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American men anxious to end clay-court anguish

By Joel Drucker
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

American men have always been off-balance at the French Open -- maybe because it's a struggle to even make a phone call or find out what's happening in the NBA playoffs -- and never have their trials been more pronounced than in recent years. No American man has reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros since 2003. In 2007, all nine of them lost in the first round. Though encouraged by his semifinal showing in Rome, Andy Roddick decided his shoulder injury hadn't quite recovered and decided to ...

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