ALBERT COSTA retained his position at the head of the Spanish Armada when he became one of four Spaniards to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open yesterday.

World number one Lleyton Hewitt may be the top seed, but the Australian faces a massive task to claim his first French Open title.

Unseeded Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov produced one of the biggest shocks of the clay court season by knocking out third seed Carlos Moya 6-4 7-6 (7/4) to advance to the quarter-finals of the Telecom Italia Masters in Rome.

JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE made it the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after she and Lindsay Davenport ran each other to a standstill in a whole-hearted and dramatic fourth-round match at the Rod Laver Arena.

Top-seed Roger Federer advanced to the second round of the Qatar Open by beating qualifier Andrei Stoliarov 6-2 6-7(4-7) 6-4.

Swiss lucky loser George Bastl sensationally sent Pete Sampras spinning out of Wimbledon on Court Two - the infamous graveyard of champions.

Pete Sampras has crashed out in the first round of the Rome Tennis Masters Series, losing in three sets to Spain's Felix Mantilla.

Greg Rusedski overcame Goran Ivanisevic 6-2 0-6 6-3 to advance to the semi-finals of the Heineken Open in Auckland.

Seventh seed Rainer Schuettler has knocked top-seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov out of the Qatar Open.

Tim Henman will today meet Spanish qualifier Felix Mantilla in the second round of the Estoril Open after comfortably passing his first-round test yesterday.

Top-seed Gustavo Kuerten cruised through a first-round victory in the Mexican Open defeating Spain's Felix Mantilla 6-4, 6-1.