May 26, 2010 2:19 PM

printer

French Open: Henin, Nadal move to next round

In the French Open Tennis Tournament, Justine Henin of Belgium and Rafael Nadal of Spain kept on course for their fifth French Open titles in Paris.Henin beat Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4, 6-3 yesterday, while Nadal eased past French teenager Gianni Mina 6-2, 6-2, 6-2.Russian ninth seed Dinara Safina crashed out 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 to a nearly 40 year old Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm. Krumm is the event's oldest female match-winner since Virginia Wade in 1985.Men's sixth seed Andy Roddick came through a five-setter to beat Finland's Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 4-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 and there were also wins for Lleyton Hewitt and Spanish seeds David Ferrer and Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Most Read
View All arrow-right

No posts found.