Novak Djokovic said he knew his 43-match winning run would have to end, but insisted that his heartbreaking French Open semi-final defeat to a rejuvenated Roger Federer will make him stronger.

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Li Na made sporting history at the French Open on Saturday when she became the first player from China to win a Grand Slam singles title.

The 29-year-old from Wuhan defeated defending champion France

Top seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal reached the French Open final on Friday with a 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 win over Andy Murray of Britain.

The Spanish top seed will play either second seed Novak Djok

India's Sania Mirza and Russia's Elena Vesnina were thwarted in their attempt to capture the French Open women's doubles title on Friday.

The seventh seeds were defeated 6-4, 6-3 by unseeded Czech pa

India's Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina of Russia overcame second set jitters against fourth-seeded Americans Liezel Huberand Lisa Raymond to enter the French Open tennis women's doubles final here Wedn

China's Li Na will take on defending champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy in the French Open final after both scored straight sets victories on Thursday.

Li, bidding to become the first Chinese play

Marion Bartoli became the first Frenchwoman since 2005 to reach the Roland Garros semifinals on Tuesday when she defeated 2009 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6 (7/4), 6-4.

Bartoli, the 11th seed, wil

Defending champion Francesca Schiavone and Marion Bartoli, two of the tour's most intense players, set-up a French Open semifinal duel on Tuesday.

Schiavone, the 30-year-old Italian, battled from a s

Roger Federer believes the pressure will all be on Novak Djokovic when the pair meet in the French Open semifinals on Friday.

Victory for Djokovic, the second seed, will see him replace Rafael Nadal

Maria Sharapova moved to within two wins of a career Grand Slam on Wednesday when she defeated Germany's Andrea Petkovic 6-0, 6-3 to reach her second French Open semifinal.

The seventh seed, who next