India's Somdev Devvarman crashed out of the men's singles first round of the French Open tennis with a 4-6, 3-6, 4-6 loss to Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic here on Tuesday.

Coming off the biggest clay-court title of her career, Maria Sharapova rolled into the second round of the French Open by beating Mirjana Lucic of Croatia 6-3, 6-0 on Tuesday.

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British fourth seed Andy Murray comfortably dispatched French qualifier Eric Prodon 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 here on Tuesday to reach the second round of the French Open.

The world number four and three-time Gr

Defending French Open champion Francesca Schiavone said she felt like she had come home after cruising into the second round with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over American 19-year-old Melanie Oudin on Monday.

Second seed Novak Djokovic breezed into the French Open second round with a 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 defeat of Dutchman Thiemo De Bakker on Monday, extending his unbeaten start to the season to 38 matches.

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Desperate to improve her Grand Slam record, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza began her French Open campaign with an impressive 6-3 6-3 win over Kristina Barrois in the women's singles, here on Monday.

Sania Mirza hardly broke sweat during her 6-3, 6-3 first round victory over Germany's Kristina Barrois in the French Open women's singles here on Monday.

Desperate to improve her Grand Slam record, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza began her French Open campaign with an impressive 6-3, 6-3 win over Kristina Barrois in the women's singles on Monday.

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Roger Federer cruised past Spain's Feliciano Lopez at the French Open on Monday in a gentle reminder that there is more to Roland Garros this year than Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

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Novak Djokovic is poised to deliver a double blow to Rafael Nadal by shattering the Spaniard's bid to equal Bjorn Borg's record of six French Open titles and dethroning him as world number one.

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