The French Open gets underway in Paris on May 26 and finishes on June 9, just over a fortnight before the start of the Wimbledon championships.

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Former world tennis No. 1 Rafael Nadal has restricted his appearances outside of the Wimbledon Championships, while Andre Agassi was ordered to pay a proportion of his sponsorship income after losing a U.K. court case in 2006.

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France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who suffered an injury scare when he injured a finger at the Aegon Championships, is seeded fifth for Wimbledon.

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Rafter's thoughts were afterwards focused on defending champion Korda, who is playing in the tournament despite failing a drugs test at last year's Wimbledon championships.

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But she returned with a bang in 2012, winning Wimbledon, Olympic Gold, the U.S. Open and the WTA Championships, while she has also triumphed in 59 of her past 62 matches.

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Last year Williams fell at the first hurdle in Paris -- a tournament she won back in 2002 -- before going on to triumph at Wimbledon, the Olympics, the U.S. Open and the season-ending WTA Championships.

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Rusedski brushed aside Roddick in straight sets at Wimbledon last year, but lost at the same stage to the eventual champion in the Stella Artois Championships last week.

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Olympic champion Williams has won the last two grand slams, at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, and beat Sharapova in the final of the season-ending WTA Championships in Turkey.

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The French Open and Wimbledon champion, looking to join Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras as the only men to win the season-ending championships five times, powered through the set to win in one hour and 59 minutes.

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