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• Jarkko Nieminen gains 2nd round at Duesseldorf

  Sixth-seeded Jarkko Nieminen of Finland beat Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-3, 6-1 Monday to reach the second round of the Power Horse Cup, a clay-court tuneup for the French Open.

• Nieminen advances at Power Horse Cup

  Veteran Finnish left-hander Jarkko Nieminen was an easy opening-round winner Monday at the inaugural $530,000 Power Horse Cup, a final French Open tune-up.

• Fognini, Monfils advance in France

  Fifth seed Andreas Seppi and former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt came up a first-round losers Monday at the $530,000 Nice Open, a final clay-court French Open tune-up.

• Rain wins Day 1 in Strasbourg

  All of Monday's scheduled opening-round action was postponed because of rain at the $235,000 Strasbourg International tennis event, a final clay-court French Open tune-up.

• Top-seeded players out of Strasbourg International

  Top-seeded Marion Bartoli and No. 2 Tamira Paszek were bounced from the first round of the Strasbourg International on Tuesday.

• Fognini, Stakhovsky, Mathieu advance at Nice Open

  Fabio Fognini overcame a sloppy first set to beat Italian countryman Marco Cecchinato 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the Nice Open.

• At the Net: The 'Big Three' assembles in Paris

  The 2013 French Open will swing into action on Sunday and Rafael Nadal will be there as your three-time defending champion.

• Rain washes out Day 2 in Brussels

  American Varvara Lepchenko was a hard- fought opening-round winner Monday at the $690,000 Brussels Open, a final clay-court French Open tune-up.
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  Nadal beats Federer, Serena wins at Italian Open

  After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer.

• Rosol falls in Dusseldorf opener

  Fifth seed Lukas Rosol was a first- round loser Sunday at the inaugural Power Horse Cup, a final French Open tune-up.

• Lu upsets 5th-seeded Seppi in France

  Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan upset fifth-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 Monday to reach the second round of the Nice Open.

• Nadal captures 7th Rome title in rout of Federer

  Even the great Roger Federer couldn't quell Rafael Nadal's momentum.

• Rosol eliminated in 1st round at Power Horse Cup

  Daniel Brands of Germany upset fifth-seeded Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Power Horse Cup on Sunday.

• Serena extends career-best run, wins Rome title

  Another impressive performance by the seemingly indomitable Serena Williams.

• Seppi exits Nice

  Ricardas Berankis was a first-round winner Sunday at the $530,000 Nice Open, a final clay-court French Open tune-up.
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  Federer, Nadal to renew rivalry in Rome final

  Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will renew their rivalry in the Italian Open final Sunday - exactly a week before the French Open starts.

• Sharapova withdraws in Rome

  Maria Sharapova will not win a third straight Italian Open after withdrawing from the French Open tune-up on Friday because of illness.

• Serena continues roll into Rome final, Azarenka next

  Red-hot Serena Williams eased into the semifinals, while two-time defending champion Maria Sharapova pulled out of her scheduled quarterfinal match Friday at the Italian Open because of an illness.
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  Sharapova withdraws from Italian Open with illness

  Two-time defending champion Maria Sharapova has withdrawn before her Italian Open quarterfinal match against seventh-seeded Sara Errani because of illness.

• At the Net: One to watch: Benoit Paire

  French tennis has certainly picked up the pace in recent years -- well, on the men's side anyway -- and the latest of its quality ball-strikers is Benoit Paire.

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