* At the $18.2-mln Roland Garros Grand Slam series tennis tournament in Paris, France (through June 11):
Women's doubles:
- Anna Chakvetadze and Yelena Vesnina failed to advance to the semifinals, losing to No.4-seed Chinese duo Zi Yan and Jie Zheng 6-4, 2-6, 1-6
Mixed doubles:
- Maria Kirilenko and Leander Paes (India) failed to advance to the semifinals, losing to sixth-seeded U.S. pair Martina Navratilova and Bob Bryan 3-6, 3-6
Girls' singles:
- Top-seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova advanced to the semifinals, defeating Tamira Paszek (Austria) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Alexandra Panova lost to No.2-seed Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 4-6, 1-6 in the quarterfinals
Girls' doubles:
- No.3 pair Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Sharon Fichman (Canada) advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Johanna Larsson (Sweden) and Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium) 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
Boys' doubles:
- Artur Chernov and Valery Rudnev advanced to the semifinals, beating Greg Jones (Australia) and Michal Konecny (Czech Republic) 6-4, 6-3
* Russia's national rugby team will play its next match in the European Nations Cup tournament with leader Romania. The match will kick off on Saturday in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.
Division 1 standings:
1. Romania - games-9/points-25
2. Georgia - 9/23
3. Portugal - 10/23
4. Russia - 9/16
5. Czech Republic - 9/15
6. Ukraine - 10/10
