French Open as the big names battled their way through to the second round on the slow clay courts of Roland

Garros.

day as she was felled by the Croat who, at 21-years-old, is 12 years her junior.Action continues at Roland

Garros tomorrow with men's favourites Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic both taking to the court.Australian

OsborneTennis fans are set for their yearly dose of French Open fever over the next two weeks as the iconic Roland

Garros event gets underway in Paris today.

this run on his favoured clay court.Where the 27-year-old once looked unbeatable on clay, the 2014 pre-Roland

Garros clay stretch has been a shaky one for Nadal, winning just a single title on his preferred surface

seven-time champion Nadal in Rome, this may be as good a chance as any for the Serb to finally add Roland

Garros to his ever-growing list of accolades.Rafael Nadal is the strong favourite to take home the men's

Garros in celebration of the birth of his second set of twins just a few weeks ago.Despite being knocked

By Gary AndersonAustralian tennis players Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde are set to receive the Philippe Chatrier Award from the International Tennis Federation (ITF) at its annual World Champions Dinner in Paris on June 3.

The ITF World Champions Dinner will take place during the French Open at Roland Garros which runs from

By Paul OsborneShingo Kunieda and Yui Kamiji secured a Japanese double in the men's and women's singles for the first time in the 30-year history of the Japan Open, the third Super Series tournament of this year's International Tennis Federation (ITF) Wheelchair Tennis Tour.

win at South African Wheelchair Tennis OpenMay 2014: Home pair get wheelchair tennis wildcards for Roland

Garros Grand SlamApril 2014: Top seeds dominate in South Africa as Gauteng Open comes to a closeApril

2014: World number ones lead entries for Roland Garros wheelchair tennis event

By Gary AndersonAmerican David Wagner overcame home favourite Lucas Sithole in the quad singles final at the Airports Company South Africa SA Open in Johannesburg to gain revenge for being knocked out by the South African at the semi-final stages of the tournament last year.

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AndersonFrench players Nicolas Peifer and Charlotte Famin have been handed wildcard places for the Roland

Garros Wheelchair Tennis Event in June to complete the 16-strong field for the first Grand Slam of the

Garros while he also has five doubles victories to his name.The Japanese has lost out Stephane Houdet

Garros ©Getty Images On the women's side Famin will be making her first appearance at a Grand Slam in

Garros titles in-a-row after overcoming world number three Jiske Griffioen in last year's final.That

Garros wheelchair tennis eventJune 2013: Double delight for Houdet at Roland GarrosJune 2013: Wheelchair

tennis stars gear up for Roland Garros

By Zjan ShirinianApril 29 - Players knocked out in the early rounds of this year's Wimbledon Championships will see a steep increase in prize money, organisers have announced.

€3 million (£2.5 million/$4 million) in prize money.The winners of the men's and women's singles at Roland

Garros will each win €1.6 million (£1.3 million/$2.2 million), up more than 10 per cent on 2013.Wimbledon

By Nick ButlerApril 27 - Top seeds Sabine Ellerbrock, Stephane Houdet and David Wagner led the way in winning the women's, men's and quad singles titles on the final day of the Gauteng Open in Johannesburg.

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Garros wheelchair tennis event

one players Shingo Kunieda and Sabine Ellerbrock are among 14 to have received direct entries for the Roland

Garros Wheelchair Tennis Event, it has been announced today.

becomes first British woman to win wheelchair tennis Grand SlamJune 2013: Double delight for Houdet at Roland

GarrosJune 2013: Wheelchair tennis stars gear up for Roland Garros

By Zjan ShirinianApril 15 - The French Open will pay out more prize money than ever before this year, with early-round losers set to gain most from the increases.

An extra €3 million (£2.5 million/$4 million) will be won on the courts of Roland Garros, boosting the

the Grand Slam gets underway next month ©Getty Images "This significant rise in the prize money at Roland

Garros is part of the four-year plan which we established for 2013-2016," said Gilbert Ysern, tournament

contested from May 25 to June 8.Spaniard Nadal will be bidding for his ninth crown on the clay courts of Roland

Garros in Paris.Wimbledon is expected to announce changes to its prize fund for the third Grand Slam

By Paul OsborneMarch 25 - MATCH Hospitality AG will run the corporate hospitality programme for the Barclays Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour Finals in 2014 and 2015 at The O2 in London.

was appointed as the international sales agent for the sale of the official hospitality programme at Roland

Garros and the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris between 2012 and 2016."

By Gary AndersonMarch 10 - With 135 days to go until the start of the Commonwealth Games, swimmer Michael Jamieson was on hand to formally start the official countdown clock to Glasgow 2014, at the city's Central Train Station.

gymnastics, archery and alpine skiing as well as being the official timekeeper at the French Open in Roland

Garros."

By Gary AndersonFebruary 19 - America's Cup winners Team Oracle USA and Spanish tennis ace Rafael Nadal are among a number of potential nominees for this year's Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award as the sporting world gets ready to gather for its annual showpiece occasion in Kuala Lumpur next month.

performance in the Grand Slams that cemented his place among the greats of the game as he returned to Roland

Garros to secure his eighth French Open title before going on to claim a second US Open win in New York

By Paul OsborneJanuary 25 - Japan's Shingo Kunieda has won his seventh Australian Open singles title with victory over Argentina's rising star Gustavo Fernandez.

I always hope to win here and now I want to win Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open."

runner-up completed the victory to add her first Australian Open title to her first Grand Slam title at Roland

Garros in 2013.Sabine Ellerbrock had to come from behind to beat Japan's Yui Kamiji and earn her first

By Paul OsborneJanuary 13 - Novak Djokovic began his Australian Open title defence today with victory over Slovakia's Lukas Lacko, a 25th straight victory for the Serbian and the first in front of new coach Boris Becker.

nbsp;Seventeen Grand Slams and counting for superb Serena WilliamsMay 2013: Williams completes Roland

Garros preparations with Italian Open victoryJanuary 2013: Djokovic reigns again in Melbourne