Top seed Jelena Jankovic booked her place in the last eight of the Monterrey Open with a straightforward victory over Austria's Sybille Bammer.

Top seed Nadia Petrova moved into the second round of the Korea Open with a comfortable 6-3 6-2 victory over Jarmila Groth of Australia in Seoul.

Defending champion Venus Williams was forced to battle for the second successive match to book her place in the final of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament.

Venus Williams kept the defence of her Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament title on track with a straight-sets win over Kaia Kanepi.

TOP seed Rafael Nadal yesterday created a French Open record for consecutive wins in the men’s singles – but he admitted he was not at his all-conquering best in his straight-sets triumph over qualifier Marcos Daniel.

Top seed Dinara Safina confirmed her status as title favourite by crushing British number one Anne Keothavong on day two of the French Open.