Tennis - Andy Murray has been knocked out in the quarter finals of the French Open at Rolland Garros. The world number three struggled against an inspired performance from his opponent, the number 12 seed Fernando Gonzalez of Chile. Gonzalez won in four sets 6-3 3-6 6-love 6-4.He’ll now play the tournaments surprise package Robin Soderling in the semi finals. The Swede kept up his blistering form by demolishing Nicolay Davydenko in straight sets. The remaining men’s quarter finals take place later today. Roger Federer plays Gael Monfis and Juan Martin del Potro takes on Tommy Robredo.
In the women’s competition the top seed Dinara Safina survived a scare from Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.Safina lost the first set before coming through in three to set up a semi final clash with Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia. Cibulkova who’s the number 20 seed crushed Maria Sharapova 6-0 6-2. The other women’s quarter finals between Sorana Cirstea and Samantha Stosur and Svetlana Kuznetzova and Serena Williams are out on court later today.
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