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Australian Lleyton Hewitt prepares a serve during his French Open third-round match against Spaniard Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros in Paris on May 29, 2009. Nadal defeated Hewitt 6-1, 6-3, 6-1. (UPI Photo/ David Silpa)
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Lu Yen-Hsun claimed a three-set upset victory Monday in a first-round match at the Nice Open tennis tournament in France.
Andy Murray is back at No. 2 in the rankings and Stanislas Wawrinka returned to the Top 10 Monday when the men's tennis rankings were updated.
Tournament wins allowed Tommy Haas and Stanislas Wawrinka to inch up in the men's tennis rankings going into the masters-level Madrid Open.
World No. 5 Rafael Nadal and relative newcomer Lukas Rosol each picked up tournament titles, but only Rosol moved up in the world rankings.
Tommy Robredo and John Isner each won ATP tournaments last week but only Robredo saw a change in his world ranking.
Persistent rains wiped out the entire schedule of second-round matches Wednesday at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship.
Former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt was among the first-round winners Wednesday as the men's singles draw opened at the Sony Open in Miami.
Second-seeded Roger Federer breezed into the fourth round and No. 5 Rafael Nadal won in a walkover Monday at the BNP Paribas Open in California.
Second-seeded Roger Federer and No. 5 Rafael Nadal advanced to the round of 32 but fourth-seeded David Ferrer fell Saturday at Indian Wells.
Lleyton Hewitt and David Nalbandian led a wave of unseeded players into the second round Thursday on the opening day of men's action at the BNP Paribas Open.
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