Agnieszka Radwanska and Simona Halep accused the French Open of not caring about the players after both women were knocked out in the fourth round after being made to play in the rain.

Tim Henman triumphed in the battle of the thirty-somethings at Roland Garros when he beat Denmark’s Kenneth Carlsen in a first round encounter which, apart from one blip in the third set, was as routine as tennis gets at the highest level.

Venus Williams left Court Philippe Chatrier to a sprinkling of boos as Vera Zvonareva ended one of the most historic runs in world tennis tonight and set up an all-Russian quarter final.