It's the 10th day at Roland Garros and who would have thought Francesca Schiavone would be grabbing the headlines? The Italian puts world number three Caroline Wozniacki firmly in her place with a stunning performance
Denmark's 19-year-old is second best in every department and as the drizzle descends in Paris she is crushed in the opening set 6-2 being pushed around all over Court Phillipe Chatrier
The US Open 2009 runner-up is more lively in the second set but the errors creep back in which includes being broken a woeful six times. The misery ends with Schiavone wrapping up a 6-2 6-3 victory
What else would you do when you become the first Italian woman to reach the French Open semis for 56 years? Kiss that red dirt. "I played really well," she says. But who will she play in the last four?
On Court Suzanne Lenglen, Elena Dementieva is taking on Nadia Petrova and both players struggle with injury in their all-Russian quarter-final clash on a damp and chilly Tuesday afternoon
The 19th seed Petrova looks in hot form as she takes the first set 6-2 but then starts to lose her way and Dementieva, runner-up in 2004, finally comes through dropping just two games in the last two sets
Time for the men to shine on a dreary day in Paris and it looks to be business as usual with defending champion Roger Federer taking the first set against Robin Soderling in the quarter-finals
Soderling, last year's runner-up, swiftly regains his form and moves up through his Swedish gears to ease to the second set 6-3 in 34 minutes. The world number ones looks rattled
With nerves jangling around Court Philipe Chatrier, the third set is a cracker with both scrapping for everything. Even a rain break at 5-5 can't disrupt the flow before the fifth seed fires down an ace to lead for the first time
Federer leads 2-0 at the start of the fourth set but Soderling roars back. The Swiss star's hopes of a 24th consecutive Grand Slam semi-final are slipping away. A small mini rain delay leaves him looking for a miracle
Revenge it is for the mighty Swede who breaks for 5-3 and he soon serves out for an incredible and thoroughly deserved victory. Soderling says: "To play the world number one on this court, it couldn't be better"
Who will Soderling face in the semis? It is Tomas Berdych (right) - Andy Murray's conqueror - who beats Russian Mikhail Youzhny in straight sets. Soderling leads Berdych in the head-to-heads 4-3. A cracking contest awaits
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