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Hungarian world champion and three-time Olympic silver medallist Laszlo Cseh (front) and Zsuzsanna Jakabos swim as they test their new Arena swimming suits in Budapest May 27, 2009. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

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    Seventeen matches postponed after rain

    PARIS
    Mon May 26, 2008 12:41pm EDT

    PARIS (Reuters) - Seventeen matches were postponed after rain suspended play on all courts at the French Open on Monday.

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    Organizers ordered the courts to be covered at 1432GMT, just before men's defending champion Rafael Nadal's first-round match against Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci on Centre Court.

    (Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by John Mehaffey)



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