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This month's 'Open Court' previews the second grand slam of the year, the French Open, Roland Garros, hosted by Pat Cash reporting from Paris. Noah talks candidly about his historic Garros win, his popular singing career and his son Joakim's success with the Chicago Bulls.'Open Court' features former 'teen champions' Michael Chang and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, who each won Roland Garros in 1989, and this year celebrate the 25 year anniversary of their first grand slam titles. He's the watercolorist who's captured live action at the French Open for the past few years, drawing Rafa Nadal, Serena Williams and many of the biggest stars in tennis. 'Open Court' catches up with Blanc in his Paris studio to hear his story and see his fine work.

Five facts on Uruguay striker Luis Suarez, www.mmoxt.com who on Thursday underwent surgery on a knee injury which leaves him in a race against time to be fit for the World Cup finals.1 Suarez was born January 24, 1987 in Salto, Uruguay, a city close to the Argentine border famous for its thermal baths. His response? "Suarez is never a substitute."3 The Uruguayan is never too far from controversy, having twice been handed lengthy suspensions for biting an opposing player. Suarez was handed a seven match ban in November 2010 for sinking his teeth into the shoulder of PSV midfielder Otman Bakkal. Lightning struck twice as, in April 2013, Suarez again made unwanted headlines when Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic became the second unwitting victim of Suarez and his gnashers. That landed him in hot water once again with the Football Association, who banned the Liverpool forward for 10 matches.4 Suarez credits his wife Sofia with helping him avoid landing on the football scrapheap as a youngster. The 27 year old was the leading scorer during South American qualifying for the 2014 World Cup as he found the back of cheap fifa 14 ultimate team coins the net on 11 occasions. Despite his form in the qualifiers, Uruguay laboured to fifth place and were forced to come through a two legged play off tie against Jordan in order to reach the finals in Brazil.

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