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May 25 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Brussels Open Women's Singles matches on Saturday Final Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) beat 8-Peng Shuai (China) 6-2 7-5 Semifinal 8-Peng Shuai (China) beat Romina Oprandi (Switzerland) 6-4 2-6 6-4 Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) beat Jamie Hampton (U.S.) 7-6(6) 6-4    

May 25 (Reuters) - Albert Montanes warmed up for the French Open in perfect fashion with a 6-0 7-6 victory over Gael Monfils in the final of the Nice Open on Saturday as he claimed his sixth career title.    

PARIS, May 25 (Reuters) - Order of play on show courts on day one of the French Open on Sunday: Play starts at 0900 GMT Court Philippe Chatrier: Petra Martic (Croatia) v 14-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 1-Serena Williams v Anna Tatishvili (Georgia) Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spain) v 2-Roger Federer (Switzerland) Steve Darcis (Belgium) v Michael Llodra (France) Court Suzanne Lenglen: Arantxa Rus (Netherlands) v 5-Sara Errani (Italy) 15-Gilles Simon (France) v Lleyton Hewitt    

May 25 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the Strasbourg International Women's Singles Final on Saturday 3-Alize Cornet (France) beat Lucie Hradecka (Czech Republic) 7-6(4) 6-0    

May 25 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the Nice Open Men's Singles Final on Saturday Albert Montanes (Spain) beat Gael Monfils (France) 6-0 7-6(3)    

PARIS, May 25 (Reuters) - Old foe Novak Djokovic and damp weather conditions are the most likely obstacles to claycourt machine Rafael Nadal's bid for a record-extending eighth French Open title over the next two weeks.    

May 25 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the Duesseldorf Cup Men's Singles Final on Saturday 3-Juan Monaco (Argentina) beat 6-Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) 6-4 6-3    

May 24 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Brussels Open Women's Singles matches on Friday Quarterfinal Jamie Hampton (U.S.) beat 2-Roberta Vinci (Italy) 5-7 6-3 7-5 Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) beat 7-Varvara Lepchenko (U.S.) 6-3 4-6 7-6(4)    

May 24 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Strasbourg International Women's Singles matches on Friday Semifinal Lucie Hradecka (Czech Republic) beat Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 1-6 6-3 6-1 3-Alize Cornet (France) beat Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) 7-5 6-7(5) 6-3 Quarterfinal Flavia Pennetta (Italy) beat Misaki Doi (Japan) 7-5 6-3 Lucie Hradecka (Czech Republic) beat Johanna Larsson (Sweden) 7-5 6-3    

May 24 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Nice Open Men's Singles Semifinal matches on Friday Gael Monfils (France) beat Pablo Andujar (Spain) 7-5 6-4 Albert Montanes (Spain) beat Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) 6-4 4-6 6-0    

PARIS, May 24 (Reuters) - Making his comeback after missing the last two grand slams, Rafa Nadal probably expects a warm reception next week when he returns to Roland Garros - an event which is supposed to be one of the summer highlights of the French sporting calendar.    

May 24 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Duesseldorf Cup Men's Singles Semifinal matches on Friday 6-Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) beat Igor Sijsling (Netherlands) 7-5 4-6 6-3 3-Juan Monaco (Argentina) beat Guido Pella (Argentina) 6-4 7-6(8)    

PARIS, May 24 (Reuters) - Despite the popularity of social media and the widespread presence of traditional media, Novak Djokovic appeared to believe he could be spared the unbearable truth of discovering who his second-round opponent at the French Open might be.    

(Repeats removing reference to Nadal missing Wimbledon in third para)    

PARIS, May 24 (Reuters) - Draw for the French Open women's singles first round (prefix number denotes seeding): 1-Serena Williams (U.S.) v Anna Tatishvili (Georgia) Qualifier v Caroline Garcia (France) Monica Niculescu (Romania) v Johanna Larsson (Sweden) Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) v 26-Sorana Cirstea (Romania) 19-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) v Andrea Hlavackova (Czech Republic) Petra Cetkovska (Czech Republic) v Olga Pushkova (Russia) Qualifier v Qualifier Stephanie Foretz-Gacon (France)    

PARIS, May 24 (Reuters) - Draw for the French Open men's singles tournament which starts on Sunday (prefix number denotes seeding): 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) v David Goffin (Belgium) Ivan Dodig (Croatia) v Guido Pella (Argentina) Alex Kuznetsov (U.S.) v Lucas Pouille (France) Alejandro Falla (Colombia) v 26-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 22-Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) v Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) Bernard Tomic (Australia) v Victor Hanescu (Romania) Simone Bolelli (It    

PARIS, May 24 (Reuters) - Defending French Open champion Rafael Nadal was drawn in the same half as world number one Novak Djokovic on Friday as the Spanish claycourt machine chases a record eighth title at Roland Garros.    

May 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Nice Open Men's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Thursday Gael Monfils (France) beat Robin Haase (Netherlands) 6-2 6-3 Pablo Andujar (Spain) beat 2-Gilles Simon (France) 6-4 7-5 Albert Montanes (Spain) beat Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 6-4 6-1 Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) beat 3-Sam Querrey (U.S.) 3-6 7-6(2) 6-1    

May 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Brussels Open Women's Singles matches on Thursday Quarterfinal Romina Oprandi (Switzerland) beat Zheng Jie (China) 6-3 3-6 6-0 8-Peng Shuai (China) beat 4-Sloane Stephens (U.S.) 6-2 6-3 Round 2 2-Roberta Vinci (Italy) beat Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) 6-3 5-7 6-2 Jamie Hampton (U.S.) beat 5-Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) 6-4 3-6 7-5    

May 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Strasbourg International Women's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Thursday 3-Alize Cornet (France) beat 7-Chanelle Scheepers (South Africa) 6-3 6-1 Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) beat Anna Tatishvili (Georgia) 6-3 6-2