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Recently-retired Frenchman Fabrice Santoro receives an award for his 20 years of competing in the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on June 1, 2009. (UPI Photo/ David Silpa)
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PARIS, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- American James Blake began play in the Paribas Masters in Paris Sunday with a first-round victory over soon-to-retire French veteran Fabrice Santoro.
LYON, France, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga survived an upset bid by Kevin Kim Tuesday in the opening round of the Lyon Tennis Grand Prix in France.
MOSCOW, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Retirement-bound Marat Safin opened his final appearance at the Kremlin Cup with a first-round upset Wednesday of top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko in Moscow.
MOSCOW, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Victor Hanescu and Igor Andreev, the second and fourth seeds in the Kremlin Cup, became upset victims Tuesday.
TOKYO, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro was beaten in straight sets Tuesday during first-round play at the $1.2 million Japan Open tennis tournament in Tokyo.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Nikolay Davydenko and Fernando Verdasco, the tournament's top two seeds, both advanced past the second round Tuesday at the Pilot Pen in New Haven, Conn.
NEWPORT, R.I., July 10 (UPI) -- Fabrice Santoro, seeking his third straight title at the event, won two matches Friday to reach the semifinals of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
NEWPORT, R.I., July 9 (UPI) -- Two-time defending champion Fabrice Santoro finally advanced past the first round Thursday at the rain-marred Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
NEWPORT, R.I., July 8 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Sam Querrey coasted to a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo Wednesday in the rain-marred opening round of the Hall of Fame Championships.
NEWPORT, R.I., July 7 (UPI) -- Heavy rains washed out play Tuesday at the $500,000 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Rhode Island before any of the matches could be completed.