Pierce beats Venus in Athens

France's Mary Pierce has beaten Venus Williams in the women's singles event in Athens.

Women’s singles Round 3 summary:

(1) Justine Henin-Hardenne (Bel) bt Nicole Pratt (Aus) 6-1 6-0,

Mary Pierce (Fra) bt (6) Venus Williams (USA) 6-4 6-4,

(3) Anastasia Myskina (Rus) bt Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 7-5 6-4,

(11) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Fabiola Zuluaga (Col) 6-7(5-7) 6-1 6-3,

(8) Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) bt (12) Karolina Sprem (Cro) 7-6(8-6) 6-1,

Alicia Molik (Aus) bt Lisa Raymond (USA) 6-4 6-4,

(5) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt (10) Patty Schnyder (Swi) 6-3 6-3,

(2) Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) bt (16) Chanda Rubin (USA) 6-3 6-1

Men’s doubles quarter-final summary:

Fernando Gonzalez & Nicolas Massu (Chi) bt (1) Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (USA) 7-5 6-4

Mario Ancic & Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt (3) Michael Llodra & Fabrice Santoro (Fra) 4-6 6-3 9-7

(5) Mahesh Bhupathi & Leander Paes (Ind) bt (4) Wayne Black & Kevin Ullyett (Zim) 6-4 6-4

Nicolas Kiefer & Rainer Schuettler (Ger) bt (8) Jonathan Erlich & Andi Ram (Isr) 2-6 6-2 6-2

Women’s doubles Round 2 summary:

Nathalie Dechy & Sandrine Testud (Fra) bt (1) Svetlana Kuznetsova & Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) 2-6 7-6(7-5) 6-3

(7) Paola Suarez & Patricia Tarabini (Arg) bt Akiko Morigami & Saori Obata (Jpn) 6-4 6-2

(4) Alicia Molik & Rennae Stubbs (Aus) bt Catalina Castano & Fabiola Zuluaga (Col) 6-4 6-2

(8) Ting Li & Tian Tian Sun (Chn) bt Silvia Farina Elia & Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-1 7-6(7-1)

(5) Shinobu Asagoe & Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) bt Jelena Kostanic & Karolina Sprem (Cro) 6-3 7-5

(3) Martina Navratilova & Lisa Raymond (Usa) bt Amelie Mauresmo & Mary Pierce (Fra)

Zi Yan & Jie Zheng (Chn) bt (6) Myriam Casanova & Patty Schnyder (Swi) 6-3 6-3

(2) Conchita Martinez & Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa) bt Tathiana Garbin & Roberta Vinci (Ita) 6-3 6-3

Men’s singles Round 3 summary:

Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt (15) Tommy Robredo (Spa) 7-6(7-2) 4-6 8-6,

Taylor Dent (Usa) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 6-4 6-4,

(3) Carlos Moya (Spa) bt Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 4-6 7-6(7-3) 6-4,

(10) Nicolas Massu (Chi) bt Igor Andreev (Rus) 6-3 6-7(4-7) 6-4, Mardy Fish (Usa) bt Max Mirnyi (Blr) 6-3 4-6 6-1,

Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt (14) Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) 6-2 3-6 6-2,

(8) Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 6-7(4-7) 6-4 6-0,

(16) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt (2) Andy Roddick (USA) 6-4 6-4