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French Open: 5 players to watch17 May 2013
Here are five players to look out for at the French Open this year. Who
knows, one of these guys might make a big challenge for the title.
With the French Open on the horizon, we've picked out five players that are worth looking out for at Roland Garros. These players aren't obvious choices li...
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French Open legends - Ivan Lendl17 May 2013
Ivan Lendl is a three-time French Open champion. We look back at his historic Roland Garros achievements.
Between 1984-1987 Ivan Lendl won three of the four French Opens that were played, for a time holding the mantle of being the man to beat on clay. Achieving the feat was by no means an easy o...
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French Open legends - Mats Wilander17 May 2013
Mats Wilander was one of the greatest clay courters of all-time. We take a look at his French Open heroics.
When Bjorn Borg made it clear that 1981's French Open was to be his last, Swedish tennis fans were left with a sense of disappointment and were left with low expectations for the following...
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Rafa's 7 French Open titles in pictures17 May 2013
Rafael Nadal has won the French Open more times than any other player in the Open Era. Here are some of the best photos from his successful Roland Garros campaigns.
Rafael Nadal won the French Open for a seventh time in 2012, bolstering his credentials as the current generation's King of Clay. W...
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Nadal looking sharp ahead of French Open1 second ago
Rafael Nadal has his mojo back. Can anyone beat him at Roland Garros this year?
Things can change very quickly in tennis. Just a few
weeks back, having watched Novak Djokovic put away Rafael Nadal in two
fairly straightforward sets in Monte Carlo, many pundits had indicated
that Rafa would ...
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French Open Legends - Bjorn Borg15 May 2013
Bjorn Borg may say that Rafael Nadal is the greatest clay-courter of all time but he's a French Open legend in his own right.
Borg is the second most successful player at the French Open in the Open Era having won it six times between 1974 and 1981. He would almost certainly have more Roland Garro...
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Federer - Rafa deserves top two seeding at Roland Garros9 May 2013
Roger Federer told reporters that he'd have no issue with Rafael Nadal receiving a top two seeding at Roland Garros in 2013.
With Rafael Nadal entering this year’s French Open as the world No. 5, there was a fair amount of support for the idea of the Spaniard having his seeded boosted to reflect...
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Uncle Toni - Rafa's not the favourite for Roland Garros4 May 2013
Rafa might have assumed that his coach would be backing him to win the French Open again this year but apparently not!
Even after his recent Monte Carlo Masters defeat to Novak Djokovic, Rafa is still the odds-on favourite with the bookies to prevail in Paris so what exactly is going through Toni ...
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French Open legends - Andre Agassi3 May 2013
Andre Agassi is a tennis legend full stop. He completed a sensational Career Grand Slam at the 1999 French Open.
In 1999 Andre Agassi clinched his first and only French Open title, ending a lengthy wait for the only slam title that had by that stage eluded him. Successive runner-up finishes in 1...
