Stosur quietly moves into French Open quarterfinals

When it seemed as if no one was looking, Australia's Slammin' Sam Stosur advanced to the quarterfinals of the French Open today, defeating Virginie Razzano, the last Frenchwoman standing. It didn't take long; Stosur took the match 6-1, 6-2 in an hour and thirteen minutes. Her first and second serve win percentages, respectively, were 70 and 62, which pretty much says it all--and she threw in eight aces. Razzano had eight break chances against Stosur, but failed to convert any of them. Stosur has always had a great service game (though it was shaky earlier this year), but tended to crumble at big moments. So far, though, she has kept her focus.

Svetlana Kuznetsova won the first set against Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4, but in the second, she made way too many unforced errors, and her opponent also began playing with the precision for which she is known. The third set was all Kuznetsova, though, and she took it, 6-1.

As expected, Serena Williams had an easy time of it, winning her round of 16 match against Aleksandra Wozniak, 6-1, 6-2, in just 53 minutes.