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/ 31 May 2008

Venus, Serena bow out as Nadal strolls on

The Williams bandwagon rolled out of Roland Garros on Friday when sisters Venus and Serena were humbled in the third round by a pair of tenacious opponents who never lost belief. A day after the French Open lost three top-10 seeds, 2002 champion Serena joined them at the exit squeue as he roared and screamed her way to a 6-4 6-4 mauling by Katarina Srebotnik.

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/ 29 May 2008

Sharapova struggles as Nadal and Djokovic cruise

Maria Sharapova almost became the first women’s top seed in French Open history to lose in the opening round on Wednesday as Rafael Nadal showed her the way to master a Roland Garros sandstorm. Russian golden girl Sharapova toiled for two-and-a-half hours before squeezing past teenage compatriot and world number 104 Evgeniya Rodina 6-1, 3-6, 8-6.

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/ 26 May 2008

Tearful Kuerten ends Paris love affair

Gustavo Kuerten briefly rekindled his Parisian love affair on Sunday before bidding a tearful farewell to the French Open. The Brazilian has enjoyed a special relationship with Roland Garros since he celebrated his third and final triumph in 2001 by drawing a giant love-heart in the red clay with his racket.

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/ 6 May 2008

Murray: Insulting my mum is just not on

Andy Murray’s Scottish temper flared as he defended his mother’s honour before his opponent Juan Del Potro of Argentina retired in tears with back pain at the Rome Masters. ”I got a bit of emotion into the match,” said the 16th-seeded Murray after advancing 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 into the second round on Monday night. ”I told him he better watch his mouth.”