Connor, who lost his left leg aged three months after a fibula problem, won a gold and silver in the T42 category in Sydney four years ago.

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Pettitte, who turns 41 in June, was 5-4 with a 2.87 ERA in 12 starts last year, when he missed almost three months because of a broken lower left leg, sustained when he was hit by a line drive off the bat of Cleveland's Casey Kotchman on June 27.

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The 31-year-old Spaniard, who missed much of the last two seasons after having surgery on his left leg, has now won three straight matches in Paris after losing the first two sets.

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