Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova was dumped out of the French Open in the third round on Friday after losing 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 to 30th-seeded Russian compatriot Maria Kirilenko
Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova was dumped out of the French Open in the third round on Friday after losing 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 to 30th-seeded Russian compatriot Maria Kirilenko.
Kirilenko, the world number 30, will face Italian 17th seed Francesca Schiavone for a place in the quarter-finals.
Swedish fifth seed Robin Soderling reached the last 16 yesterday with a 6-4, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 win over Spanish 29th seed Albert Montanes. Soderling, the runner-up to Roger Federer in 2009, will face either Croatian 10th seed Marin Cilic or Argentina's Leonardo Mayer for a place in the quarter-finals.
Nadal, Federer upRoger Federer and Rafael Nadal lifted the gloom with the Spanish claycourt king setting up a clash with Lleyton Hewitt.u00a0 Federer eased past German qualifier Julian Reister 6-4, 6-0, 6-4 to reach the fourth round and will tackle Stanislas Wawrinka for a place in the quarter-finals.
Nadal beat Argentina's Horacio Zeballos.
