Chinese number one Li Na advanced to the French Open second round after edging French 17-year-old Kristina Mladenovic 7-5, 6-3 on Court Suzanne Lenglen here on Monday.

Mladenovic, the reigning junior champion and the youngest player in the draw, held her own throughout a competitive match but world number 12 Li eventually prevailed in one hour and 39 minutes.

Li, who reached the Australian Open semi-finals earlier this year, will face either Canada's Stephanie Dubois or Frenchwoman Stephanie Cohen-Aloro in the next round.

Gael Monfils and Marcos Baghdatis, ranked third anf fifth seeds respectively, both crashed out in the quarter-finals of the ATP tournament here on Thursday.

World number 15 Monfils fell to Italian journeyman Potito Starace, ranked 63rd, in straight sets, 7-6 (7/2), 6-2 and did not offer any excuses for a defeat which does not bode well for the French Open that starts Sunday.

Germany (AFP) – Lleyton Hewitt of Australia needed barely an hour to prove his hip injury is behind him as he defeated John Isner of the United States here at the World Team Cup.

The former Wimbledon and US Open champion saw off Isner 6-2, 6-4 in just 66 minutes and was rarely troubled by the American in the red group clash and looks in good form for Roland Garros at the end of this month.

"The claycourt season will not be judged here, but in Paris," said the world number one after his 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) loss to his great Spanish rival in Sunday's final.

"We will see what happens in three weeks. I feel I'm ready for Paris. I felt a major improvement in my game compared to last week when I came here from Estoril."

Welcome back, Justine. Your first French Open since 2007 could be quite a challenge.

Thanks to Friday's draw, four-time champion Justine Henin's return to Roland Garros might include a third-round match against Maria Sharapova and a rivalry-renewing quarterfinal against Serena Williams.

The bracket also sets up the No. 1-seeded Williams, who won the 2002 French Open, to face No. 4 Jelena Jankovic in the semifinals. Williams' older sister, No. 2 Venus, could meet No. 5 Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals and defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals.