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Second seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic opened his campaign for a 13th Grand Slam championship title on Monday when he defeated Spain’s Marcel Granollers 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in two hours and 27 minutes. He will next face Joao Sousa in the second round. With his new coach, Andre Agassi, the 1999 titlist, watching in the stands, and clothing of his new sponsor Lacoste, Djokovic won four of the first five games as he seized control in the pair’s fourth meeting. Granollers saved eight set points at 4-5 in the second set, while the third set featured six service breaks and ended when Granollers hit a forehand long. Afterwards, Djokovic celebrated his 21st match win of the year by waving...

Fifth seed Milos Raonic struck 44 winners, including 15 aces, past Belgian Steve Darcis in a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory over one hour and 31 minutes on Monday at Roland Garros. Raonic’s best performance at the clay-court Grand Slam championship was a run to the 2014 quarter-finals (l. to Djokovic). “It's always good to start and to be as efficient as possible,” said Raonic, who will next face Rogerio Dutra Silva or 2010 quarter-finalist Mikhail Youzhny. “I was able to break relatively early in all three sets and just sort of go about my business throughout the whole match. So I'm happy with that, and it gives me a little more freedom to spend more time working on my game...

Known as the city of love, Sergiy Stakhovsky recalls the greatest victory of his career in Paris.

Fatherhood appears to suit Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. More than two months on since the birth of his son, Shugar (18 March), the Frenchman has captured his third ATP World Tour crown of the year, the most since 2009 (3). The 32-year-old Tsonga rose two spots today to No. 11 in the Emirates ATP Rankings after beating Tomas Berdych in the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon final. His victory, marking his first clay-court crown, added to title runs in February at the Open 13 in Marseille and the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. Tsonga, who was last in the Top 10 in the week of 17 April, first placed among the elite competitors on 3 November 2008. The former World No....