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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Get breaking news and SI\u2019s biggest stories instantly. Download the new Sports Illustrated app (iOS&amp;nbsp;or Android) and personalize your experience by following your favorite teams and SI writers.&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The French Tennis Federation (FFT) announced that investigators raided the offices&amp;nbsp;on Tuesday in response to the accusations and investigations regarding the governing body\u2019s&amp;nbsp;president.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Last month, an investigation was launched by France's financial prosecution service that looked into the tennis federation's&amp;nbsp;possible corruption, improper use of influence and involvement in ticket scalping for Roland Garros in Paris.&amp;nbsp;Investigators are also looking into claims&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;federation president Jean&amp;nbsp;Gachassin&amp;nbsp;used two private cars,&amp;nbsp;which were paid for by the federation, and provided 600 French Open tickets to a friend and travel agent. The agent re-sold the tickets to others at a higher prices as part of VIP packages.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;FFT&amp;nbsp;says that it was \u201Cfully collaborating with the investigators.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[tweet https://twitter.com/carole_bouchard/status/727518949450113025]\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Wertheim's Mailbag: ATP's next gen of players&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;FFT managing director Gilbert&amp;nbsp;Ysern&amp;nbsp;was fired from the organization in February after a fallout with Gachassin.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The French Open is scheduled to begin on May 22 and run through June 5.\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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