Lleyton Hewitt, Andreas Seppi beaten at Nice Open NICE, France (AP) -- Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and fifth-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy lost Monday in the first round of the Nice Open....Opening day at Strasbourg International washed out STRASBOURG, France (AP) -- Heavy rain prevented any play at the Strasbourg International, forcing all seven first-round matches to be postponed to Tuesday....Jarkko Nieminen gains 2nd round at Duesseldorf DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) -- Sixth-seeded Jarkko Nieminen of Finland beat Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-3, 6-1 Monday to reach the second round of the Power Horse Cup, a clay-court tuneup for the French Open....Nadal beats Federer, Serena wins at Italian Open ROME (AP) -- After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer....Sharapova withdraws from Italian Open with illness ROME (AP) -- Two-time defending champion Maria Sharapova has withdrawn before her Italian Open quarterfinal match against seventh-seeded Sara Errani because of illness....Tomic expected to play French Open MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Tennis Australia expects that Bernard Tomic will play in the French Open, despite coach John Tomic recently declaring his son's participation unlikely....US Open tennis leaving CBS for ESPN in 2015 The U.S. Open tennis tournament will leave CBS after nearly a half-century and move all TV coverage to cable starting in 2015 under an 11-year contract with ESPN....Buckeyes a tennis powerhouse in a Northern climate COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Those who follow college men's tennis closely know that Ohio State has a powerhouse program....