The Olympic tennis tournament could be robbed of its entry list of women players if threats to boycott the competition are carried out.

French Open results, Roland Garros, Paris

Third seed Amelie Mauresmo of France survived an early scare before earning her qualification to the fourth round of the French Open with a straight-sets win over Spain’s Arantxa Parra Santonja.

JUSTIN HENIN-HARDENNE, the slim Belgian star with the biggest promise of ending the women’s power era at Wimbledon, fought through the pain of a hand injury to reach the second round against tall Ukrainian Julia Vakulenko.

THE future and the past were on display at the French Open as Kim Clijsters and Lleyton Hewitt roared into the second round while former men’s champion Michael Chang bade a fond — but tearful — farewell to the Roland Garros crowds.

JENNIFER CAPRIATI became the first women’s defending champion in Australian Open history to be knocked out in the first round in a dramatic opening day upset yesterday.

Marlene Weingartner has knocked third seed and defending champion Jennifer Capriati out of the Australian Open on the first day of the competition.

Anna Kournikova survived a scare in the first round of the Open Gaz de France tournament in Paris.

Jennifer Capriati, drained from an exhausting match with Italian Rita Grande, still had the energy at the Australian Open today to blast Marcelo Rios for his comments about women’s tennis.

Defending champion Jennifer Capriati survived a marathon second-set tie-break to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in Melbourne today.