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Rafael Nadal will kick off his French Open campaign on Monday when he takes the court against Benoit Paire. Alexander Zverev, Fernando Verdasco, Jack Sock, and Jiri Vesely are also on the schedule.
The French Open men's singles draw ceremony was held on Friday afternoon at Roland Garros. For a third consecutive year, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic find themselves on the same side of the bracket.
Novak Djokovic's Internazionali BNL d'Italia campaign ended with a dud, when he lost to Alexander Zverev in the final last Sunday.
Despite being sandwiched in between multiple Masters 1000 events and a major, a pair of 250-point events on this week's schedule boast surprisingly intriguing draws.
It looked like Novak Djokovic was turning things around when he hammered Dominic Thiem 6-1, 6-0 in the semifinals of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Saturday.
Rafael Nadal is perfect no more on red clay in 2017. Nadal suffered his first clay-court loss of the season when he succumbed to a red-hot Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Friday afternoon.
For a second consecutive year, there will be no Roger Federer at the French Open. Federer, who missed the 2016 festivities at Roland Garros due to a knee injury, officially pulled out of the season's second Grand Slam on Monday.
Madrid finalists Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem have already enjoyed massively productive clay-court seasons.
Rafael Nadal improved to 14-0 on clay this season and moved to within one win of a fifth career title at the Mutua Madrid Open when he toppled Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday afternoon.
Four-time champion Rafael Nadal survived his opening match at the Mutua Madrid Open on Wednesday, beating familiar foe Fabio Fognini 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-4 after two hours and 57 minutes.
During Maria Sharapova's recent comeback event in Stuttgart, Genie Bouchard was asked about the Russian's return from a performance-enhancing drug ban.
In the wake of a week featuring three 250-point events, the stars are back in action for the second of this year’s three clay-court Masters 1000 tournaments.
Novak Djokovic continued to overhaul his team--to the extent that he no longer has one--when he announced on Friday that he has ended his long-term partnership with coach Marian Vajda, fitness guru Gebhard Phil Gritsch, and physiotherapist Miljan Amanovic.
The Match for Africa 4 took place at Key Arena in Seattle, Wash. this past weekend. It featured 18-time major champion Roger Federer, fellow pro John Isner, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready.
Rafael Nadal became the first man in Open Era history to win the same tournament 10 times when he triumphed at the recent Monte-Carlo Masters.
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