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The Roland Garros French Open tennis tournament is the second of the Grand Slams tournaments. It is played on a clay court in Paris, France. Most of history’s tennis superstars have won this tournament and last year was no exception. Justine Henin-Hardenne won the ‘07 women’s singles and Rafael Nadal won the ‘07 men’s singles.

The French Open coverage is always superb and one reason for this is because the clay court is considered the most physically demanding of the courts because of the slow playing surface and the five-set men’s singles matches without a tie breaker. The clay courts slow down the ball and produce a high bounce compared to grass and hard courts.

The champions receive replicas of the actual trophy. Both are pure silver with finely etched decorations on their sides. The winner’s name in on the plate holding the trophy.

This year’s tournament is sure to be as exciting as last year’s. The men’s singles playoffs for 2007 were between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Though the two men will not say they are rivals, Federer will try to win this allusive championship again this year.