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Reports on tennis player Marat Safin's victory over Radek Stepanek in the Paris Masters tournament in France.

Reports that tennis players Andy Roddick and Tim Henman lost their games at the Paris Masters in France.

Reports that Gael Monfils of France improved to 3-1 as a professional by upsetting Thomas Enqvist in the first round of the Paris Masters in Paris, France. Viictory of Monfils in three junior Grand Slam tournaments in 2004.

The article discusses the tennis match between Patty Schnyder and Maria Sharapova at the 2007 French Open quarterfinals. Sharapova beat Schnyder in the fourth round amidst serious heckling from the crowd. While the crowd was booing Sharapova, it was Schnyder who missed a critical shot because of the noise.

Reports on the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, with a particular focus on the match between Venus Williams and Sesil Karatantcheva. Comments from Karatantcheva, 15, who grew up idolizing Williams; Assessment of Williams' play in the match that was won by Karatantcheva; Review of key moments during the match; Discussion of Williams' recent career, which has not produced as many victories as her earlier years in tennis; Results of other Open matches.

Reports on the French Open tournament in Paris. Injuries of Vince Spadea of the United States and Novak Djokovic of Serbia; The American Andy Roddick eliminated in the second round; Reaction of James Blake who lost to Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland; The issues of playing on a clay-court and Blake having leg cramps. INSET: Failing at French.

Profiles James Blake, an African-American tennis player in the French Open in Paris. His triumph over an incident during the 2001 United States Open; Blake's relationship with his father; His recovery from shingles; Indication he coaches Harlem Junior Tennis; His views on success.

PARIS -- Knees covered in clay, eyes wide and mouth agape, Rafael Nadal scaled the railing at Roland Garros and sprinted up the stands. His family stood waiting for him, and Nadal hugged them, one after another, until he came to his coach, his uncle Toni, who lifted his nephew off the ground. The occasion called for an exaggerated celebration, for the history Nadal secured, for not just his latest French Open title but his seventh one. Over the years, dozens of men's champions have conquered the famous red clay here and held the silver championship trophy above their head. But none had triumphed a seventh time -- until Monday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PARIS -- By late Friday, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic had guaranteed that history would be made at this French Open, with their latest Grand Slam final meeting now scheduled as scripted. Tennis record books will be rewritten Sunday, one way or another, by one of two players who spent the last two weeks on a clay-court collision course. In the end, Nadal will hoist his record seventh Roland Garros championship trophy. Or Djokovic will seize his fourth consecutive major title, the first man in 43 years to do so. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PARIS -- Born 10 days apart and once boarders at the same Florida tennis factory, Maria Sharapova and Sara Errani will play each other for the first time as professionals in the French Open final on Saturday. Neither has advanced this far at Roland Garros before, but Errani, a small and resourceful Italian, is, of course, the bigger surprise. You may not have heard of her until this week, which is unlikely to be the case with Sharapova, the former teenage prodigy from Siberia with the American accent who has become one of the most famous women on the planet and the best-remunerated of all female athletes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PARIS -- It will be Sam Stosur versus Sara Errani in the women's semifinals of the French Open, and at least one part of that equation is not surprising. Stosur, the powerful yet fragile sixth seed here, is the reigning United States Open champion, but she has been most consistently effective in Paris. This will be Stosur's third semifinal at Roland Garros in the past four years, and she got there this year by dominating Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, 6-4, 6-1, on a cool Tuesday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PARIS -- The longer Varvara Lepchenko held on against Francesca Schiavone, the more Lepchenko implored herself to fight. That last word is something of a mantra for Lepchenko, a tidy way to explain an untidy narrative, the simplest way to summarize her life. Fight Lepchenko did against Schiavone, the Italian who won the French Open in 2010 and dropped to kiss the clay. Schiavone had struggled this season and entered this tournament seeded 14th, but that hardly made her any less dangerous at Roland Garros. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PARIS -- This time, it turned out differently after all that effort. This time, John Isner lost to an unseeded Frenchman at a Grand Slam tournament with the fifth-set score deep, though not nearly as deep, into double digits. This time, with red clay underneath his feet instead of English grass and with an enthralled crowd cheering against him, it was Isner, the 6-foot-9 American, who cracked first. And when this second-round French Open match was well and truly over and Paul-Henri Mathieu had wept and felt the welcome sting of all those Gallic slaps on his back, he looked at his phone and realized that his close friend Nicolas Mahut was calling. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PARIS -- The quest for a first Grand Slam title is best pursued upright. But there was Andy Murray, flat on his stomach on a towel at the French Open, wincing repeatedly as a trainer worked on his ailing back during an injury timeout midway through the first set. The quest for a first Grand Slam title is best pursued on the run. But there was the fourth-seeded Murray, unable to muster much more than a stagger, allowing Jarkko Nieminen's routine shots to fly past him for winners on Thursday afternoon. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PARIS -- This May, same as every May, tennis players descended on the French Open from all corners of the world. They came from Australia and Argentina, from Croatia and Kazakhstan, from Japan and Slovakia and points in between. Not Edouard Roger-Vasselin. He arrived from down the street: a short walk -- two boulevards and one turn in total -- from the grounds at Roland Garros. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PARIS -- The last time anyone played a Grand Slam tennis match, Novak Djokovic required nearly six hours to finish off Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final. Just what extremes might be required of the leading men on the gritty, rally-extending red clay at the French Open, which begins Sunday? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Novak Djokovic lost, 7-6 (2), 6-3, to Janko Tipsarevic in the Madrid Open quarterfinals, becoming the latest big name to lose on the new blue-clay court. Djokovic last lost this early in a tournament in November at the Paris Masters. On the women's side, Serena Williams cruised past No. 2 Maria Sharapova, 6-1, 6-3, to advance to the semifinals along with top-ranked Victoria Azarenka, who rallied past the French Open winner Li Na, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Kim Clijsters will skip the French Open and clay-court season to focus on adapting to grass ahead of Wimbledon and the London Olympics. Clijsters is recovering much more slowly than expected after tearing a hip muscle at the Sony Ericsson Open in Florida last month. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

MELBOURNE, Australia -- For two games and two points, Victoria Azarenka looked the way one might imagine a first-time Grand Slam singles finalist should look. She was on edge. She was off target and under pressure from her more experienced opponent and sonic soulmate, Maria Sharapova. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Fourth-ranked Andy Murray of Britain claimed his 19th career title in beating Donald Young of the United States, 6-2, 6-0, in the final of the Thailand Open in Bangkok. The top-seeded Murray was in control throughout the 48-minute match, exploiting a lack of experience and unforced errors from Young, who is ranked 55th. Li Na lost her first match before home fans since winning the French Open in June, extending her inconsistent form with a loss to the Romanian qualifier Monica Niculescu in the first round of the China Open in Beijing. The fifth-ranked Li fell, 6-4, 6-0, to the 58th-ranked Niculescu. Li, 29, lost in the second round at Wimbledon and the first round of the United States Open. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Bjorn Borg was conspicuously absent from last weekend's French Open final when Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer and tied Borg's record six singles titles in Paris. But Borg is conspicuously present in a new HBO documentary he shares with his longtime rival John McEnroe. With Nadal-Federer perhaps headed for another final-round showdown at Wimbledon, and McEnroe-Borg now on cable television, it seems the perfect occasion for an analytic test. After all, basketball devotees want to compare LeBron James and Michael Jordan; Federer-Nadal versus Borg-McEnroe deserves equal time. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PARIS -- Despite all the opportunity available, there is now no true outsider left in the French Open women's tournament, no little-known youngster on a fast track to stardom, no journeywoman suddenly made good. The four women who remain in contention are all well-established threats ranked in the top 12 and have all done better than this in a Grand Slam event. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PARIS -- Mob rule continued in the women's tournament at the French Open as Caroline Wozniacki, the world's No. 1 player, was upset in the third round, 6-1, 6-3, by Daniela Hantuchova. The lopsided defeat Friday will only increase debate about Wozniacki's worthiness for the top spot. It came a day after Kim Clijsters, her closest pursuer in the rankings, was bounced out in the second round, losing a big lead after holding two match points against Arantxa Rus, the world's 114th-ranked player. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Most of the French Open favorites in action found clear sailing Wednesday. CAROLINE WOZNIACKI,SAMANTHA STOSUR, JELENA JANKOVIC and SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA wontheir second-round matches in straight sets. ROGER FEDERER, DAVIDFERRER, GAEL MONFILS, NOVAKDJOKOVIC and JUAN MARTIN DELPOTRO were among the early winners in the men's bracket. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PARIS -- The day's most compelling match ended at dusk, with Sabine Lisicki of Germany carried away on a stretcher, sobbing. Lisicki looked to be on her way to the French Open's biggest upset, leading No. 3 Vera Zvonareva, 5-2, in the third set. But leg cramps ultimately toppled Lisicki, leaving her in a heap after losing, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PARIS -- Gone are the last vestiges of tennis anonymity, wiped clean like the red brick dust that Francesca Schiavone once wore on her lips and across her clothes. Last June, Schiavone was all surprise and guile, and she rode her strengths to one of the biggest upsets in Grand Slam history. She was a 29-year-old Italian seeded No. 17 when she beat Sam Stosur in the final. Overwhelmed, she fell to the clay and kissed the court. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki outlasted the French Open champion Francesca Schiavone, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, to reach the final of the Brussels Open. Wozniacki will play for the title Saturday against Peng Shuai, who upset Vera Zvonareva, 6-3, 6-3. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The men's and women's singles champions at the French Open will each receive $1.7 million, up from about $1.4 million last year. Organizers said the total prize money for the tournament, which runs May 22 to June 5, would increase to $25 million from about $20.7 million in 2010. Wimbledon announced a day earlier that its singles champions would each receive $1.8 million and that total prize money would be $23.8 million. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The French Open will remain at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris and expand after a decision Sunday by French tennis federation officials. It required three rounds of voting at the federation's general assembly, but Paris prevailed convincingly over three larger, significantly more expensive alternative sites in the suburbs: Gonesse to the north, Versailles to the west and Marne-la-Vallee to the east. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CORRECTION APPENDED It sounded outlandish at first, like nothing more than a thinly disguised bargaining chip. But the prospect of moving the French Open to the suburbs has gradually developed into a legitimate option or, if you are Mayor Bertrand Delanoe of Paris, a legitimate threat. The vote to determine the French Open's future is scheduled for Sunday, when 180 delegates from the French Tennis Federation will try to decide whether the Open will remain at its current location on the tony western edge of Paris or move farther afield by 2016 to one of three other sites: Gonesse, Marne-la- Vallee or Versailles. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Flavia Pennetta routed 18-year-old CoCo Vandeweghe, 6-1, 6-2, on Sunday in San Diego to give Italy its second straight Fed Cup final victory over the United States. Pennetta's victory gave the Italians a 3-1 lead and made the doubles irrelevant in the best-of-five finale. Her victory came after Melanie Oudin stunned the French Open champion Francesca Schiavone, 6-3, 6-1, to keep the United States alive. Italy, which beat the United States last year, 4-0, has won three titles in five years. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A tad more than two weeks ago, Samantha Stosur played in her first Grand Slam final, facing Francesca Schiavone for the French Open title. Neither woman lasted long at Wimbledon, losing in the first round. The French Open runner-up Stosur was seeded sixth at the All England Club, but she exited meekly Tuesday, beaten, 6-4, 6-4 by 80th-ranked Kaia Kanepi, a qualifier. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PARIS -- On the first day of the French Open, 256 players were in the singles draws. About 4,500 articles of clothing were sent to be washed. ''At the beginning of the tournament, it is like when a teenager comes home and has a full bag of laundry,'' said Vincent Rit, the plant manager for a company called Magic Rambo, which handles laundry needs for the French Open. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Chris Evert won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including seven at the French Open, during her 17-year tennis career. She lives in Boca Raton, Fla., where she is raising three teenage sons and has a tennis academy. Evert, 55, continues to promote her sport and was part of the United States Tennis Association's tribute to tennis mothers in May, National Tennis Month. She recently gave a lesson atop the Empire State Building to children from the Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program. Q. You won the French Open seven times. Can anyone today equal or surpass that?A. That's a hard question. I doubt it, and it's nothing against today's players, but because there is so much more depth right now in the game of tennis, it's harder for any one person to win a lot of Grand Slams. I think it would be really hard and quite an achievement. Q. What are you doing now?A. I have three teenage boys, so my first priority is with my kids, being home with them. I also have my tennis academy in Boca Raton, and I have a hospital named after me that I do a lot of work for. I'm also the publisher of a tennis magazine, but the most important thing for me right now is to be a mom.Q. How concerned are you about Martina Navratilova, who has breast cancer?A. I think she's very optimistic. and I'm optimistic for her. She's strong and she's healthy and she's taking this like a champion, and she knows we are all thinking about her.Q. Are you still playing competitive tennis?A. Not competitive, but I do go to my academy and play there three or four times a week, and that's enough for me right now. I don't play any other sports, though I have gone skiing and I have surfed, but tennis is the main thing.Q. Who is your favorite tennis player? A. Roger Federer has always been my favorite. He's a gentleman. You would want to have him as your son, or your boyfriend or your brother. He's just a wonderful human being. Q. Tell us something no one knows about you.A. I have a dirty sense of humor.Q. Your three marriages ended in divorce. Are you dating, and would you consider marrying again?A. Right now it's the last thing on my mind. I'm not dating. I got the wind taken out of my sails on this last one and so I'm not considering it. It's the furthest thing from my mind. This is a more complete version of the story than the one that appeared in print. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PARIS - As Andy Roddick was losing on one court, Serena Williams looked like she would become a bigger upset victim on another. Williams, seeded first, breezed through the first set against No. 29 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. But she was struggling to hold things together. Dizzy spells began in the match's second game, she said later. She was on her way to getting skunked in the second set, and an ignominious third-round loss was brewing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]