PARIS, June 1 (UPI) -- Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium and Russia's Anastasia Myskina Thursday were among the second-round winners at the French Open Tennis Tournament in Paris.
Henin-Hardenne, a two-time French champion who turned 24 on Thursday, beat Anastasia Yakimova of Belarus, 6-2, 7-5.
"When I was under pressure, I played my best tennis," said the fifth-seeded Henin-Hardenne. "I wasn't in my best day but it's good to win that way. It's in this kind of day that you have to win even if you're not playing your best tennis. As far as I'm concerned, being a favorite is not something that really worries me. Very often, favorites are created just to disappear and to be beaten."
The 10th-seeded Myskina was a 6-2, 6-4 winner over Hungary's Melinda Czink.
Also winning were No. 15 Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and 19th-seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia and Montenegro.
