Elena Dementieva has little trouble in the opening match of the day on Philippe Chatrier as she crushes South African qualifier Chanelle Scheepers 6-1 6-3
30th seed Maria Kirilenko is left chasing her tail as she is eventually overwhelmed by Italy's Francesca Schiavone 6-4 6-4
Justine Henin resumes her match against Maria Sharapova after play was suspended with the score at one set each on Saturday evening. The Belgian looks nervy as she drops her opening service game
But a potential fifth French Open title is still in the 27-year-old's sights after she recovers to win through 6-2 3-6 6-3
Venus Williams is next up in the women's fourth-round matches and is soon fighting a rearguard action as Nadia Petrova takes the first set 6-4.
The American looks well short of her best and succumbs 6-3 in the second as the 19th seed advances to a quarter-final against Dementieva
Italy's Flavia Pennetta manages to detain number three seed Caroline Wozniacki for three hours, but is eventually beaten 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 by the Dane
Salma Hayek and her husband Francois-Henri Pinault are in position to see Roger Federer takeon fellow Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka on Philippe Chatrier
The world number one never looks likely to surrender his title as he races to a 6-3 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 victory over his friend
Jo-Wilfired Tsonga's attempts to become the first Frenchman to win the Roland Garros title since Yannick Noah in 1983 are ended by a groin injury
After winning the first set 6-2, Mikhail Youzhny makes his way through to a meeting with either Andy Murray or Tomas Berdych courtesy of Tsonga's retirement
Last year's runner-up Robin Soderling makes short work of Croatian 10th seed Marin Cilic as he advances to the last eight with a 6-4 6-4 6-2 victory
Soderling's efficient showing means Andy Murray gets on with a chance of getting a decent portion of his match against Tomas Berdych finished on Sunday
But it is grim viewing, if familiar weather, for Murray's fans as the Scot loses the opening set 6-4. Berdych won the last of their meetings back in Adelaide in 2006
There is a short period of respite for the world number four as the rains starts to fall and the covers are rushed across the Suzanne Lenglen surface
Some busy brushing from the ground staff brings about an unlikely resumption in play and things get worse for Murray as the second set also goes the way of his Czech opponent
Murray ends the evening in contemplative mood in the Parisien gloom as Berdych strides to a comprehensive 6-4 7-5 6-3 victory
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