The underdogs gave the big names in Paris an awful lot of trouble on Friday; three of them didn't make it through the quarters.
(Rank/Seed)
7/1 Errani was the lucky one, barely surviving Suarez Navarro 75 46 75. Having just lost to the Spaniard in Melbourne, Errani saved a match point down 4-5 in the third to avenge the loss to reach her first semi since last year's US Open. Perhaps Errani's recent doubles success has helped her struggling singles.
French wild card Mladenovic got her first top 10 win over fading former champ (8/2) Kvitova 63 64. The French teen, hit 6 aces and came from 1-3 down to ultimately break to love to win the match in the second. If Kvitova can't hit one ace and hit 9 double faults on an indoor court (her best surface), she's in trouble!
Barthel got her second top 10 win over (10/3) Bartoli 76(7) 64. It looked as if the German had blew it, missing 3 set points in the first set, before facing a 2-6 deficit in the breaker. But Bartoli froze, hitting 2 double faults on both set points on her serve, sealing her fate against the free flowing Barthel.
Dutch lucky loser Bertens got her second top 20 win of the week, over former 2 times finalist (18/6) Safarova 61 75.
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