Venus, Federer advance in rainy Paris (AP)
Venus Williams was cruising along with a ho-hum 6-3, 4-1 lead over her 35-year-old opponent at the French Open on Monday when suddenly everything went awry. The double-faults piled up. The forehand errors did, too, and Williams lost six consecutive games to fall behind as a drizzle fell. The crowd was rooting for the underdog, applauding in unison every time 93rd-ranked Tzipora Obziler of Israel…
UVA’s Devvarman wins second NCAA tennis title
Virginia’s Somdev Devvarman became only the fourth player in the last 50 years to win back-to-back NCAA men’s singles championships Monday by beating Tennessee freshman J.P. Smith 6-3, 6-2.
Open-Nadal to make belated entry, Sharapova opens bid
PARIS, May 27 (Reuters) - Three-times defending champion Rafael Nadal will hope to make a belated start to his French Open campaign on Tuesday after persistent drizzle gave him an unexpected day’s rest.
Pavlyuchenkova, 16, wins 1st-round match (AP)
Being the youngest player at the French Open can have its advantages. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, a 16-year-old Russian qualifier who recently graduated from high school, won for the first time at a major tournament Monday, beating Maria Emilia Salerni of Argentina 6-1, 6-1 in the first round at Roland Garros.
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