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  Feat of clay: Nadal targets record seventh crown at French Open

  By Howard Fendrich - The Washington Times
  Rafael Nadal’s white T-shirt carried specks of rust-colored clay, and his white socks were smothered with the stuff during a practice session on Court Philippe Chatrier in the steamy early afternoon Thursday.

Djokovic defeats Federer, will meet Nadal in Italian Open final
By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic edged Roger Federer on Saturday to set up another meeting with rival Rafael Nadal in the Italian Open final.

Federer makes Madrid final with win over Tipsarevic
By Associated Press
Roger Federer will play for his third Madrid Open title in the final after cruising past Janko Tipsarevic 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday.

Djokovic gets upset, won't return to Madrid's blue clay
By Associated Press
Novak Djokovic lost 7-6 (2), 6-3 to Janko Tipsarevic in a stunning upset in the Madrid Open quarterfinals on Friday, becoming the latest big name to lose on the new blue-clay court.

Serena Williams says diet change to support Venus not hard
By Nekesa Mumbi Moody - Associated Press
Serena Williams says altering her diet in support of big sister Venus hasn't been much of a hardship.

• Serena Williams could face Sharapova in French QF

  By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
  Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova could meet in the French Open quarterfinals, while Venus Williams has a tough early path.

• Djokovic, Federer could meet in French SF again

  By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press
  Novak Djokovic's bid to win a fourth consecutive Grand Slam championship _ and first at the French Open _ might require a semifinal victory over Roger Federer.

• China's Li Na prepares to defend French Open title

  By TRUNG LATIEULE - Associated Press
  Li Na's life changed dramatically a year ago, when she won the French Open to become the first Grand Slam singles champion from China.

• Serena Williams says sister Venus is 'inspiring'

  By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press
  Between bites of some "frites" at the players' restaurant, Oracene Price smiled at the thought of being back at the French Open with her daughters, Serena and Venus Williams.

• Djokovic, Federer could met in French SF again

  By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
  If Novak Djokovic is going to win a fourth consecutive Grand Slam title, he might have to beat Roger Federer in the French Open semifinals.

• Monfils pulls out of French Open with knee injury

  By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
  Gael Monfils has withdrawn from the French Open because of a right knee injury.

• FRENCH OPEN 2012: Capsules on men to watch

  By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press
  Men to watch at the French Open, where play begins Sunday:

• All eyes on Nadal, Djokovic as French Open nears

  By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press
  Rafael Nadal's white T-shirt carried specks of rust-colored clay and his white socks were smothered with the stuff during a practice session on Court Philippe Chatrier in the steamy early afternoon Thursday.

• FRENCH OPEN 2012: Capsules on women to watch

  By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press
  Women to watch at the French Open; where play begins Sunday:

• Kim Clijsters says she'll retire after US Open

  By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
  Kim Clijsters says this year's U.S. Open will be her last tournament before retiring.

• Kei Nishikori pulls out of upcoming French Open

  By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
  Kei Nishikori of Japan has pulled out of the upcoming French Open after failing to recover from an abdominal injury.

• Fish and Petkovic pull out of French Open

  By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
  Tenth-ranked Mardy Fish and women's No. 16 Andrea Petkovic are among several players who pulled out of the upcoming French Open on Monday.

• Robin Soderling out with mono until after Olympics

  By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
  Two-time French Open runner-up Robin Soderling will miss the French Open, Wimbledon and the Olympics while he recovers from mononucleosis.

• Italian Open men's final set for Monday

  By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
  Novak Djokovic will have to wait until Monday to defend his Italian Open title against Rafael Nadal after the men's final was postponed a day due to heavy rain in Rome.

  • Rain forces Djokovic-Nadal final in Rome to Monday

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
    Novak Djokovic will have to wait until Monday to defend his Italian Open title against Rafael Nadal after the men's final was postponed for a day because of heavy rain.

  • Italian Open men's final set for Monday

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
    Novak Djokovic will have to wait until Monday to defend his Italian Open title against Rafael Nadal after the men's final was postponed a day due to heavy rain in Rome.

  • Serena Williams withdraws with back injury

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
    Serena Williams withdrew from the Italian Open with a lower back injury shortly before she was scheduled to meet French Open champion Li Na in the semifinals on Saturday.

  • WTA Championships seeks host city for 2014, beyond

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
    The women's tennis tour is opening the bidding process to find a host city for its season-ending WTA Championships starting in 2014.

  • Top-ranked Azarenka withdraws from Italian Open

    By Associated Press - Associated Press
    Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka has withdrawn from the Italian Open because of a right shoulder injury.

  • Bulgaria's Kutrovsky banned 2 years for doping

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
    Bulgarian tennis player Dimitar Kutrovsky has been banned for two years after testing positive for a banned stimulant.

  • Rome's red clay feels like 'paradise' to Djokovic

    By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press
    The red clay courts of the Italian Open are a bit of heaven for Novak Djokovic after a week on the experimental blue surface in Madrid.

  • Pasarell leaves Indian Wells tennis tourney

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
    Former pro player Charlie Pasarell is leaving his management post with the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament after 31 years to develop a resort in Puerto Rico.

  • Williams beats Wozniacki to reach Madrid quarters

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
    Serena Williams overcame a sluggish start to beat Caroline Wozniacki 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 Thursday and reach the Madrid Open quarterfinals.

  • Billie Jean King takes USTA's case to Congress

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
    Hall of Famer and women's tennis pioneer Billie Jean King is asking members of Congress to help the U.S. Tennis Association with community outreach efforts.

  • German town names street after Roger Federer

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
    Roger Federer has had his name on the trophy. Now he has it on the street sign as well.

  • Oudin, star at '09 US Open, gets French wild card

    By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press
    Melanie Oudin was introduced to the world _ and to the notion of outsized expectations _ when she was an unseeded and unknown 17-year-old from Marietta, Ga., who upset Maria Sharapova during a captivating run to the 2009 U.S. Open quarterfinals.

    • Melanie Oudin earns USTA's French Open wild card

      By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
      About 2 1/2 years after her captivating run to the U.S. Open quarterfinals, Melanie Oudin of Marietta, Ga., has earned a wild card into the French Open.

    • Federer says he's recharged after break

      By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
      Roger Federer is ready to challenge Novak Djokovic for the No. 1 ranking after a monthlong break from tennis.

    • Back injury forces Murray out of Madrid Open

      By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
      Fourth-ranked Andy Murray has pulled out of the Madrid Open with a back injury.

    • Nadal unhappy with blue clay in Madrid, blames ATP

      By PAUL LOGOTHETIS - Associated Press
      Rafael Nadal has been unhappy with the Madrid Open since it moved on the schedule from the hard-court season, and now he's blaming the ATP for the introduction of a blue-clay surface.

    • Blue 'Smurf' clay draws mixed reviews before debut

      By PAUL LOGOTHETIS - Associated Press
      Venus Williams thinks it's a fashion statement. A Canadian player describes it as "Smurf clay." Rafael Nadal calls it a mistake.

    • Four-time champion returning to New Haven Open

      By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
      Caroline Wozniacki (wohz-nee-AK'-ee) has agreed to return to the New Haven Open in August, where she will attempt to win the tournament for a fifth consecutive year.

    • Baker earns USTA men's wild card for French Open

      By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
      Brian Baker of Nashville, Tenn., has earned a wild card into the French Open from the U.S. Tennis Association.

    • Djokovic to skip Serbia Open next week

      By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
      Top-ranked Novak Djokovic says he will skip the hometown tennis tournament organized by his family because of the death of his grandfather.

    • San Jose losing ATP stop, Rio lands new event

      By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
      The Bay Area's only stop on the ATP World Tour will soon be no more.

    • DC pro tennis tournament now called Citi Open

      By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
      The ATP World Tour hard-court tournament in the nation's capital is changing its name to the Citi Open, after being known as the Legg Mason Tennis Classic since 1994.

    • Mardy Fish unsure when he'll return to tennis tour

      By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press
      Weeks after waking up in the middle of the night feeling ill, Mardy Fish is not certain when he'll return to the tennis tour and says he could miss the French Open.

    • Mardy Fish not sure about return to tennis tour

      By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press
      Top-ranked U.S. tennis player Mardy Fish says he's "not 100 percent sure" when he will return to the tour after a health scare this month.

    • Wimbledon payout hike targets lower-ranked players

      By STUART CONDIE - Associated Press
      The All England Club has increased the prize money at this year's Wimbledon tennis championship by 10 percent, with a majority of the cash directed to help lower-ranked players.

      • Serena looking ahead to Fed Cup and Olympics

        By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
        Serena Williams will play overseas for the United States on Saturday in the Fed Cup for the first time in more than a decade.

      • Murray praises French Open on raise in prize money

        By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press
        Andy Murray has praised the French Open organizers for increasing the prize money and hopes other Grand Slams will follow suit.

      • Djokovic prepares to strike a blow at Monte Carlo

        By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press
        Novak Djokovic's bid to become French Open champion starts at the Monte Carlo Masters, where he will attempt to end Rafael Nadal's long dominance on clay.

      • Djokovic aims to end Nadal's reign in Monte Carlo

        By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press
        Novak Djokovic's bid to become French Open champion starts at the Monte Carlo Masters, where he will attempt to end Rafael Nadal's long dominance on clay.

      • Monaco advances in Houston

        By CHRIS DUNCAN - Associated Press
        Juan Monaco defeated qualifier Michael Russell 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the final of the U.S. Clay Court Championship at River Oaks Country Club.

      • Jennifer Capriati elected to tennis Hall of Fame

        By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
        Jennifer Capriati went from teen prodigy to off-court troubles to Grand Slam champion, and now she's headed to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

      • Italy's Schiavone, Pennetta to play Fed Cup semis

        By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
        Former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta will lead Italy in the Fed Cup semifinals against defending champion Czech Republic.

      • Germany's Petkovic back to play Aussies in Fed Cup

        By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
        Andrea Petkovic will play for Germany when it faces Australia in the Fed Cup playoffs, replacing injured Wimbledon semifinalist Sabine Lisicki.

      • Serena Williams on US Fed Cup team; Venus is not

        By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
        Serena Williams is on the U.S. Fed Cup roster for matches against Ukraine on April 21-22, but her sister Venus is not.

      • Isner moving up in rankings

        By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
        John Isner is starting to live up to expectations.

      • Djokovic, Nadal to play exhibition for 80,000 fans

        By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
        Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will play an exhibition match at Real Madrid's football stadium, hoping for a crowd of 80,000 to watch tennis' top two players.

      • Wimbledon hires rugby league chairman as CEO

        By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
        The All England Club has hired English rugby league chairman Richard Lewis as the chief executive of Wimbledon.

      • Wozniacki advances to 2nd round in Copenhagen

        By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
        Two-time defending champion Caroline Wozniacki overcame Urszula Radwanska of Poland 7-6 (4), 6-2 on Tuesday to reach the second round of the e-Boks Open.

      • U.S. moves to Davis Cup semifinals

        By Associated Press
        John Isner's big serve and solid forehand proved too strong for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, defeating the Frenchman in four sets Sunday to put the United States into the Davis Cup semifinals for the first time since 2008.

      • King, original 9 reunite to honor women's tennis

        By PETE IACOBELLI - Associated Press
        Billie Jean King loves sharing the story of how the Women's Tennis Association began. She's far less comfortable taking all the credit for changing the sports world.