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.
News On AIR | May 26, 2010 2:19 PM
French Open: Henin, Nadal move to next round