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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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METZ, France, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Fifth-seeded Frenchman Fabrice Santoro and sixth-seeded German Benjamin Becker were first-round losers Tuesday at the Open de Moselle.
NEWPORT, R.I., July 6 (UPI) -- Former champion Robby Ginepri and 2008 runner-up Prakash Amritraj were opening round winners Monday at the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, R.I.
EASTBOURNE, England, June 15 (UPI) -- Russian Dmitry Tursunov and American Sam Querrey were among Monday's first-round men's winners at the Aegon International tennis tournament.
MARSEILLE, France, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Second-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon struggled but won and unseeded countryman Arnaud Clement upset Marat Safin in Tuesday's opening round of the Open 13.
NEWPORT, R.I., July 11 (UPI) -- Frenchman Fabrice Santoro and American Vince Spadea scored straight-set wins Friday to reach the semifinals in the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
LYON, France, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Former champion Ivan Ljubicic was among Tuesday's first-round winners at the Lyon Tennis Grand Prix.
MUMBAI, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Nicolas Kiefer of Germany finished off third-seeded Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu during Tuesday's first-round action at the Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open.
'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands, June 18 (UPI) -- Second-seeded Croat Ivan Ljubicic came from behind Monday to beat Frenchman Gael Monfils 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 in the men's section of the Ordina Open.
MARSEILLES, France, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Richard Gasquet and Marcos Baghdatis were among Thursday's winners at the Open 13 Tennis Tournament at Marseilles, France.
ZAGREB, Croatia, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Russian Mikhail Youzhny and former Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson of Sweden were among Tuesday's first-round winners at the Zagreb Indoors.