PARIS, France - Kvitova, Azarenka, Sharapova... throughout the fortnight they were all included among the favorites to win this year's French Open, but a certain Chinese trailblazer had other ideas. One by one Li Na took them all down, and now the 29-year-old from Wuhan is in her second straight Slam final.

PARIS, France - Her serve and groundstrokes looking about as good as they ever have, Maria Sharapova equalled her best ever French Open result on Wednesday, beating Andrea Petkovic to move into the semifinals.

PARIS, France - Perhaps it was the idea of letting go of her beloved title, or maybe it was seeing a few unforced errors creeping into her opponent's game. Whatever it was, Francesca Schiavone fought for her life and succeeded in reaching the semifinals of the French Open on Tuesday afternoon, rallying from 61 41 down to beat Russian teenager Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 16 75 75.

PARIS, France - With two of the three players ahead of her on the rankings out of the tournament, Victoria Azarenka's dream of winning her Grand Slam title are looking more likely, especially after a dominant third round win Friday.

PARIS, France - A day after Court Philippe Chatrier saw Kim Clijsters ousted and Maria Sharapova pushed to the absolute limit, the top names continued to struggle on center stage on Friday, as No.8 seed and last year's runner-up Samantha Stosur lost to South American No.1 Gisela Dulko, 64 16 63.

PARIS, France - Daniela Hantuchova joined Katarina Studenikova and Dominika Cibulkova as the third Slovak ever to beat a reigning No.1 on Friday afternoon, stunning Caroline Wozniacki in the third round of the French Open - even more stunning was the scoreline of the one-hour, 13-minute win: 61 63.