Sixth seed Nicole Vaidisova is the first winner on day eight in Paris, dropping just four games against Tathiana Garbin

Down but far from out... Serena Williams hits the deck during her fourth-round match against Russian Dinara Safina

But after just 77 minutes, the American eighth seed is celebrating a place in the last eight for the fifth time

Ninth-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo steps into the quarter-finals with a straight-sets win over Filippo Volandri

Third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova continued her quiet progress through the draw to reach the last eight

Top seed Roger Federer has to take evasive action in his fourth-round match against Mikhail Youzhny

Federer is below his best but still beats Youzhny, leaving the Russian 13th seed to rue what might have been

Patty Schnyder had two match points on her own serve against Maria Sharapova to reach the last eight

But second seed Sharapova finally comes through after a marathon battle to win 3-6 6-4 9-7

Nikolay Davydenko was the last winner of the day, beating David Nalbandian in four sets