French Tennis Open in Paris

Eduardo Schwank of Argentina hits a ball against Spanish Carlos Moya during their match for the French Tennis Open in Paris May 25, 2008. Schwank upset Moya in five sets: 6-3, 7-6, 2-6, 7-6, 6-4. (UPI Photo/Eco Clement)

License photo

Rate:

Email this to a friend

Mathieu leads winners at Metz tennis event

METZ, France, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Crowd favorite Paul-Henri Mathieu led Thursday's second-round winners at the Open de Moselle tennis tournament in Metz, France.

Roddick, Del Potro win first-rounders

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Andy Roddick of the United States defeated Ramon Delgado of Paraguay Tuesday in the first round of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington.

Calleri beaten, Seppi out at Austrian Open

KITZBUHEL, Austria, July 15 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Agustin Calleri was ousted in straight sets Tuesday during first-round play of the Austrian Open.

Gasquet advances to Mercedes semis

STUTTGART, Germany, July 11 (UPI) -- Twenty-two-year-old Richard Gasquet of France, the No. 2 seed, won in straight sets Friday to reach the semifinals of the Mercedes Cup at Stuttgart, Germany.

Schwank rallies for win at Mercedes Cup

STUTTGART, Germany, July 8 (UPI) -- Eduardo Schwank didn't win a game in the first set but bounced back for a first-round win Tuesday at the Mercedes Cup tennis tournament in Germany.

Top-seeded Stepanek moves on at Nottingham

NOTTINGHAM, England, June 17 (UPI) -- No. 1-seeded Radek Stepanek and three other seeded players recorded straight-set wins in the first round of The Slazenger Open tennis tournament in England.

Nadal rolls on at the French Open

PARIS, May 30 (UPI) -- Three-time men's defending champion Rafael Nadal recorded a 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 rout of Finland's Jarkko Nieminen at the French Open in Paris on Friday.

Djokovic survives tough French opener

PARIS, May 25 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Serbian star Novak Djokovic dropped the first set but fought back to win his first-round match Sunday in the French Open.

Ferrer, Almagro lead winners in Valencia

VALENCIA, Spain, April 17 (UPI) -- Crowd favorites David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro both won their second round matches Thursday at the $585,000 Valencia (Spain) Open men's tennis tournament.

Moya rallies to reach Brazilian semis

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Carlos Moya rallied in the third set Friday to eliminate fellow-Spaniard Oscar Hernandez and reach the semifinals of the Brasil Open.