Men's Tennis

BATON ROUGE—LSU men's tennis co-head coaches Andy Brandi and Chris Brandi announced Monday Stewart Block will be joining the Tigers in August.

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PARIS – Former Tiger Michael Venus became the first Grand Slam winner in LSU tennis history as he and partner Ryan Harrison defeated Santiago Gonzalez and Donald Young in three sets, 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-3, to win the French Open Doubles title Saturday evening on the Philippe-Chatrier Court at the Stade Roland Garros.

PARIS – Former Tiger Michael Venus and partner Ryan Harrison advanced to the French Open Doubles Final after recording a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win against Colombia pair Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah Friday at the Stade Roland Garros.