Month of June , 2007

After suffering yet another flop at Roland Garros, Venus Williams is hoping Wimbledon will give her the platform to rediscover her top form again.

Serbian fourth seed Jelena Jankovic recovered from a second set lapse to beat Venus Williams 6-4 4-6 6-1 and progress to the fourth round of the French Open.

World number one Roger Federer sprinted through to the last 16 of the French Open by crushing unseeded Italian Potito Starace 6-2 6-3 6-0 on Friday.

Rafael Nadal cruised through to the French Open fourth round after beating fellow Spaniard Albert Montanes in straight sets.

Lleyton Hewitt pulled out another battling performance to beat Jarko Nieminen on Saturday.

World number three Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia advanced to the last 16 of the French Open with a 6-2 6-3 win over teenage qualifier Dominika Cibulkova on Saturday.

Amelie Mauresmo's dreams of shining at the French Open at last were crushed when the Frenchwoman lost 6-3 7-6 to Czech Lucie Safarova in a third-round match on Saturday.

Marcos Baghdatis was given an easy ride into the fourth round of the French Open on Saturday when his Czech opponent Jan Hajek was forced to quit with a shoulder injury.

Patty Schnyder was taken to a 12th game in the final set against Karin Knapp in the French Open third round before claiming victory on Saturday.

Guillermo Canas, thriving on his return to grand slam action, silenced an army of Belgian fans by defeating Kristof Vliegen 6-2 6-2 2-6 6-3 to reach the French Open fourth round.

Both top seed Justine Henin and number eight seed Serena Williams booked their places in the fourth round of the French Open on Friday with comfortable wins.

Novak Djokovic beat Olivier Patience in five sets in the third round of the French Open at Roland Garros on Saturday.

Reigning champion Justine Henin beat Sybille Bammer to reach the French Open quarter-finals at Roland Garros on Sunday.

A fired-up Svetlana Kuznetsova foiled Shahar Peer's bid to become the first Israeli woman to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open with a brisk 6-4 6-3 victory.

American Serena Williams is through to the quarter-finals of the French Open after she beat Russian Dinara Safina 6-2 6-3.

World number one Roger Federer reached the last eight of the French Open after disposing of a battling Mikhail Youzhny 7-6 6-4 6-4.

Number two seed Rafael Nadal weathered a late comeback from Lleyton Hewitt to run out a 6-3 6-1 7-6 winner and progress to the quarter-finals of the French Open.

Russian Igor Andreev fought back from a set down to beat Marcos Baghdatis 2-6 6-1 6-3 6-4 and win through to the French Open quarter-finals on Monday.

Number 23 seed Carlos Moya overcame veteran Jonas Bjorkman in straight sets to advance to the French Open quarter-finals 7-6 6-2 7-5.

Though Novak Djokovic considers himself a challenger to Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer at the French Open, the Serbian is happy to be facing neither of the top two seeds in the quarter-finals at Roland Garros.