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

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S. Bolelli666

M. Baghdatis (17)242

J. Jankovic (3)76

M. Niculescu62

V. Williams (8)646

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T. Obziler362

TODAY’S KEY MATCHES

R. Nadal (2) vs. T. Bellucci

N. Davydenko (4) vs. T. Johansson

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M. Sharapova (1) vs. E. Rodina

S. Kuznetsova (4) vs. A. Nakamura

QUOTABLE

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

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- 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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