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Federer relishes French Open return after 3-year absence

Roger Federer is looking forward to returning to the French Open on Sunday after a three-year absence

Nick Kyrgios withdraws from French Open

French Open organizers say Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the clay-court Grand Slam tournament

Unfamiliar, but nice: Halep back in Paris to defend title

Simona Halep is experiencing something new at the French Open this year, coming to Paris as the defending champion

Laver Cup getting official status from men's tennis tour

The Laver Cup is getting official status from the men’s tennis tour

O Canada: Hockey hotbed now produces tennis players, too

Canadians Denis Shapovalov, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Bianca Andreescu have all simultaneously broken into the world’s elite ranks of tennis players

Rankings change to help tennis pros at lower, junior levels

Top-seeded Zverev advances to Geneva Open semifinals

Top-seeded Alexander Zverev advanced to the Geneva Open semifinals beating Hugo Dellien 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 on Thursday

Nadal opens bid for 12th French Open title against qualifier

Rafael Nadal will start his campaign for a record-extending 12th title at the French Open against a qualifier

Putintseva beats Friedsam after 3-hour match in Nuremberg

Garcia earns 2 wins to reach Strasbourg quarterfinals

Fourth-seeded Caroline Garcia claimed two wins on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Internationaux de Strasbourg clay-court tournament

FRENCH OPEN '19: Rafael Nadal, Simona Halep defend titles

Rafael Nadal will seek a record 12th championship at the 2019 French Open

FRENCH OPEN '19: Nadal eyes 12th; Djokovic, Federer 2nd each

FRENCH OPEN ’19: Nadal eyes 12th; Djokovic, Federer 2nd each

Teenager Auger-Aliassime reaches 3rd round in Lyon

Top-seeded Barty withdraws from French Open warm-up event

Top-seeded Ashleigh Barty has withdrawn from the Internationaux de Strasbourg clay-court tournament because of a right arm injury

Pliskova wins biggest clay title of career at Italian Open

Karolina Pliskova captured the biggest clay-clay-court title of her career by beating Johanna Konta 6-3, 6-4 Sunday in the Italian Open final

Colombia's ex-Davis Cup captain suspended for taking payoffs

Colombia’s ex-Davis Cup captain suspended for taking payoffs

Konta beats Bertens to reach Italian Open semifinals

Isner out of French Open with injury; ends 24-Slam streak

John Isner out of the French Open because of ailing foot, ending streak of 24 straight Grand Slams

Osaka withdraws from Rome quarters with right hand injury

Top-ranked Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from her quarterfinal match at the Italian Open on Friday due to a right hand injury

Andy Murray receives knighthood from Prince Charles

Osaka wins first of 2 matches in a busy day at Italian Open

Top-ranked Naomi Osaka posted a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 win over Dominika Cibulkova in the first of her two matches at the Italian Open

Italy's men are starting to matter in tennis like its women

After four decades of dormancy, male tennis players in Italy are finally showing signs of becoming as good as the women have been

Lapentti, Evans finalists to replace Gimelstob on ATP board

Former top-10 player Nicolas Lapentti, former ATP executive Weller Evans finalists to replace Justin Gimelstob on ATP board

Crafty Kyrgios leaves Medvedev slamming his racket

Nick Kyrgios took full advantage of his crafty game to eliminate 12th-seeded Daniil Medvedev in three sets in the first round of the Italian Open

'In the mood': Federer seeks more match time at Italian Open

At 37 and with 20 Grand Slam titles, Roger Federer still gets excited about playing tennis

US tennis pro Nicole Gibbs has cancer; to miss French Open

US tennis player Nicole Gibbs to miss French Open because of surgery for salivary gland cancer

Serena Williams opens clay season with routine win in Rome

Serena Williams opened her clay-court season with a routine 6-4, 6-2 win over Swedish qualifier Rebecca Peterson in the first round of the Italian Open

Djokovic beats Tsitsipas to win his 3rd Madrid Open title

Novak Djokovic has defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets to win his third Madrid Open title

Local 17-year-old wild card beats US veteran Johnson in Rome

Local teenager Jannik Sinner rallies to beat American veteran Steve Johnson 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 in the first round of the Italian Open

Rafael Nadal says he is taking clay slump 'naturally'

Rafael Nadal is enduring an unusual slump on clay but says he is not too concerned with the streak of disappointing results on his favorite surface