TENNIS in DEPTH.

Justine Henin ignored a broken finger to win her opening match at the Porsche Grand Prix, 7-6 (3), 6-1 over Julia Goerges of Germany on Wednesday.

Playing as a wild card, Henin saved three set points against Georges to set up a second-round match with Belgian teammate Yanina Wickmayer.

Eighth-seeded Wickmayer beat Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-3, 6-3.

No. 4 seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Gisela Dulko of Argentina, and seventh-seeded Samantha Stosur of Australia beat Marion Bartoli of France 6-2, 6-1 to remain unbeaten in seven matches on clay this year.

Jankovic succeeded Henin in 2008 as Stuttgart champion. She improved to 4-1 against Dulko in her bid for a second title this year.

“It was good for the first match. Dulko is tough to play on clay,” Jankovic said. “I played a good first set but had a few ups and downs in the second.”

Fifth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland fell to Shahar Peer, the 20th-ranked Israeli, who wasted a match point before the tiebreaker in the second set of her 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2 win.

Peer was a break up in the second set and then blew a match point on her serve at 6-5 in the second set against Radwanska. She recovered from the loss of the set to roll through the third.

“It was tough to come back,” said Peer, who is 3-1 against the higher ranked Pole. “I had a match point, but I am happy that I came back.”

Lucie Safarova also advanced when Selima Sfar of Tunisia retired with an ankle injury in the second set. Safarova lost the first set 6-2 and was 3-0 in the second when Sfar quit.

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