French Open day eight

Tsonga with some unbelievable defence, a hopeful lob lands on the baseline and Wawrinka lashes his forehand wide. Tsonga pushes a forehand wide, it's 4-2 in the fifth and on marches the referee. You'd think Wawrinka would want to come off but he's at least discussing going on... they're going off for bad light, probably about 20 minutes too late. On Monday we have Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Maria Sharapova, Li Na and a whole lot more - get involved...

Tsonga with an ace out wide, the Frenchman leads 4-1. Not sure what's happening out there - how can the other match be called off 15 minutes ago and this one is still going on? And why has Wawrinka not asked the question? 9.30 now in Paris - time to be getting stuck into a couple of bottles of Burgundy in a hidden nook of some lesser-known Paris arrondissement...

Three hours and 35 minutes of tennis played so far, neither man spent just yet. Cute sliced backhand from Wawrinka, the Swiss player has a break-back point... tremendous hitting from Tsonga, barrelling around the court before climbing into a ferocious forehand winner...

No movement from the referee, other than a small look skywards, and play continues. What's left of the crowd rocking and rolling now as Tsonga stamps himself all over his own service game. However, Tsonga yanks a forehand wide to make it 30-15 before framing a forehand long...

Tsonga with a rasping forehand winner to create a break point... takes it, dipping return, Wawrinka can't get down to it, the Frenchman leads 3-1.

Play has been suspended between Del Potro and Berdych on Suzanne Lenglen, with the score 7-6 1-6 6-3 to the former. The referee is hovering with intent on Philippe Chatrier, we might only have one or two more games...

Wawrinka did hold and we plough on into the Paris murk...

Wawrinka wrests the advantage, only to serve up a double-fault. Wawrinka wins a marathon rally only to hand Tsonga back the advantage with an errant volley. Mistake by Tsonga this time... better by the Frenchman, attacking the net and forcing Wawrinka into the mistake... Tsonga misses with a forehand pass.. and we go on...

Beautiful stretch-volley from Tsonga, really bending those legs, and he follows up with a wicked backhand pass to make it 0-30. Wawrinka with a well-worked point, finished with a smash. They're rocking now, though, on Philippe Chatrier, Tsonga creating two break points with a devilish drop-shot. The first goes begging, backhand into the net... as does the second... Del Potro serving to make it 2-1 in sets against Berdych...

Not sure how much more play the Paris light will allow but Tsonga and Wawrinka are into the fifth set of their fourth-round match, Tsonga winning the first game on serve.

Tsonga makes it 3-5 in the fourth, Wawrinka serving to take it to a fifth set... Del Potro has a break of serve in the third against Berdych, 2-1 on the Argentine's delivery...

Stosur has been broken again - she was 5-1 up at one stage, it's now 5-4 with Stephens serving. Women's tennis is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.

I should apologise to Stephens, she actually broke Stosur there, meaning she's serving to make it 5-3 in the second. Tsonga has woken up, making Wawrinka scramble and taking the Swiss to deuce on his own serve, at 4-2. But Wawrinka finds a couple of meaty deliveries to make it 5-2.

Stephens makes it 5-2, Stosur to serve for the match. If Stephens bites the dust it will leave Lepchenko as the USA's sole representative in the main singles draw, men's and women's. American tennis has problems, of that there is no doubt.

Tsonga has to save another break but can only manage the trick once, he's now 4-0 down. Tsonga starts weaving towards his chair at the end of the game, despite the fact there is no scheduled sit-down. Punch-drunk.

Wawrinka up 3-0 in the fourth, Tsonga there in body, not in mind, the Frenchman has lost seven games on the trot. Not that dissimilar to me. Stosur, having put that first-set stumble behind her is motoring towards the quarters, she's 3-0 up against Stephens in the second set of her match.

Tsonga's mind has gone walkabout, he's now 2-0 down in the fourth against Wawrinka. Looks like Del Potro has gone walkabout as well, he's being battered 5-1 in the second set by Berdych, looks like it's going to be 1-1 in sets soon enough.

Wawrinka leads Tsonga 5-3 in the third, and 0-30 on Tsonga's serve...

Some poor execution on the volley and decision making on the drop-volley hold up Tsonga, but he does eventually hold to move to 2-1. Sloane Stephens has broken sixth seed Stosur to make it 4-2 in the first set. Stephens is the only teenager left in the women's draw, the 19-year-old from Florida has been a pro since 2009 but done little of note to date.

Wawrinka manages to hold early in the third, 1-1. Berdych moves into a 4-2 lead over Del Potro...

Del Potro-Berdych is surging inexorably towards a first-set tie-break - might as well play the one breaker and call that the decider, save us all a lot of time. A couple of iffy forehands allied with some desperate scrambling from Tsonga adds up to 1-0 Tsonga in the third, with serve. We have indeed got ourselves a breaker over on Lenglen...

Tsonga moves into a 4-1 lead in the breaker before Wawrinka returns a 200kph serve with interest to make it 4-2. Tsonga opens up the court and slaps a forehand winner to make it 5-2 but misses with a wild one to make it 5-4.

Wawrinka goes long with a backhand return to hand Tsonga two set points, Tsonga blows the first on serve, steering a backhand well wide. Two set points gone, the Frenchman missing with a backhand again, 6-6 in the breaker...

... Tsonga leaves Wawrinka rooted at the net with a wrong-footing forehand pass before Wawrinka appears to get a lucky net cord that pops up, only for the Swiss to miss with his attempted backhand pass- tie-breaker.

Wawrinka is like a man reborn since receiving treatment, surging into a 40-0 lead on serve and holding with some ease. Tsonga's lost it completely, the Frenchman sucking the life out of Philippe Chatrier with an attempted sliced drop-shot that wouldn't have looked out of place on a municipal in Barking. Another mistake and Wawrinka has three set points... Tsonga refocuses and pulls out two big first serves... and a big second serve that makes it deuce...

Berdych and Del Potro 2-2 in the first set, that match going with serve. Wawrinka gets some treatment on what looks like a tweaked calf but he's able to continue. Nice, angled volley from the Swiss to make it 0-15 before Tsonga hits back with a booming ace down the middle. Wawrinka goes to town on that return to make it 15-30 and now we have two break points... tremendous hitting from the 18th seed, sealing the deal with a drive forehand volley.

Wawrinka, to put it bluntly, looks knackered. First there is a rather half-hearted framed volley before Tsonga rips the cord and sends a searing forehand down the line, Wawrinka unable to move. But Wawrinka keeps himself in the set with an ace down the middle.

Tsonga seems to have his game against Wawrinka by the jaffers, winning nine points in a row and moving to 5-3 with a booming ace out wide...

Wawrinka serving at 3-3 in the second set, Tsonga with three break points... only needs one of them, the Swiss firing a cople of forehands long... news reaches me that Andrew Murray is third on Philippe Chatrier tomorrow, the British number one up against local favourite Richard Gasquet.

Del Potro is on a five-match losing streak against top-10 players although he has won four titles on clay, including at Estoril in 2012. He also warmed up for Roland Garros by reaching the semi-finals in Madrid - where he lost to Berdych. Berdych, meanwhile has a 17-4 win-loss record on clay this year, reaching the semis in Monte Carlo, the final in Madird and the quarters in Rome.

Berdych and Del Potro are under way at a sunny Roland Garros, 1-1 in the first set. Wawrinka and Tsonga 2-2 in the second, the Swiss player upping his first-service percentage from 36% to the mid-70s.

We are assuming the fourth-round women's match between Sloane Stephens and Sam Stosur, the Australian sixth seed, will be moved from Philippe Chatrier so that it can be finished before the night takes us.

It's fair to say Tsonga isn't exactly a clay-court specialist - his best result on the red stuff was reaching the semi-finals in Casablanca in 2008. And as any self-respecting tennis fan knows, the last Frenchman to win at Roland Garros was Yannick Noah in 1983. Which would be funny, were it not for the fact the last British man to win at Wimbledon was Fred Perry in 1936, three years before the outbreak of Wold War II.

"Hug between Federer and Goffin after interviews/speeches (4R match!) then Rog pats David on the head and ruffles his hair."

Next up on Suzanne Lenglen is the fourth-round encounter between Juan Martin del Potro, the ninth seed from Argentina, against Tomas Berdych, the seventh seed from the Czech Republic. Del Potro leads 3-2 in head-to-heads, although Berdych won their most recent match, on clay in Madrid, 7-6 7-6.

Tremendous display from Goffin, the 21-year-old Belgian who didn't even qualify for this event - he went out in the third round of qualifying and is only there because Gael Monfils pulled out injured. Wawrinka and Tsonga still going with serve in the first set...

Goffin serving to stay in the match and he does so, outlasting Federer in several rallies and making the 16-time major winner serve out. Wawrinka and Tsonga still going with serve in the first set of their match...

Still going with serve on Chatrier between Tsonga and Wawrinka. Wawrinka has won two of his three titles on clay, in 2006 in Umag and in 2010 at Casablanca. Wawrinka is one of two fathers to reach the last 16 this year, along with Federer. No idea why I'm telling you this. Splendid from Goffin - the wee Belgian puts away a backhand volley before pointing to the sky, breaking into a grin and bowing to all corners. Federer won't like that.

Federer on the verge of his 36th Grand Slam quarter-final, which would tie Andre Agassi and put him five behind the great Jimmy Connors. Mind you, Connors was 39 when he made the US Open semis in 1991, Federer is only 30.

Goffin sticking to his task, holding serve courtesy of a whipped forehand pass. Plenty of Goffin looey-likies coming in for the young Belgian, from Sean Benn to Bryan Adams, although I'm plumping for George McFly, from Back To The Future. Not Marty, George. Wawrinka to serve first against Tsonga and he holds.

Tsonga and Wawrinka are knocking up on Philippe Chatrier. French fifth seed Tsonga and Swiss 18th seed Wawrinka have met twice before, including in the third round last year, when Wawrinka won in five sets. Tsonga is bidding to reach the last eight at Roland Garros for the first time.

Many thanks to Stephan for filling in, Ben Dirs back in the box and you join me with Federer serving first in set four. Federer moves into a 30-0 lead, only for Goffin to fight back and graze the line with a peach of a backhand return to make it his advantage. Ace from Federer to save and he eventually manages to hold.

Federer puts more pressure on the lucky loser's serve, earning two break points, but they both go begging with mis-hit forehands. He gets another when Goffin can only net a simple backhand volley, but the Belgian has the audacity to give the Swiss maestro the runaround. He eventually holds when Federer nets with a backhand, 2-1 to world number three in the fourth. Ben Dirs has returned to the chair, so I will leave you in his company.

I like these shouts for David Goffin lookalikes. To me he looks like the bloke from the film Road Trip. Federer holds his serve in the second game of the fourth.

Sunday Times tennis correspondent Barry Flatman on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra: "In exactly a week's time, we will be watching the champion move into position. If Djokovic plays a couple more matches like this, and when the opposition gets tougher, he is not going to be the first man since Rod Laver to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time."

Sunday Times tennis correspondent Barry Flatman on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra: "Djokovic is totally inconvincing. It is Rafael Nadal's birthday today and his perfct present would have been to see Novak make an exit from Roland Garros. Seppi will be left thinking what may have been having held a commanding lead."

....Djokovic nets though, and then goes wide with a forehand to keep the Italian clinging on. Novak to now serve for the match.

Federer gets a second break in the third set against Goffin, the Swiss world number three is cruising through the third set. From 40-15 down, Djokovic forces deuce against Seppi....

Still though, Seppi won't go away. Djokovic goes long to give away a break point, but the Italian can't take the chance, finding the net with a forehand. Then, some luck for the Serbian, as a forehand that bounces off the top of the net leaves Seppi with no chance. When Seppi goes long, Novak is only one game away from the last eight, and surviving an almighty scare.

Now then, is Novak out of the woods? Seppi nets for 0-30, and, after Djokovic nets a return, the Italian sends a forehand wide to give away two break points. Huge moment in this match, one that proves too much for the 22nd seed, as a horribly wide second serve hands Djokovic a crucial break via a double fault.

Sunday Times tennis correspondent Barry Flatman on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra: "There has been no momentum for Djokovic. If anyone has had momentum in this match, it was Seppi in the first set."

Federer holds to love, he's 3-1 up in the third and you've got to think he's over that first-set blip. Djokovic also has a simple hold, but his job against Seppi you feel isn't as simple. The next mistake in that one could well be decisive.

Sunday Times tennis correspondent Barry Flatman on 5 live sports extra is wondering if the fact that Djokovic has changed the soles of his trainers for this tournament is causing him any problems. Interesting theory. Seppi holds for 2-2 in the decider against the world number one, while a Goffin double fault gives Federer a break in the third.

Early stages of the third set between Federer and Goffin have gone on serve, 1-1. Djokovic easily holds in the third game of the fifth against Seppi, moving the Italian around the court and going 2-1 up with a tidy drop shot.

If anyone thought Seppi might go off quietly into the night, he's proving them wrong. He works hard to hold against Djokovic, 1-1 game all in the decider.

Thanks Ben. Just a quiet Sunday afternoon in Paris is it? Not much happening? Oh.

I'm taking a break, Stephan Shemilt at the controls for a while... Federer has broken Goffin, the Swiss serving to make it one set apiece...

Federer serving to stay in the second set over on Suzanne Lenglen, Seppi bidding to do the same on Philippe Chatrier. Two set points for Djokovic after a dipping forehand pass, followed by a clenched fist of defiance. Seppi nets, Djokovic has dragged it back to two sets all. Goffin and Federer 5-5 in the second...

It's going with serve between Djokovic and Seppi in the fourth - 3-3 - and between Federer and Goffin in the second - 2-2...

As somebody has just reminded me, it's Rafa Nadal's 26th birthday today, and what a present this could be - Djokovic and Federer biting the dust on the same afternoon, you'd have no qualms about double-faulting on cake after that.

GOFFIN HAS BROKEN! It's like we've entered some parallel universe at Roland Garros today, small boys in T-shirts are not supposed to take one-set leads against 16-time major winners. Weird.

... Seppi has just broken Djokovic back, the Italian nailing him with a forehand pass to make it 3-2 in the fourth on the underdog's serve... Federer has saved two set points, and he'll have to save a third...

Young Goffin, who puts me in mind of a youthful Brian Adams (or at least someone has just said that on Twitter and I've agreed with them) is still going at it hammer and tongs with third seed Roger Federer - 5-5 on the Belgian's serve. Goffin can break all sorts of records today: he's already the youngest player left in the draw, while no Belgian has made the last eight in Paris since Filip de Wulf in 1998.

Goffin and Federer 3-3 in the opening set, Djokovic breaks Seppi to make it 2-0 in the third on Chatrier and wins the next game to love. Luke Bambridge of Great Britain, 17 and from Nottingham, is a break up in the third against Borna Coric of Croatia on Court Eight.

Tim Henman's former coach David Felgate on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra: "I don't think it was spectacular the way Djokovic got back in it and there is still no big reaction from him. He has been very, very passive all day. Surely, Djokovic has to play better tennis and be more penetrative on the shot. Conditions are still very tough out there."

Djokovic wins his first service game to love in set four. Goffin looks like he's just been dragged out of the crowd but he's playing some handy tennis in the first set against Federer - what a point that is, the wee Belgian, who fell in the third rond of qualifying and replaced the injured Gael Monfils in the main draw, hooking a forehand past his illustrious rival after some magnificent scrambling.

The 21-year-old Goffin is bidding to become the first man to reach the last eight on his Grand Slam debut since Alex Radulescu reached the quarters at Wimbledon in 1996 and is the first lucky loser to reach the last 16 since countryman Dick Norman at Wimbledon in 1995. Djokovic takes the third set 6-3, the Serb into a fourth against Italy's Andreas Seppi.

Federer and Goffin, who has admitted to having posters of the 16-time major winner on his wall as a kid, are going with serve in the first set. Azarenka says she does not plan to play any tournaments before Wimbledon, according to a tweet from the official Roland Garros account.

No idea what's going on out there on Chatrier, Djokovic has just been broken back - to love. Seppi, the 22nd seed, is no mug: he has two titles to his name, a 6-6 record at Roland Garros and a 93-78 record on clay. Then again, Djokovic is the first seed he has faced at this year's tournament and has never reached a Grand Slam quarter-final. Djokovic has just broken back...

Djokovic is currently on a 24-match winning streak in Grand Slams, which puts him sixth on the all-time list. Manage to beat Seppi and he'll join Pete Sampras, Rafa Nadal and Jimmy Connors on 25. Remarkably, Roger Federer has won 27 Grand Slam matches in a row twice. Three break points for Djokovic - he sprays a forehand wide, before Seppi prods a backhand into the net to make it 3-2 in the third, with serve.

Djokovic breaks early in the third... only to be broken back immediately... Federer takes to Suzanne Lenglen, preceded by the diminutive and rather meek looking David Goffin of Belgium, who gives a rather timid wave to the crowd, as if he can't quite believe they're there.

Cibulkova plays the winner of Sloane Stephens-Sam Stosur, which is the last match on Philippe Chatrier, directly after Stanislas Wawrinka-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. But first, Novak Djokovic has got some digging to do, and this Italian soil looks to be pretty unyielding stuff. I'll keep you posted...

Tim Henman's former coach David Felgate on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra: "Well, who would have thought this? It was been unforced errors from Djokovic that has caused the problems and now it is a long, long way back for him now."

Djokovic serving to stay in the set... plonks a forehand into the net, Seppi moves into a barely believable 2-0 lead... Federer is next up on Suzanne Lenglen, the world number three up against Belgian lucky-loser David Goffin.

... we're into a tie-breaker on Chatrier, you have to think Seppi has to win this set, a reversal could be cataclysmic for the Italian... Azarenka has just saved a match point over on Lenglen...

Azarenka and Cibulkova are deep into a second-set tie-break, our women's top seed could be on her way out, she trails 4-2...

Tim Henman's former coach David Felgate on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra: "Novak is still favourite for this match, even though he was a set and a break down. He is showing good signs in the last couple of games but I am still intrigued as to why he and his team have been so passive in the match so far."

Seppi now serving to keep the set alive and extend it into a tie-break. Marathon rally which Seppi wins when Djokovic knifes a backhand long but Seppi chucks the next two points away and Djokovic hauls it back to deuce with some dynamic scrambling. Seppi, as if he's wielding an upright vacuum cleaner, balloons a forehand miles long, wins the next, before Djoko pulls out some beefy forehands to keep the game alive... Britain's Luke Bambridge is in action on Court Eight, playing Borna Coric of Croatia in the boys' singles first round. They're at 4-4 in the opening set...

... another break - and set - point for Seppi as Djokovic yanks a backhand wide but the Serb slams an ace down the middle to save. Seppi tugs a forehand into the tramlines, Djokovic holds... Azarenka breaks to make it 6-5 against Cibulkova...

Seppi had his chance but he went a bit knock-kneed when it mattered - couldn't get that first serve working and Djoko made him pay, we're 5-5 in the second...

"Seppi playing unbelievable against Djok, not much Djok can do at the moment. Djok will have to dig very deep to come thru."

They're all level over on Lenglen, 4-4 in the second, Azarenka making that sound like a ghost out on a haunting every time she hits the ball. Seppi serving to go two sets up, this almost feels like Tony Knowles against Steve Davis at the Crucible in 1982 (for the record, Knowles won 10-1).

Tim Henman's former coach David Felgate on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra: "Why is Novak looking so passive? There is no energy there, absolutely nothing."

Cibulkova coughs up a double-fault at just the wrong time as Azarenka breaks back. Seppi throwing punches from all angles at the moment and Djokovic, unless he's playing rope-a-dope, looks like a spent man covering up in the corner. Didn't see this happening... don't lie, neither did you...

As an interesting aside, Azarenka is working with Amelie Mauresmo, France's two-time major winner who was somewhat renowned for getting a little bit tight around the collar at Roland Garros. Top seeds Mirnyi and Nestor through in straight sets in the men's doubles...

Azarenka looks like she's on the way out, the Belarusian 4-2 down in the second on Cibulkova's serve... then again, in her last two matches against the Slovak Azarenka was a set and a break down and came back to win.

Tim Henman's former coach David Felgate on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra: "Seppi is steam-rolling Novak at the moment, and he is just so calm. A set and a break up, but there is a long way to go yet. Even the biggest players have come back from that. He needs to conserve the energy not only physically, but mentally too, and not get carried away with the fist-pumping."

Tim Henman's former coach David Felgate on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra: "Seppi just keeps doing what he needs to do. Novak needs to find something and maybe needs to get a little angry to get himself going. He seems non-plussed at the moment. He probably is not on the inside, but that is what his body language is telling us."

Doubles top dogs Mirnyi and Nestor are one set and a break up in the second and cruising towards a fourth-round slot. The Bryan brothers are through in straight sets as news reaches me that Azarenka has gone mental over on Lenglen - two mangled racquets in the space of a minute, no need for that. Djokovic has been broken in the second! Seppi hitting the ball like a dream, Djoko hasn't quite got into it.

Azarenka has broken early in the second set against Cibulkova to move into a 2-0 lead. Women's tennis is so unpredictable it's almost predictable. Whoops, there you go, Cibulkova has broken back... going with serve in the second between Djokovic and Seppi...

"An afternoon of French Open tennis.. LIVE NOW on 5 live sports extra. Djokovic trailing Seppi, Azarenka trailing Cibulkova."

Djokovic balloons a backhand long and Seppi has taken the first set. There's a turn-up. Meanwhile, over on Suzanne Lenglen, Cibulkova has taken the first set against Azarenka 6-2. Two top seeds fniding things a little smelly at Roland Garros.

The Bryan brothers on the verge of the fourth round in the men's doubles, they're 6-3 5-2 up against Mark Knowles and Xavier Malisse. Not sure what's going on with Djokovic, he's just been broken again. Perhaps he can feel the weight of history being dropped onto his shoulders? Or perhaps he's just not hitting the ball very well. BBC Radio 5 live sports extra goes live at 1300 BST.

Cibulkova has broken back immediately and edged into a 2-1 lead over women's number one Azarenka. After a sublime start Djokovic has rather gone off the boil the last couple of games, Seppi pegging him back to 4-3, going with serve.

Just as we all had our feet up eulogising about the greatness of Djokovic, he goes and loses a service game to love. Azarenka has broken Cibulkova early over on Suzanne Lenglen.

Cute as a button from Djokovic, a knifed backhand drop-shot that makes it 3-0... already...

"WTA addressing grunting... But banning juniors from doing it creates issues. What happens when they graduate & play seasoned noise-makers?"

That is unbelievable from Djokovic - full slide and stretch and an angled backhand that wouldn't have looked out of place off the racquet of squash legend Jahangir Khan. The Serb up a break...

Djokovic races through his opening service game to love. We've got plenty of doubles action out there at the moment, top seeds in the men's draw, Mirnyi and Nestor on Court Three against Lipsky and Ram, the 15th seeds; the Bryan brothers, seeded two, up against Knowles and Malisse on Court One.

This is the first meeting between Djokovic and Seppi at a Grand Slam, while Seppi has won only two sets in their previous seven matches. Djokovic, of course, is bidding for his fourth straight Grand Slam title and a non-calander Grand Slam - only Don Budge and Rod Laver have held all four at the same time, although they won their titles in the same calendar year.

Djokovic and Seppi make their way onto Philippe Chatrier, Azarenka and Cibulkova make their way onto a gusty Suzanne Lenglen. Big smiles from Seppi, which might be surprising when you consider he's lost seven out of seven against the current world number one.

It all went off weather-wise overnight in Paris and while the rain has abated today, it is overcast, windy and the courts are damp, the sort of conditions Roger Federer reckons might give him a chance of a second French Open title. Kerber, the women's 10th seed, did see off the challenge of Petra Martic, top seed Azarenka up next against Cibulkova of Slovakia next on Suzanne Lenglen.

"Loud Errani beats loud-soft-loud-soft-loud-soft Kuznetsova. Agree with everyone throwing Stosur into the title mix."

Kuznetsova of Russia has gone down to sparky Italian Sara Errani 6-0 7-5. Two-time major winner and 2009 Roland Garros champion Kuznetsova was pretty ordinary to be honest, although it should not be forgotten that Errani was ranked higher, 21 to 26. Next on Philippe Chatrier is your man Novak Djokovic, who plays Italy's Andreas Seppi, the 22nd seed.

"Some of the tennis played by WTA's so-called big names has been pretty unpredictable this week. Form suggests Sharapova the favourite..."

... Kuznetsova loses that service game to love, four unforced errors...

Petra Martic has broken back against Angelique Kerber on Suzanne Lenglen, it's now 4-4 in the second, Kerber having taken the opener. Kuznetsova serving for the second set, but remember, nothing in women's tennis is as simple as that...

Kuznetsova leads 4-3 with a break in the second set of her match against Italy's Sara Errani - the Russian lost the first set to love. Tenth seed Kerber sailing towards a routine win over Martic on Suzanne Lenglen, the German a break and 4-2 up in the second set.

Ward-Hibbert of Britain, the boy's 10th seed, looks to be on his way out - having dropped the first set he's now 4-1 down in the second against France's Quentin Halys. For only the seventh time in the Open Era, the top nine seeds are through to the last 16 in a Grand Slam - the top eight seeds have never made it through to the quarter-finals.

Kuznetsova, champion in 2009, rallying to make it 2-2 in the second set against Errani, the Russian might not be out of this yet, especially given the nature of women's tennis, which is more unpredictable than the Manchester weather.

"Very dull overcast day here in Paris today... big change of conditions which will affect a few players - Tsonga prefers it hot and fast!"

As our man Jonathan Overend has just pointed out, also in action in the men's singles is Britain's Kyle Edmund. Bit of a shock on the cards on Court Eight, the Brit has just won the first set against Daniel Masur of Germany, the 16th seed, 6-4. Angelique Kerber, the German 10th seed, has taken the first set aganst Croatia's Petra Martic 6-3.

Morning. Day eight at Roland Garros and man-wise we have five of the world's top nine in action: second on Philippe Chatrier is top seed Novak Djokovic, who has a fourth-round clash against number 22 Andreas Seppi of Italy. Third on Suzanne Lenglen is third seed Roger Federer, the 2009 winner up against unheralded - and seemingly star-struck - Belgian David Goffin.

Also in action are Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5) versus Stanislas Wawrinka (18) and Tomas Berdych (7) versus Juan Martin del Potro (9), the second of which has the makings of a classic.

As for the ladies, 26th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova is first up on Chatrier against 21st seed Sara Errani, top seed Victoria Azarenka is second on Lenglen against 15th seed Dominika Cibulkova and sixth seed Samantha Sotsur is last on Chatrier against Sloane Stephens of the United States. Have some of that.