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Tough to be French at the French Open

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Monday, May 28, 2007

PARIS -- Pressure exists in all forms of athletics, but it is particularly acute in individual sports. When an athlete performing at home carries the hopes of a nation in an event of global proportion, well, that can be lethal. Sure, England's Tim Henman is 0-for-13 at Wimbledon and Australia's Lleyton Hewitt is 0-for-10 at the Australian Open, but the pressure here at Roland Garros is hard to imagine. Every story has a title. This one: The Incredible Burden of Being (French at t ...

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