French Open, aka Tournoi de Roland-Garros, is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between mid-May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade de Roland Garros.
French Open is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world because of the slow playing surface and the five-set men’s singles matches without a tiebreak in the final set.
French Open, the second of the Grand Slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar, is one of the most prestigious events in tennis and it benefits of the widest worldwide broadcasting and audience of all events in this sport.
This year, the French Open begins on 25th May 2008 and ends on 8th June 2008.
Women Top 5 seed are Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Serena Williams.
Top seed Maria Sharapova will face fellow Russian Evgeniya Rodina in the first round.
Second-seeded Ana Ivanovic, who lost to Henin in last year’s French Open final, will open against Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden in the first round.
Fifth-seeded Serena Williams, the only woman in the draw who has won the French Open, will open against Ashley Harkleroad in the first round.
Men Top 5 seed are Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Nikolay Davydenko, David Ferrer
Top seed Roger Federer, who never won any French Open, will face Sam Querrey of America in the first round.
Second-seeded Rafael Nadal, who has never lost a match at the French Open, will play a qualifier, to be determined, in the first round.
Third-seeded Novak Djokovic, winner of the Australian Open, will open against Denis Gremelmayr of Germany in the first round.
More information on the French Open 2008 can be found at www.rolandgarros.com
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