Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Tennis’ second Grand Slam of the year

Through June 8

Roland Garros, Paris

Rafael Nadal, Justine Henin

5 a.m., Tennis Channel; noon, ESPN2

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS

R. Federer (1)666

S. Querrey443

S. Bolelli666

M. Baghdatis (17)242

J. Jankovic (3)76

M. Niculescu62

V. Williams (8)646

T. Obziler362

TODAY’S KEY MATCHES

R. Nadal (2) vs. T. Bellucci

N. Davydenko (4) vs. T. Johansson

M. Sharapova (1) vs. E. Rodina

S. Kuznetsova (4) vs. A. Nakamura

QUOTABLE

“The ATP told me, ’Hey, you play. You replace Gasquet.’ ”

- Santiago Giraldo, who was informed he would replace the injured Richard Gasquet 30 minutes before his match began

BY THE NUMBERS

16 Years of age for Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, a Russian who won her first match at a major by beating Maria Emilia Salerni 6-1, 6-1.

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