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AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press May. 27, 2021 05:37 PM EDT
May 28 1901 — Parader, ridden by Fred Landry, overcomes a bad start to win the Preakness Stakes by two lengths over Sadie S. ...

FILE - Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates winning the final match of the French Open tennis tournament against Serbia's Novak Djokovic in three sets, 6-0, 6-2, 7-5, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, in this Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, file photo. The AP has put together a quiz for you to test your knowledge before the clay-court major championship begins Sunday. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
FRENCH OPEN 2021: AP's tennis quiz is no Slam dunk

By Howard Fendrich May. 25, 2021 11:55 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 5, 1989, file photo, Michael Chang falls to the ground crying after he defeated top-seeded Ivan Lendl at the French Open tennis championships in Paris. Chang, 17, toppled the top-seeded Lendl 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)
Memorable French Open matches: Nadal-Soderling, Serena-Venus

By Howard Fendrich Jun. 04, 2020 12:07 PM EDT

FILE- In this Tuesday June 4, 2019, image, Switzerland's Roger Federer plays a shot against Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. The skill of sliding at Roland Garros is on hold at the moment with the start of the French Open postponed until September because of the coronavirus, but sliding will still be one of the keys to success at the French Open whenever it is played. Federer returned to clay-court tennis in 2019, a decade after his French Open title with his confidence low, he explained, “because I don’t even remember how to slide anymore.” (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
Don't be a 'cow on ice': Sliding key to French Open success

By Andrew Dampf And Howard Fendrich Jun. 02, 2020 10:35 AM EDT