Jelena Jankovic wants roof over Roland Garros

Former World No 1 Jankovic supports the idea for overhead cover at Roland Garros after her Round One match is interrupted by a twohour rain break Former world number one Serbian Jelena Jankovic yesterday backed the 116millioneuro proposal to place a roof on the French Open as heavy rain swept away Roland Garros brief flirtation with summerThe fifth seeded Serb shook off a6 twohour rain interruption to reach the second round with a 62 63 win over Petra Cetkovska of the Czech RepublicHot serb Former Worlc No 1 Serbias Jelena Jankovic returns to Czech Republics Petra Cetkovska during their French Open first round match at the Roland Garros in Paris yesterday Jankovic won 62 63But as rain fell and temperatures plummeted from the 30 degrees of the first two days 24yearold Jankovic was keen to see the green light for the French Tennis Federations plan to build a new 14600seater arena with a retractable roofIts always a good idea to have a roof so then we can continue the match and we dont have to wait around for an hour or more and then come back on court said Jankovic who was 41 ahead in the first set against her world number 85 opponent when the rain cameIts not so easy to stop the match and then especially being in the areas when you have to eat lunch Its so crowded There are so many peopleu00a0 and its tough to focus and to have a relaxing time before you go on court again she addedI started quite well today especially in the first set I was controlling points and was finishing a lot of the points at the net And then I had to stop because of the rainu00a0 Its not easy to come back I felt a little bit slow after the rain delay when I came back on court againOther Round One results at Rolland GarrosMen Rd 1 JM Del Potro ARG x5 bt M Llodra FRA 63 63 61 V Troicki SRB bt L Kubot POL 36 63 64 67 47 63 J Monaco ARG bt M Baghdatis CYP 63 62 64 JW Tsonga FRA x9 bt J Benneteau FRA 64 36 63 64 T Robredo ESP x16 bt A Mannarino FRA 62 61 62 A Seppi ITA bt G Garcu00edaLu00f3pez ESP 63 63 61 M Gonzu00e1lez ARG bt M Fish USA x22 63 16 64 76 74 P Kschreiber GER x29 bt B Tomic AUS 61 62 62 JC Ferrero ESP bt I Ljubicic CRO 26 64 64 36 63 S Stakhovsky UKR bt B Dabul ARG 46 75 76 72 63 N Djokovic SRB x4 bt N Lapentti ECU 63 31 retd A Beck GER bt I Navarro ESP 76 64 61 M Gicquel FRA bt R Schuttler GER x27 60 60 64 V Crivoi ROM bt S Greul GER 61 76 71 62 G Monfils FRA x11 bt B Reynolds USA 62 63 61 T Haas GER bt A Pavel ROM 61 64 64 L Mayer ARG bt J Blake USA x15 76 86 75 62Women Rd 1 M Rybarikova SVK bt K Mladenovic FRA 61 26 86 S Cirstea ROM bt C Gullickson USA 64 62 C Wozniacki DEN x10 bt V Dushevina RUS 46 75 61 V Razzano FRA bt D Hantuchova SVK 63 63 A Medina Garrigues ESP x18 bt E Makarova RUS 62 57 60 S Stosur AUS x30 bt F Schiavone ITA 64 62 Y Wickmayer BEL bt U Radwanska POL 46 63 60 J Dokic AUS bt K Sprem CRO 36 61 62 E Dementieva RUS x4 bt C Scheepers RSA 64 63 S Kuznetsova RUS x7 bt C Feuerstein FRA 61 64 M Czink HUN bt A Sevastova LAT 36 64 61 S Bammer AUT x28 bt N Dechy FRA 63 76 71 P Martic CRO bt M Santangelo ITA 64 62 A Wozniak CAN x24 bt M Niculescu ROM 64 46 63 V Kutuzova UKR bt Z Ondrakova CZE 62 64 V Ruano Pascual ESP bt N Vaidisova CZE 64 63 MJM Sanchez ESP bt P Shuai CHN x31 16 62 64