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Tsonga keeps cool as Mahut sizzles at French Open

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PARIS - Nicolas Mahut entertained with a swashbuckling performance, Nicolas Devilder got the crowd behind him, Gilles Simon battled for almost five hours but, on day six, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was the only one of four Frenchmen to reach the Roland Garros last 16.

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Federer and Djokovic beat crowd favorites

PARIS - Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic faced fired-up Frenchmen and partisan crowds at Roland Garros on Friday, and took differing routes to negotiate safely past them into the fourth round of the grand slam.

Sports, 2010 U.S. Open 01 Jun 2012

Goffin prepares for Sunday worship with Federer

PARIS - Roger Federer remembers the day he launched himself into tennis's collective consciousness when he walked out to face his hero Pete Sampras at Wimbledon in 2001 and beat him.

01 Jun 2012

Lucky loser Goffin enjoys French Open record run

PARIS - Belgian David Goffin, at 21 the youngest player left in the draw, beat Pole Lukasz Kubot 7-6 7-5 6-1 on Friday to become the first lucky loser to reach the French Open fourth round since records started being kept in 1988.

01 Jun 2012

Federer recovers from wobble to move into fourth round

PARIS - The imperious swagger was absent as Roger Federer recovered from a mid-match wake-up call to move into the French Open fourth round with a 6-3 4-6 6-2 7-5 victory over plucky Frenchman Nicolas Mahut.

01 Jun 2012

Federer no longer involved with IMG

PARIS - Roger Federer is no longer represented by International Management Group (IMG) after the 16-times grand-slam champion's agent Tony Godsick left the company, IMG said on Friday.

01 Jun 2012

Venus joins Serena in early French Open exit

PARIS - After four days of play, the French Open was left without a Williams sister in the draw on Wednesday when former runner-up Venus joined 2002 champion Serena in making an early exit.

Sports, 2010 U.S. Open 30 May 2012

Life under the microscope is not so easy: Federer

PARIS - As the years go by, Roger Federer has little trouble coping with the pressure of playing the early rounds of a grand slam event but it is an altogether different story when it comes to dealing with post-match scrutiny.

30 May 2012

Federer survives hiccup to land record win

PARIS - Third seed Roger Federer won a record 234th grand slam match on Wednesday, fighting his way into the third round of the French Open with a 6-3 6-2 6-7 6-3 victory over Romanian Adrian Ungur.

30 May 2012

Venus's comeback route takes Radwanska turn

PARIS - Venus Williams's comeback route takes a difficult turn when the American takes on Polish third seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the second round of the French Open on Wednesday.

Sports, 2010 U.S. Open 29 May 2012

U.S. Open 2010

Roger Federer of Switzerland returns a shot to Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows in New York, in this August 31, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes/Files

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