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French Open - Day 6

Friday 29 May 2009 22:38, UK

  1. Image: Hungary's Agnes Szavay caused a big upset on Friday...
  2. Image: ...sending Wimbledon champion Venus Williams crashing out.
  3. Image: Williams, who saved match point in round two, was unable to recover this time.
  4. Image: Szavay was a 6-0 6-4 winner.
  5. Image: Williams congratulates Szavay on her win.
  6. Image: Andy Murray was back in action on Friday.
  7. Image: Murray struggled in the early stages.
  8. Image: Janko Tipsarevic served for the first set three times.
  9. Image: But Murray took it after saving two set points.
  10. Image: And after losing the second set, Tipsarevic quit due to a thigh injury.
  11. Image: Maria Sharapova had to grit her teeth...
  12. Image: ...against Yaroslava Shvedova...
  13. Image: ...but eventually won through in three sets.
  14. Image: Defending champion Ana Ivanovic raced into the last 16 on Friday.
  15. Image: Ivanovic took just 61 minutes...
  16. Image: ...to beat Iveta Benesova.
  17. Image: Top seed Dinara Safina stays focused during another easy win.
  18. Image: France's Aravane Rezai had reason to complain in her match.
  19. Image: Michelle Larcher de Brito's shrieking was the reason.
  20. Image: It was just too loud for Rezai.
  21. Image: Nicolas Almgaro was in action...
  22. Image: ...but he lost to fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco.
  23. Image: Novak Djokovic returned to complete a two-day victory.
  24. Image: Top seed Rafael Nadal...
  25. Image: ...was up against former world number one Lleyton Hewitt.
  26. Image: Nadal progressed with a straight-sets win.
  27. Image: Former champion Juan Carlos Ferrero waved goodbye to Roland Garros this year.
  28. Image: He was beaten by Philipp Kohlschreiber.
  29. Image: Nikolay Davydenko, the 10th seed, won in four sets.
  30. Image: Only the courtside flowers got in Fernando Gonzalez's way...
  31. Image: ...as he beat French wildcard Josselin Ouanna in straight sets.
  32. Image: Marin Cilic continued his good form.
  33. Image: But French star Gilles Simon went down to Victor Hanescu.
  34. Image: David Ferrer, seeded 14, bowed out.
  35. Image: Late in the day Carla Suarez Navarro took the first set against Victoria Azarenka...
  36. Image: ...but the ninth seed levelled before play ended with them level.