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News in Brief网球新闻Someof the best players in the world set foot on the clay of Roland-Garros on Tuesday, and they wasted no time in getting down to work. The American Andre Agassi, who arrived in Paris on Sunday, trained with the Argentine David Nalbandian. Among the other stars, world number 1 Roger Federer tried to get a feel for the Philippe-Chatrier court, accompanied by his coach Tony Roche. World no. 3 Andy Roddick, meanwhile, put himself through his paces on the Suzanne-Lenglen court, while Ru
The women's qualifiers will start tomorrow, Wednesday 18th May at 9 am. No less than 96 female players will be targeting the twelve tickets for the women's singles proper, including the no. 1 seed Zuzana Ondraskova from the Czech Republic, Holland's Michaella Krajicek, seeded 6 and reigning world juniors champion, America's Chanda Rubin, the 14th seed and former world no. 6, and the Argentine Clarisa Fernandez, semi-finalist in the 2002 women's singles. Eight French competitors start the event: Capucine Rousseau, Virginie Pichet, Florence Haring, Gracia Radovanovic, Violette Huck, Irena Pavlovic, Pascale Leroy and Kildine Chevalier.The tickets for the "qualies" will be on sale from the tent in the "qualifying zone (19, Avenue de Porte d'Auteuil) for ?15 (?7.50 for under 15s), with under 7s going free.Grab your seats!It's still possible for you to attend the French Open as some places are still available, particularly for the Suzanne-Lenglen court on Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st May. The last tickets are on sale all week at Roland-Garros stadium, only from the Porte des Mousquetaires (Avenue Gordon-Bennett) ticket booths, which are open daily from 9 am to 5 pm. Remember that seats for the qualifying competitions are on sale only from the tent in the "qua
