Alize Cornet

By Martyn Herman PARIS, June 1 (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka both bludgeoned their way through to the last 16 of the French Open on Saturday as the sun finally returned to Roland Garros and the noise levels went up. Defending...

By Julien Pretot PARIS, May 30 (Reuters) - Power merchants often find their wheels slipping on clay, preferring the solid feel of hard courts, yet Victoria Azarenka is revelling in getting down and dirty on the red dust as she targets a maiden French...

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TV SPORTS College Softball--World Series, 6 and 8 p.m. (ESPN2) Major League Baseball--Milwaukee Brewers at Minnesota Twins, 7 p.m. (FXSP); Chicago White Sox at Oakland Athletics, 9 p.m. (WGN) NHL Hockey--Playoffs, conference finals, game 1,...

PARIS, May 30 (Reuters) - Third seed Victoria Azarenka overcame a first-set stumble to reach the French Open third round with a rain-disrupted 6-4 6-3 win over German Annika Beck on Thursday. The Belarussian, Australian Open champion the last two years,...

PARIS, May 27 (Reuters) - Order of play on show courts on day three of the French Open on Tuesday (times GMT, prefix number denotes seeding): Court Philippe Chatrier (play starts at 0900): 13-Marion Bartoli (France) v Olga Govortsova (Belarus) 1-Novak...

May 25 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the Strasbourg International Women's Singles Final on Saturday 3-Alize Cornet (France) beat Lucie Hradecka (Czech Republic) 7-6(4) 6-0

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PARIS, May 24 (Reuters) - Draw for the French Open women's singles first round (prefix number denotes seeding): 1-Serena Williams (U.S.) v Anna Tatishvili (Georgia) Qualifier v Caroline Garcia (France) Monica Niculescu (Romania) v Johanna Larsson...

Looking for signs of a rebound for U.S. men's tennis? Don't look at the seedings for this year's French Open, which begins Sunday. The highest seeded American male is Sam Querrey of Thousand Oaks, who is seeded 18th. Novak Djokovic is seeded No. 1 for...