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Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova returns a ball to Australia's Samantha Stosur during a French Open tennis  semi-final match on June 4, 2009 at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris. The event, the second Grand Slam tournament of 2009, runs from May 25 to June 7, 2009.    AFP PHOTO / LIONEL BONAVENTURE (Photo credit should read LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Mornin', everyone. I sent a Tweet this morning on the weather in Paris, and in the interim it's only gotten worse. The next few days isn't looking great, either, although there appears to be a convenient hole tomorrow, mid-afternoon - giving Roger Federer a window for grabbing tennis glory that few players have known. One of the ones who has known it, and whose record even The Mighty Fed is unlikely to match, is Steffi Graf. She's here on the grounds at Roland Garros today, with her husband, some bald liittle dude named Andre, to do some sponsor work for Longines (on behalf of charity).

If I get back from a "media event" with Steffi and Andre in a short while, I'll write about it. And if the women's final is postponed until tomorrow (which seems a real possibility), I'll file a red-meat post later on. Now, if the final goes off as planned, you won't hear from me until later, so enjoy the match and gab about it, or anything else, here throughout the day.

-- Pete

As at 1:40pm TW time, an Overflow post is up.  Andrew

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