ROLAND GARROS TENNIS TOURNAMENT IN PARIS

Italian Potito Starace returns the ball during his third round match against Swiss Roger Federer at the French Open in Roland Garros, near Paris on June 1, 2007. Federer won 6-2 6-3 6-0. (UPI Photo/Eco Clement)

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Simon opens Bucharest tournament with win

BUCHAREST, Romania, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Gilles Simon opened defense of his BCR Open Romania championship with a victory Wednesday, but two other highly seeded players were upset.

Starace takes Bucharest first-round upset

BUCHAREST, Romania, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Potito Starace posted an upset victory Monday in first-round play of the $525,000 BCR Open Romania clay-court tennis tournament.

Federer, Ivanovic named Olympic top seeds

BEIJING, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Switzerland's Roger Federer and Serbian Ana Ivanovic were named top seeds for the Olympic tennis competition, which gets under way Sunday in Beijing.

Starace seeks to better runner-up finish

KITZBUHEL, Austria, July 18 (UPI) -- Potito Starace, the runner-up in this tournament last year and the No. 4 seed this week, earned a spot in the semifinals Friday at the Austrian Open.

Rain disrupts Austrian Open

KITZBUHEL, Austria, July 17 (UPI) -- Jurgen Melzer emerged as the only winner Thursday when soggy conditions forced suspension of plat at the Austrian Open.

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.

Bjorkman beaten in final Swedish Open

BASTAD, Sweden, July 10 (UPI) -- Defending champion David Ferrer and third-seeded Tommy Robredo each won straight-set victories Thursday in the second round of the Swedish Open.

Safin advances, Moya ousted in Sweden

BASTAD, Sweden, July 8 (UPI) -- Jarkko Nieminen, Robin Soderling and Wimbledon semifinalist Marat Safin won, but fifth-seeded Carlos Moya lost Tuesday at the Swedish Open.

Davydenko goes into Warsaw quarterfinals

WARSAW, Poland, June 11 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko rallied Wednesday and earned a spot in the quarterfinals at the $670,000 Warsaw Open tennis tournament.

Starace, Korolev win in Warsaw

WARSAW, Poland, June 9 (UPI) -- Potito Starace and Evgeny Korolev won Monday, setting up a second-round matchup in the $670,000 Warsaw Open tennis tournament.