Since Justine Henin won her last title in 2007, there have been five different French Open champions in five years.

WSJ: Roland Garros: Return of the French Resistance

The ITF World Champions will receive their awards at a dinner during the French Open in Paris next June.

CNN: Nadal to make long-awaited tennis return

At a time when the EU is trying to persuade reluctant countries to open up their energy markets to the fierce winds of competition and abandon the French idea of "national champions", Gazprom is a very vivid example that such allegedly old-fashioned out-of-date thinking can work dramatically well for the country concerned.

BBC: Europe diary: The gas man