VENUS OUT OF FRENCH OPEN

Venus williams crashes out of the third round in French open against Agnes Szavay in straight sets 6-0, 6-4. Venus didnt play good tennis and Agnes played a fantastic tennis and she played with excellent timing and placement. Williams, a seven-time Grand Slam winner, has now fallen at the third round in each of the last three years. Szavay, the 29th seed from Hungary, stormed through the first set and then outplayed Williams in the second to set up a meeting with Dominika Cibulkova.

SAFINA WILL SOON MEET JANKOVIC

Safina played really a hard tennis and she won in a straight sets on thursday to meet in the Porsche Grand Prix Semifinals. Safina ended a three-match losing streak against Daniela Hantuchova by beating the Slovak 6-4, 6-2 in the second round. Safina said" I have some close matches in the past and I really played well to beat everyone coming up".

Jelena Jankovic outlasted Germany's Sabine Lisicki 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 and will next play against Flavia Pennetta of Italy, who won 6-2, 6-2 over sixth-seeded Nadia Petrova, the 2006 champion and 2008 runner-up.

Safina will soon meet Jankovic in their semis if Safina win against 8th seeded Agnieszka Radwanska in their quarterfinals.

Elena Dementieva started of slow by beating Agnes Szavay of Hungary 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 and set up a quarterfinal against Marion Bartoli of France.

Jankovic led 4-2 in the second set but couldn't stop a comeback by the big-hitting Lisicki, who won her first WTA title in Charleston, South Carolina, two weeks ago.