Top 3 women gone from Paris
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May 31, 2011, Tuesday
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WORLD No. 3 Vera Zvonareva's loss in the fourth round on Sunday, following earlier exits by No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki and No. 2 Kim Clijsters, makes this year's French Open the first in the Open era with none of the top three seeded women in the quarterfinals.
Then again, maybe the seedings weren't the best way to judge who would take the title. Some familiar faces are still around, including the past two French Open champions, 2010's Francesca Schiavone of Italy, and 2009's Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia.
"We will see," said the fifth-seeded Schiavone after beating No. 10 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia on Sunday. "For sure it's interesting, but in (women's) tennis now, it's really, really open."
Kuznetsova, who also won the 2004 US Open but is seeded 13th after a wayward 2010, came back to eliminate No. 28 Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia.
In the quarterfinals, Kuznetsova will meet No. 11 Marion Bartoli of France, the runner-up at Wimbledon in 2007.
It's only the third time the women seeded Nos. 1-3 are gone by the quarterfinals at any grand slam since 1968. The others were Wimbledon in 2008 and the Australian Open in 1997. Of the eight women scheduled to play their fourth-round matches, only Maria Sharapova has won a grand slam title.
Then again, maybe the seedings weren't the best way to judge who would take the title. Some familiar faces are still around, including the past two French Open champions, 2010's Francesca Schiavone of Italy, and 2009's Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia.
"We will see," said the fifth-seeded Schiavone after beating No. 10 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia on Sunday. "For sure it's interesting, but in (women's) tennis now, it's really, really open."
Kuznetsova, who also won the 2004 US Open but is seeded 13th after a wayward 2010, came back to eliminate No. 28 Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia.
In the quarterfinals, Kuznetsova will meet No. 11 Marion Bartoli of France, the runner-up at Wimbledon in 2007.
It's only the third time the women seeded Nos. 1-3 are gone by the quarterfinals at any grand slam since 1968. The others were Wimbledon in 2008 and the Australian Open in 1997. Of the eight women scheduled to play their fourth-round matches, only Maria Sharapova has won a grand slam title.
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