Costa leads the charge as Spanish dominate French Open

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.

Costa, the defending champion at Roland Garros, overcame home favourite Arnaud Clement in straight sets to join compatriots Juan Carlos Ferrero, Tommy Robredo and Carlos Moya in the last eight.

And he admitted afterwards that having such a strong Spanish contingent through to the latter stages was a huge fillip.