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It is not often that we ever have to be thankful for the rain, but the second week of the French Open started with a superb line-up as the organisers grappled with the schedule.
Red, vibrant, show-up-on-your-clothes clay. You want to know how we know. Because the wind has been whipping up a storm today in Paris and it is everywhere.
Click here to see tomorrow's schedule from the French Open tennis at Roland Garros in Paris.
In a pleasing change from the ubiquitous pink Nike wear (sported by her opponent Vitalia Diatchenko) a still coughing and spluttering Maria Sharapova rocked les bleus et les blancs again to keep her defence intact.
Check out the latest photos from the 2015 French Open tennis via EPA.
This was the day pretty much everyone was waiting for – how would Rafael Nadal perform when he came out onto Court Philippe-Chatrier against French wildcard Quentin Halys? Nadal started bullishly, swinging his brutal lasso forehand...
After the stylish black of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Ana Ivanovic, obviously harnessing their inner Roland Garros ball-kid (also all dressed in black this year), not to mention Roger Federer’s neon shorts, it was time for 14th seed Agnieszka Radwanska to break out this year’s disco-dress...
Ah Roland Garros – the queues for the concessions, the laid back Sunday start, and some interesting things on day one. Here goes with our recap!
There is only one ticket in town next week! The French Open is finally here, and after weeks of confidence-issues, first clay court titles, favourites falling and old faithfuls prevailing, it’s all eyes on Paris for the next two weeks!
Check out some photos from Pancho in Paris as he waits for the French Open to begin.
Check out some of the latest photos from the Italian Open in Rome.
If Rafael Nadal is going to emerge from his slump during this clay-court swing, it will have to come at Roland Garros. Nadal's final tuneup for the season's second Grand Slam ended on Friday with a quarterfinal loss to Stan Wawrinka at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia.
Thanks to Roger Federer, we do not have to sit through another matchup between Tomas Berdych and Kevin Anderson. Berdych-Anderson, of course, has produced one of the most lopsided head-to-head records in recent memory.
Andy Murray's next opponent at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia knows a thing or two about hot streaks. The only previous encounter between Murray and David Goffin came last summer at Wimbledon, where Murray cruised 6-1, 6-4, 7-5.
Check out the latest photos from the Internazionali BNL d'Italia tennis tournament in Rome.
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