Henin to face Williams in quarter-final

A mouthwatering French Open quarter-final clash was set up today that will see top seed Justine Henin face eighth seed Serena Williams in the quarter-finals.

Henin, looking this year to claim her third straight title at Roland Garros, triumphed in an hour and 24 minutes against Bammer, the Austrian left-hander.

After a one-sided first set, the world number one went 4-0 up in the second before Bammer threatened a comeback.

She won four games on the trot, the fourth seeing her come back from 0-40 down on Henin’s serve to take it. But there was to be no miracle recovery.

Henin broke Bammer in the ninth game and then held, after squandering two match points, to claim the victory and maintain her record of not dropping a set this championship.