French Open tennis in Paris
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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Top-seeded John Isner successfully defended his title at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships Sunday, besting wild card Lleyton Hewitt.
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.
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.
Victor Hanescu and Igor Andreev, the second and fourth seeds in the Kremlin Cup, became upset victims Tuesday.
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.
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.
Two-time defending champion Fabrice Santoro finally advanced past the first round Thursday at the rain-marred Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
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.
Dmitry Tursunov and Fabrice Santoro advanced in straight sets Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Aegon International tennis tournament in England.
Men's tennis veteran Fabrice Santoro of France lost his final French Open match Wednesday in four sets to Belgium's Christophe Rochus.
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