体坛英语新闻：Top seeds move on at French Open

Nadal is going to face his compatriot Nicolas Almagro in the quarterfinals as the 19th seed knocked out the seventh seed Fernando Verdasco, also from Spain in 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 and 6-4.

Another quarterfinal will see the 15th seed Tomas Berdych from Czech to play the 11th seed Mikhail Youzhny from Russia.

In the women's singles, top seed Serena Williams only needed 67 minutes to beat Shahar Peer of Israel. The American world No. 1 is going to fight against Australian Samantha Stosur, who beat four time French Open champion Justine Henin from Belgium in 2-6, 6-1 and 6-4.

Justine Henin of Belgium reacts during a break at the women's singles fourth round match against Samantha Stosur of Australia at the French Open tennis championship in Paris, France, on May 31, 2010. Henin lost 1-2.

The fourth seed Jelena Jankovic ended Slovak Daniela Hantuchova 's journey at Roland Garros with a win in 6-4, 6-2. The Serbian's quarterfinal opponent is Yaroslava Shvedova from Kazakstan, who eliminated Australian Jarmila Groth in 6-4, 6-3.

The third seed Caroline Wozniacki and fifth seed Elena Dementieva had eased into the quarterfinals on Sunday. Wozniacki is going to meet Italian Francesca Schiavone while Dementieva will face her Russian compatriot Nadia Petrova.