In the women's singles Svetlana Kuznetsova is the defending champion but faces stiff competition in the face of the Williams sisters, as well as four-time French Open champion Justine Henin, who is competing for the first time since coming out of retirement.
Nicolas Sarkozy, the one-time French president, is reportedly mulling a move across the Channel.
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The two-time French Open finalist says Murray just needs to appreciate the patience required on the surface.
"I really want to see those guys play in the final, " said two-time French Open champion Jim Courier.
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Murray has enlisted the help of two-time French Open finalist Alex Corretja to improve his all-round game on the slower surface.
The young pretender gave Rafael Nadal one of the toughest tests on clay that the seven-time French Open champion has endured in recent years.
Throw in the middle-aged, sexually ambiguous or fat, and there is a mix that defies the usual rules of all-young, all-beautiful prime-time French television.
The seven-time French Open champion is seeking his 37th title on clay, having stretched his Open era win record to 256-19 on the surface.
While civil servants in London may be game-planning for a split you won't find French officials spending time on scenarios they believe to be impossible.
Elisabeth, a long-time French teacher, offers cooking lessons to guests.
"I am really sorry but I cannot compete this year in Abu Dhabi, " wrote the seven-time French Open champion and presently ranked number four in the world.
Nadal set up four more break opportunities in the second set, taking two, as the Serbian again struggled to cope with the four-time French Open winner's powerful returns.
Spurs paid the price for standing off Saha, allowing the French striker ample time and space to drill a low finish into Gomes' right-hand corner from 20 yards.
Playing in 102 degrees Fahrenheit with high humidity at Stone Mountain, Agassi made light of the conditions to dispatch the Spaniard -- a two-time French Open champion -- in straight sets.
He is scheduled to play his fourth-round match against 16th-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany on Monday, when seven-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal hopes to celebrate his 27th birthday with a win against 13th-seeded Kei Nishikori.
Prolonged exposure over their careers has also made them more comfortable with the footing and occasional bad bounces: Isner handled the tricky trajectory on the indoor clay court that Switzerland installed for its Davis Cup tie with the U.S. back in February better than five-time French Open finalist Roger Federer did.
"When I won the French for the first time it was unbelievable too, " he said.
It is indeed not the first time a French president has promised to crush immorality in politics.
Wales had spent little time in French territory for long periods as the hosts' tactical approach paid dividends.
This is, of course, hardly the first time that French policy towards the United States has been defined by balance-of-power considerations.
The probe relates to her time as French finance minister and her involvement in the payment of compensation to businessman Bernard Tapie.
At the same time, French-led forces will begin chasing down Islamist militants who have retreated to desert or mountainous hide-outs, adds our correspondent.
At the same time, French governments are reluctant to intervene in these countries precisely because France wishes to avoid looking like a colonial master.
As more than one commentator pointed out, the only unusual thing about the players' mutiny was that it was probably the first time that French millionaires have gone on strike.
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De Gaulle, who was at the head of the French government at the time, refused to pardon him, noting in his journal that in literature, as in everything, talent confers responsibility.
The teacher isn't great, he swallows his words in French and spends his time scratching his head as if he were puzzled, but the textbook isn't bad and since the start of the year I've made huge progress.
The oddity is that the row comes at a time when French films, many of them more accessible than the art-house product that English-speakers tend to imagine are the French studios' only output, are standing their ground against the perceived invasion from Hollywood.
In 2007 he managed to convince most French voters that it was time to change course.
And they almost lost the game in stoppage time, when French substitute Gaetane Thiney hit the bar.
Then there was Monica Seles claiming the French Open for the first time in 1990 at the age of just sixteen.
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