http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. It used to be that Roger Federer thrived in the thin atmosphere up at the peak of the game, but the beleaguered former No. 1 -- and candidate for Grea...]]> May 04, 2009 08:08:05 PDT Roger Federer lost to Stanislas Wawrinka, his Olympic Games doubles partner, in Monte Carlo on Thursday -- in a tournament that Federer entered at the...]]> April 17, 2009 08:17:40 PDT You all saw the news that Roger Federer cut his preparations for the French Open by a hefty 50 percent for 2009 -- he'll be playing just two clay-cour...]]> December 05, 2008 03:33:38 PST Baby boomer fans of tennis, spawned during the glory days of growth in the 1970s and '80s, grew up reading Superman comics. Thus, they might nod knowi...]]> June 10, 2008 06:09:47 PDT OK, let me climb right out on a limb here, spit on my palms, and get sawing: Maria Sharapova is going to win the French Open. It may not be this year,...]]> June 01, 2007 00:53:59 PDT Everyone entered in the French Open has his or her own reasons for why winning the dang thing would be so gratifying, but not everyone's reason is as ...]]> May 25, 2007 01:42:40 PDT Serena Williams suffered a surprising loss last week to Patty Schnyder in one of the final, critical warm-up events for the French Open. Uh-oh. We rem...]]> May 21, 2007 02:21:23 PDT Less than two years ago, we were in the grip of the Summer of Serbian Love, which gave us its very own version of the legendary Monterey Pop music fes...]]> February 15, 2009 15:16:41 PST Now that the grass court season is upon us, let's get down to the question on everyone's mind. And this one has been quietly knocking around in the ba...]]> June 13, 2008 07:07:39 PDT It wasn't exactly Barack Obama-grade hope, but during the first week at Roland Garros, the U.S. men -- sans Andy Roddick, who missed the second Grand ...]]> May 30, 2008 04:48:59 PDT Among other things, the weekend festivities that ushered in the calm before the Roland Garros storm served up a vivid snapshot of where the ATP and WT...]]> May 19, 2008 03:11:23 PDT Wimbledon is the traditional Grand Slam event, Roland Garros is the iron (wo)man major and the U.S. Open is the grueling jewel in the lineup. That lea...]]> January 11, 2008 07:44:58 PST If the tournament directors of Australian Open, Roland Garros or Wimbledon were watching the Kremlin Cup finals Sunday, you just know they were scratc...]]> October 15, 2007 02:15:43 PDT Back in the day, the men would stagger and lurch into London after Roland Garros and, in panic mode, start making significant changes in the way they ...]]> June 18, 2007 02:23:16 PDT Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin, with her newly streamlined name, are once again the reigning champions on the red clay of Roland Garros, and between t...]]> June 11, 2007 02:59:52 PDT