Chile's Fernando Gonzalez, seeded 12th, books his place in the French Open quarter-finals for the second year running with a 6-2 6-4 6-2 victory over Victor Hanescu
Agnes Szavay returns to Court Suzanne Lenglen, the scene of her stunning third-round triumph over Venus Williams, but she is broken twice to concede the first set of her fourth-round meeting with Dominika Cibulkova
Top seed Dinara Safina follows Gonzalez on Court Philippe Chatrier and continues her bid for a maiden Grand Slam title against home hope Aravane Rezai
Safina's stunning form in Paris continues as she progresses to the quarter-finals with a comprehensive 6-1 6-0 victory over Rezai
Szavay and Cibulkova exchange breaks in the second set but Slovakia's Cibulkova shows greater composure to book her place in the quarter-finals with a 6-2 6-4 triumph
Britain's Andy Murray is back in action in the French capital, facing Croatia's Marin Cilic with a place in the quarter-finals at stake
Cilic trades shots with the Scot during the opening set but is broken by Murray in the 11th game allowing the world number three the chance to take the opener 7-5
The Croat loses the second set 7-4 in a tie-break and then struggles to match Murray in the third, calling the trainer when trailing 3-0 in the third
Murray soon wraps up an excellent win, serving out to seal a 7-5 7-6 (7-4) 6-1 victory over Cilic to progress to the last eight for the first time in the French Open
Sweden's Robin Soderling doesn't appear to be fazed by the challenge of facing Rafael Nadal as he incredibly takes the opening set 6-2 against the defending champion
Nadal is pushed all the way in the second set but manages to secure a 7-2 victory in the tie-break to level the match on Court Philippe Chatrier
The world number one struggles to match Soderling's exceptional form and loses the third set 6-4 and is now just one set from an incredible defeat to the Swede
Soderling's aggressive play and huge shots unsettle the Spaniard and he struggles to impose his usual dominance as the fourth set heads to a tie-break with a major upset on the cards
Nadal's form is torn apart in the tie-break as Soderling completes a remarkable 6-2 6-7 (2-7) 6-4 7-6 (7-2) win and in doing so creates one of the biggest upsets in French Open history
Defending women's champion Ana Ivanovic also surrenders her French Open crown with a 6-2 6-3 defeat by Victoria Azarenka
Maria Sharapova shows impressive character to come back from losing the second set against China's Li Na to love by winning the decider and reaching the last eight with a 6-4 0-6 6-4 victory
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