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Safin defeats Mantilla in long match

FRENCH OPEN After a shot he hit for a winner, Marat Safin grabbed his shorts, pulled them down to his thighs and bent over. The umpire then penalized him one point

AP , PARIS

Mutis upset No. 2 Andy Roddick in the second round.

STILL PLAYING

With more work to be done, Tim Henman is happy to remain in Paris for at least another couple of days.

The No. 9-seeded Henman advanced to the fourth round for the first time in nine appearances at the French Open by beating Galo Blanco of Spain 7-6 (3), 6-1, 6-2 on Friday.

"I've spent plenty of weekends in Paris but they've usually [been] before the tournament starts, not in the middle of it," Henman said. "I'm happy to stay here as long as my hotel will have me."

Henman's grandfather, Henry Billington, reached the fourth round at Roland Garros in 1939. Henman next faces Frenchman Michael Llodra, who was 0-4 at Roland Garros until this year.

BACK TO DOUBLES

Martina Navratilova hasn't spent much time on the court so far at Roland Garros.

Navratilova and Lisa Raymond were up 6-2 in their second-round doubles match against Samantha Reeves and Tathiana Garbin, when Garbin retired with leg cramps. The match lasted 33 minutes.

Garbin had just lost her singles match against Zheng Jie.

On Tuesday, the 47-year-old Navratilova played her first Grand Slam singles match in 10 years. The comeback lasted barely an hour, and she lost to Gisela Dulko of Argentina.

Navratilova, the French Open singles champion in 1982 and 1984, has 31 Grand Slam doubles titles.

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