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The quest to get
the Roland Garros trophy, and the number one ranking by Rafael Nadal
was boosted on the Phillipe Chartrier court on Wednesday. The 4-time
winner was taken through the grinder by Nicolas Almagro in three sets.
Nadal won 7-6 7-6 6-4 in a match that lasted almost three hours.

With the loss of
Roger Federer to Robin Soderling on Tuesday, the coast is clearer as
the Spaniard seeks to get back on top of the pile in the world ranking
that will be released after the French Open.

Almago had started
stunningly taking the first two games with ease. The crowd were stunned
and thought another champion was going to be sent tumbling out of
Paris. They shouldn’t have worried as Nadal drew on the famous recovery
powers to get back into the game. The number two seed clinched the
opening set on the tie-break, and Almagro was left frustrated as he
seemed to have enjoyed the better of the duel.

Ultimately,
Almago’s 44 unforced errors cancelled out his 43 winners. Nadal marches
on to meet Novak Djokovic in what will be an epic semi final match on
Friday.

Serena loses out

For once, the two
top seeds in the Woman’s game are no more in contention for the top
prize. Samantha Stosur surprised Serena Williams 6-2 6-7 (2-7) 8-6 on
the famous Philippe Chatrier Court Stosur had become the first woman in
six years to beat former champion, Justin Henin on Monday. She showed
all her fighting qualities to beat Serena. The world number one had led
5-4 in the third set and serving for the match at 40-30 but Stosur just
refused to go away winning the set 8-6.

The Australian held on to win in two hours and 24 minutes. She now
has a chance to make her first grand slam final when she faces fifth
seeded Jelena Jankovic, who advanced by beating Yaroslava Shvedova 7-5
6-4 in a see-saw match. Jankovic will hope tto claim a first French
Open with all the top seeds out. The Williams sisters are into the
finals of the doubles event where they are rated at number one.