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Nadal favored to win French Open
French Open Preview T Heal 1
Rafael Nadal plays a return to Grigor Dimitrov during their quarter final match of the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco on April 19. - photo by Associated Press
PARIS — Used to be the French Open was the scene for clay-court specialists and surprise champions. Scan the list of past winners and runners-up. There's Gaston Gaudio and Albert Costa, Guillermo Coria and Martin Verkerk, Andres Gomez and Mariano Puerta.