Second-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon struggled but won and unseeded countryman Arnaud Clement upset Marat Safin in Tuesday's opening round of the Open 13. Simon, ranked eighth in the world, fell behind 4-6 before winning the next two sets 6-3, 7-5 to defeat 17-year-old Bulgarian wild card Grigor Dimitrov.

By Simon Cambers CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Arnaud Clement and Tatiana Golovin made it a good day for France at the New Haven Open by reaching the second round of the traditional U.S. Open warm-up event on Sunday.

By Steve Ginsburg WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arnaud Clement reached the Legg Mason Classic semi-finals by stunning third seed Lleyton Hewitt 7-6 6-4 Friday, his first victory over the Australian in eight attempts.

PARIS (Reuters) - French Open champion Rafael Nadal will step on to a clay court for the first time in seven months when he defends his Monte Carlo Masters crown next week.

By Chrystel Boulet-Euchin PAU, France (Reuters) - Michael Llodra and Arnaud Clement squandered a two-set lead before beating Dmitry Tursunov and Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-3 6-7 5-7 6-2 on Saturday to keep France alive in their Davis Cup quarter-final against Russia.