World No 1 Rafael Nadal faces highly-rated 20-year-old Dominic Thiem in the second round on Thursday as he continues his quest for a record-extending ninth French Open title.
French Open organisers can't stop the rain from falling on Roland Garros, yet they could have done a better job at smoothing things out on Monday, according to Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
Two fellow Spaniards who have already beaten him on his favourite clay surface could lie in wait for favourite and defending champion Rafael Nadal at the French Open.
Rafael Nadal, looking to extend his French Open record to nine titles, starts his Roland Garros campaign with what is likely to be his only appearance on court Suzanne Lenglen on Monday.
The Indian ace and Robby Ginepri went down to wild card entrants Rainer Schuettler and Michael Kohlmann in the Hambuirg Masters.
The Indo-Spanish combine, handed a wild card, got the better of the better of the Israeli-American combination of Dudi Sela and Robby Ginepri, winning 6-2, 4-6, 10-5 at the Chennai Open on Wednesday night.
List of seeded players for the 2006 Australian Open.
Robin Soderling's abject surrender to Robby Ginepri in the opening round may have been a huge blow for the organisers, but it kept the reputation of the tournament intact. The Chennai Open has, over the years, become a graveyard for the big ticket players.
Top seed Robin Soderling has a tricky first match as the opening round at the 2010 Aircel Chennai Open, has some interesting matches lined up when the tournament begins on Monday.
Last year's finalist and India's top singles players in the ATP, Somdev Devvarman has been drawn to play German Rainer Schuettler in the first round main draw of the Chennai Open ATP Tennis tournament on Monday.
Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori reached his first ATP semi-final with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Bobby Reynolds.
Top seed Andy Roddick beat fellow American Robby Ginepri 7-6, 7-6 and reach the Lyon Grand Prix quarter-finals.
Roger Federer advanced to the third round of the Madrid Masters on Wednesday with a 6-3, 7-6 win over Czech Radek Stepanek.
Robby Ginepri beat third-seeded Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-4 in an all-American final to win his second Indianapolis Championships title on Sunday.
Andy Roddick blew away fellow American Robby Ginepri 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday to move into the third round of the Memphis Championships.
David Ferrer and former Roland Garros champion Juan Carlos Ferrero had a bad day at the office as the Spanish contingent experienced mixed fortunes at the French Open on Saturday.
Top seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia saw off Czech lucky loser Tomas Zib 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the Vienna Open.
American Ginepri, who won the Indianapolis title in 2005 and reached the semi-finals last year, was upset by 83rd-ranked Michael Berrer of Germany 3-6 6-2 6-1.
Top seeds Mike and Bob Bryan, the 2003 champions, were beaten by the Uruguayan-Peruvian pairing of Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 in the quarter-finals of the French Open.
After looking less than convincing in his Vienna Open opening round match against America's Robby Ginepri, the world number three put in a much stronger performance against Zib despite making another uneven start.
The Indo-Czech duo beat Mardy Fish and Robby Ginepri of America in the quarter-finals of the BA-CA Tennis Tournament in Vienna, Austria.
James Blake joined compatriots Andy Roddick and Robby Ginepri in the last four of the RCA Championships.
Rafael Nadal battled past German Tommy Haas 7-6, 6-3 to reach the Cincinnati Masters quarter-finals.
The fifth seed became the first major casualty at the Cincinnati Masters, losing in the opening round.
Roger Federer came close to suffering three successive losses for the first time in five years before scrambling to a 6-7, 7-6, 6-0 win over Robbie Ginepri at the Cincinnati Masters Series on Tuesday. Federer was staring defeat in the face when he lost his serve to go 5-6 down in the second set, but Ginepri, an American ranked down at 64 in the world, did not quite have what it took to close the match out.
Roddick will be hoping to win his first trophy since Lyon last October. He holds a 6-1 record over Blake, his poker-playing partner.
The American was forced to default his semi-final match against Kenneth Carlsen because of an ankle injury
Third seed Robby Ginepri lost 6-4, 6-4 to Spain's Albert Montanes in the first round
Top seed Andy Roddick beat Mardy in the quarter-finals of the San Jose Open but James Blake lost to Robby Ginepri.
Nadal will equal world number one Roger Federer's haul of four Masters Series titles this year if he beats Ljubicic.
The Indo-Czech pair thus set up a second round clash with Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic.
They will either face Bhupathi-Damm or the Bryan brothers in the second round of the Madrid Masters.
The 18-year-old Scot, who has shot into the top 100 after starting the year ranked 411, defeated the American third seed to enter the semi-final of the Thailand Open.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Justin Gimelstob edged out Robby Ginepri and Gilles Muller in the first round of the Thailand Open
Robby Ginepri triumphed 4-6, 6-0, 3-0 after fellow American Taylor Dent quit with heat exhaustion in the third set.
Taylor Dent and Robby Ginepri will contest the first all-American final in Indianapolis since Pete Sampras beat Jim Courier 13 years ago.\n
Wimbledon champion Federer displayed deft touch while US Open champ Andy Roddick exuded brute force at the Kooyong International.
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