The sun makes a welcome return to Roland Garros on day 11, which begins with a win for Jelena Jankovic, who beats Yaroslava Shvedova 7-5 6-4 to reach the semi-finals
World number one Serena Williams - the champion here in 2002 - looks to join Jankovic in the last four, but must get past surprise-package Sam Stosur first
Stosur, the seventh seed who beat four-time champion Justine Henin in the last round, hits some stunning forehand winners to take the first set
Serena finds some form to level the match but pays the price for some erratic play to crash to a surprise 6-2 6-7 (2-7) 8-6 defeat against the Australian
Four-time champion Rafael Nadal is next out on Court Philippe Chatrier, looking to avoid the fate of the other big names to have crashed out early in this year's tournament
Nadal is up against fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro in his quarter-final, who has never beaten his compatriot but makes a speedy start by taking the first three games
Nadal recovers to take the first set but Almagro battles on and forces the world number two to fight to complete a 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 win in just over two-and-a-half hours
Third seed Novak Djokovic looks set to face Nadal in the semi-finals after racing into a two-set lead against Austria's Jurgen Melzer
But the Serbian crumbles in the next two sets and cannot bear to look as Melzer - who has never reached the semi-final of a Grand Slam before - fights back to level the match
Melzer comes through a dramatic deciding set to clinch a 3-6 2-6 6-2 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 victory and become the first Austrian into the semi-finals at Roland Garros since Thomas Muster in 1995
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