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French Open Wildcards for Hewitt and Barty

Lleyton Hewitt and Ashleigh Barty have been awarded wildcards into the main draw of the French Open.

A reciprocal agreement between the French Tennis Federation and Tennis Australia allows the latter to select two Australian players for the French Open, which starts at Roland Garros on May 22.

Murray Gets a Win on His  Birthday

Andy Murray was pleased with his 25th birthday win over David Nalbandian which got him off to a good start in Rome - but the Scot then began to wonder what other surprises were ahead for him on the big day.

"I hope they (his travel team) have something planned back at the hotel, I don't know yet I haven't opened my presents, but I hope they've got something for me," he said after outlasting Nalbandian in two and a half hours 6-1, 4-6, 7-5.

Groth Hits Serve at 163 MPH

The ATP World Tour’s website reported that Australian Sam Groth 24, ranked 340th in the world, produced the serve at a second- tier Challenger Tour tournament in South  Korea last week .

The ATP said it doesn’t officially recognize service speed records because of variance in radar guns, but “confirmed that the event used approved equipment, and that other data gathered appeared within a normal range.”

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RESULTS - MEN

TUESDAY
Rome
Singles - First Round
(10) J Del Potro def. M Llodra 7-5 3-6 6-4
(11) G Simon def. D Young 6-2 7-5
(14) J Monaco def. (Q) A Ungur 6-2 6-2
M Granollers def. (15) F Lopez 6-4 6-4
(16) R Gasquet def. J Melzer 6-1 7-6(8-6)
(Q) G Garcia-Lopez def. P Andujar 6-4 6-1
L Kubot def. (WC) P Starace 6-3 5-7 6-2
(Q) S Querrey def. J Nieminen 7-6(7-4) 5-7 6-4
Singles - Second Round
(1) N Djokovic def. B Tomic 6-3 6-3
(4) A Murray def. D Nalbandian 6-1 4-6 7-5
(5) J Tsonga def. V Troicki 6-3 6-2
(6) def. Ferrer def. F Verdasco 6-3 7-6(7-3)
J Ferrero def. (13) G Monfils 7-5 6-3
Doubles - First Round
Almagro/Andujar def. Marrero/Verdasco 6-3 7-6(7-4)
Granollers/Lopez def. Bolelli/Fognini 6-3 6-4
Melzer/Petzschner def. Isner/Querrey 3-6 7-6(9-7) 10-5 (Match TB)
Cabal/Schwank def. Cermak/Polasek 6-2 6-3

RESULTS - WOMEN

TUESDAY
Rome
Singles - First Round
(9) Serena Williams def. Galina Voskoboeva 6-2 6-3
Marina Erakovic def. (11) Sabine Lisicki 7-6(7-4) 4-6 6-3
(14) Dominika Cibulkova def. (Q) Mirjana Lucic 6-1 6-2
Sorana Cirstea def. (15) Jelena Jankovic 6-3 4-6 7-6(7-4)
Flavia Pennetta def. (16) Maria Kirilenko 6-1 7-6(7-2)
Sara Errani def. Timea Bacsinszky 6-0 3-0 retired (Left Abdominal Injury)
Petra Cetkovska def. (Q) Olga Govortsova 7-5 6-4
Nadia Petrova def. (Q) Andrea Hlavackova 6-3 6-3
(Q) Silvia Soler-Espinosa def. (WC) Alberta Brianti 6-2 6-1
(Q) Sloane Stephens def. (Q) Anna Chakvetadze 6-2 2-6 6-4
(WC) Venus Williams def. Simona Halep 6-3 6-4
(WC) Karin Knapp def. Roberta Vinci 6-4 2-6 6-2
Singles - Second Round
(2) Maria Sharapova def. Christina McHale 7-5 7-5
(4) Petra Kvitova def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5 6-4
Doubles - First Round
(6) Goerges/King def. Jans-Ignacik/Kudryavtseva 7-5 6-2
Benesova/Medina Garrigues def. Klepac/Rosolska 6-0 6-1
Dulko/Suarez def. Arvidsson/Gajdosova 6-4 6-2
Makarova/Vesnina def. Llagostera Vives/Martinez Sanchez 7-5 7-6(8-6)
Hampton/Tatishvili def. Hsieh/Zheng 1-6 6-3 11-9 (Match TB)

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