Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga withdrew from the French Open on Saturday because of an injured right knee and will have surgery next week.

ANDY MURRAY insists he will take any criticism levelled by former Davis Cup team-mate Tim Henman on the chin, writes DUNCAN BECH.

TOP-seeded Nikolay Davydenko will play defending champion Juan Monaco in the final of the Hypo Group International.

NOVAK Djokovic insisted on Friday that he is not a quitter and issued a powerful defence of his sporting integrity.

RUSSIA will play Sweden in the World Team Cup final in Duesseldorf after they beat hosts Germany and Spain lost to Italy in Friday's Blue Group ties.

AUSTRALIAN Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is in doubt for the French Open which starts on Sunday after re-injuring his right knee playing in Casablanca.

AUSTRALIA'S Peter Luczak has had a cortisone injection in a bid to overcome a hip and hamstring injury ahead of the start of the French Open on Sunday.

ROGER Federer and Rafael Nadal have turned to playing mind games ahead of the latest instalment of their epic French Open rivalry this weekend.

DEFENDING champion Anabel Medina Garrigues beat Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 6-3 6-3 to advance to the final at the Strasbourg International.

AUSTRALIA'S Lleyton Hewitt has again given his troublesome hip a thorough workout with no apparent ill effects ahead of the French Open.