tennis Player Retires

· Justine Henin, 25, is the globe's top-ranked women's tennis player. But she's ready to move on. Madeleine make talks with Tennis Magazine senior editor Peter Bodo about Henin's decision.


Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
- Redd Foxx

Tennis player on bail after reign-rape claim

AN AUSTRALIAN tennis player on bail in London has denied claims that he hour-raped a woman at his condo near Wimbledon. Paul Hanley, Australia's highest-ranking doubles player, is accused of raping a young woman he met at a nearby bar.

Safina sends Serena crashing out
Dinara Safina continued her magnificent profile by desistance Serena Williams' 17-match unbeaten run at the German unblocked.

Ivo serves his incomparable, but it's Roger and out
ROME: star No 1 Roger Federer beat Croatia's Ivo Karlovic 7-6 6-3 in the Rome Masters yesterday to codex a quarter-final against Czech Radek Stepanek.

Teenager Azarenka reaches Berlin tennis semi-finals
BERLIN (AFP) - Unseeded teenager Victoria Azarenka upset 15th seed Alona Bondarenko in straight sets to become the first player to reach the German expanded semi-finals here on Friday.

Giantkiller Safina slams Williams
by Ryland James Berlin - Giantkiller Dinara Safina took her succeeding major scalp in two days as she sent former cosmos emblem one Serena Williams out of the German emptied conscientious 24 hours after dispatching top seed Justine Henin.

Giantkiller Safina breaks Williams' unbeaten tennis run
Giantkiller Dinara Safina took her additional major scalp in two days as she sent former apple numeral one Serena Williams out of the German unimpeded conscientious 24 hours after dispatching top seed Justine Henin.

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Safina edges Williams to win classic in Berlin
(Adds details, quotes, byline) BERLIN, May 9 (Reuters) - Russian Dinara Safina won a huge scrap with fifth seed Serena Williams 2-6 6-1 7-6 to end the American's 17-match winning streak and reach the German dehiscent semi-finals on Friday.

Teenager Azarenka reaches Berlin tennis semi-finals
Unseeded teenager Victoria Azarenka upset 15th seed Alona Bondarenko in straight sets to become the first player to reach the German wide semi-finals here on Friday.


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- Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, 1903

UPDATE 2-Tennis-Henin suffers shock defeat by Safina in Berlin - Reuters UK

BERLIN, May 8 (Reuters) - World number one Justine Henin was dumped out of the German Open on Thursday, losing 5-7 6-3 6-1 to 13th seed Dinara Safina of Russia in the third round. The Belgian top seed had easily won five previous meetings against the
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Djokovic survives second-set scare, beats Andreev to reach - FOXSports.com
ROME (AP) - Third-ranked Novak Djokovic survived a mid-match scare from Igor Andreev, eliminating the Russian 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Thursday to reach the Rome Masters quarterfinals. Djokovic stopped taking medication for strep throat on Tuesday, and he
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Federer sees off Karlovic at Rome Masters - International Herald Tribune
ROME : World number one Roger Federer beat Croatia's Ivo Karlovic 7-6 6-3 in the Rome Masters on Thursday to book a quarter-final against Czech Radek Stepanek. Earlier, Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic edged past Russia's Igor Andreev 6-3 3-6
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS ROUNDUP: Mancuso outlasts MW's Cadwell in - Finger Lakes Times
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS ROUNDUP: Mancuso outlasts MW's Cadwell in decisive match By Times Sports Staff Thursday, May 8, 2008 11:24 AM CDT GORHAM - Victor won a battle between two of the top squads from the Finger Lakes East and West boys tennis
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Henin suffers shock defeat by Safina in Berlin - ESPN.com
BERLIN, May 8 - World number one Justine Henin was dumped out of the German Open on Thursday, losing 5-7 6-3 6-1 to 13th seed Dinara Safina of Russia in the third round. The Belgian top seed had easily won five previous meetings against the powerful
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LBSU women's tennis confident heading into NCAA Tourney - U-Wire.com
The University of Denver is far from being Washington, UCLA or Pepperdine, which were Long Beach State's NCAA first-round opponents in previous years. But with a 22-2 season and a Sun Belt title this season, No. 28-ranked Denver could be a handful
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Henin upset by Safina, Serena rolls at German Open - USA Today
BERLIN (AP) â€" Top-ranked Justine Henin was upset by Dinara Safina 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 Thursday in the third round of the German Open, derailing efforts to regain form ahead of the French Open. Serena Williams breezed to her 17th straight win, ousting
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Dr.Karl Menninger
Love cures people — both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.

Federer to meet Canas in Rome - CBS Sportsline

ROME (AP) -Roger Federer's first match at the Rome Masters will come against a player who's given him all sorts of trouble - Guillermo Canas. Canas rallied past Italian wild card Gianluca Naso 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-2 Monday to set up a clay-court meeting
Source: www.sportsline.com

Horna upsets Gasquet in Rome - TSN
ROME - Ninth-seeded Richard Gasquet was upset by Peruvian qualifier Luis Horna 6-4, 6-1 in first-round action Monday at the Rome Masters men's tennis tournament. The match was even until the 111th-ranked Horna broke Gasquet late in the first set. The
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The... patient should be made to understand that he or she must take charge of his own life. Don't take your body to the doctor as if he were a repair shop.
- Quentin Regestein

PG East: Latrobe graduate making her mark on Quinnipiac tennis - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Quinnipiac women's tennis team has won the past five Northeast Conference championships. In each of the last two years, the decisive match was won by Greater Latrobe High School graduate Mary Wilson. She has welcomed the pressure. "Everybody on a
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Boys tennis roundup: Sacred Heart moves past .500 mark with win - Atlantic City Press
From Press staff reports The Sacred Heart High School boys tennis team edged its record past .500 with a 4-1 win over Lower Cape May Regional in a Cape-Atlantic League National Conference match Wednesday. Adrian Avena and David Connelly won at first
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Brush with death puts tennis in perspective for Jamie Baker - Times Online
“I play each point as if my life depends upon it.” THERE is little Rafael Nadal says or does that Jamie Baker disagrees with, but after playing an horrific game of chance with death itself at just 21, he was forced to question the wisdom of the
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Wigan can wait says coach Ged - News and Star
WHITEHAVEN will not be dreaming of their massive Carnegie Challenge Cup clash with Wigan ahead of their tough Bank Holiday Monday assignment against Leigh, reckons boss Ged Stokes. Haven will travel to the JJB on Monday, May 12 (7.30pm) for their
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Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something.
- Lord Chesterfield