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Amélie Mauresmo
TENNIS
Mauresmo cuts season short, considering retirement
Former world number one Amelie Mauresmo decided to skip her final two tournaments of the season because she could not "find the desire to get back to competition". She says she has not made a decision yet about next season.
TENNIS - US OPEN
Early exit for Amelie Mauresmo
Former world number one Amelie Mauresmo was ousted from the US Open in a second round match against Canadian player Aleksandra Wozniak, where she was defeated 6-4, 6-0. It was her earliest exit from the US Open in 10 appearances there.
FRENCH OPEN
Amelie Mauresmo knocked out in first round
French hope Amelie Mauresmo was humiliatingly knocked out in the first round of the French Open on Sunday, losing in two sets (6-4, 6-3) to German player Anna-Lena Groenefeld, ranked 51st in the world.
ROLAND GARROS
Top women contenders' strengths, weaknesses
Tennis seems to course through the veins of Dinara Safina as well as Venus and Serena Williams: the female top three share the same powerful serve and indomitable spirit. But France's Amelie Mauresmo has got back into top shape just in time.
ROLAND GARROS
French tennis relies on the old guard
With the four young 'Musketeers' down to two, Alize Cornet not in the best of shape and Marion Bartoli uneasy on clay, Amelie Mauresmo (photo) seems to be France's only hope at this year's Roland Garros tournament.
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French Open 2009
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TENNIS - MADRID OPEN
Amelie Mauresmo knocked out in semis
France's Amelie Mauresmo lost her semi-final clash of the Madrid Open to 18-year-old Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in two sets. Wozniacki will now face Russian top seed Dinara Safina in Sunday's final.
TENNIS - MADRID OPEN
Former number one Mauresmo through to semis
France's Amelie Mauresmo battled back from one set down to beat Hungarian Agnes Szavay, 5-7 6-1 6-1. The two-times Grand Slam winner will face Danish Caroline Wozniacki in last four of the Madrid Open.
TENNIS - MADRID MASTERS
Verdasco ousts Ferrero, Ljubicic sends Tsonga packing
World number eight Fernando Verdasco (photo) defeated fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero for a third-round spot at the Madrid Masters. Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was eliminated by Croatian wild card Ivan Ljubicic.
TENNIS - MADRID MASTERS
Tsonga and Mauresmo cruise through to second round
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (photo) swept former world number one Russian Marat Safin aside (6-4, 7-5) to win his first game on clay this season. On the WTA Tour, France's Amelie Mauresmo easily beat Japan's Ai Sugiyama (6-2, 6-4).
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