On the men's side, four-time champion Rafael Nadal has reached the second round with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 win over Frenchman Gianni Mina. Nadal remains unbeaten this season on his favorite surface after improving his career record on the Parisian clay to 32-and-1. Sixth-seed Andy Roddick rallied to win his first-round match, beating Jarkko Nieminen, 6-2, 4-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-3. The match was Roddick's first on clay since he lost in the fourth round at Roland Garros last year. On the womens side, Justine Henin advanced to the second round of the French Open with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Tsvetana Pironkova. Henin was playing in the tournament for the first time since winning it for the fourth time in 2007. The Belgian has won seven Grand Slam titles in her career. Last year's finalist Dinara Safina has crashed out in the first round. The ninth-seed lost 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 to veteran Kimiko Date Krumm. The 39-year-old Date Krumm, who came out of a 12-year retirement in 2008, became the second oldest woman to win a match in Roland Garros in the Open Era, after Virginia Wade in 1985. No. 12 Maria Sharapova has reached the second round with a straight sets win over Russian qualifier Ksenia Pervak, 6-3, 6-2. Sharapova, who has never won the French Open, had won 24 consecutive first-round matches at Grand Slams until being upset at that stage at the Australian Open in January.
