Dementieva suffers upset; Roddick wins
PARIS — Samantha Stosur knocked fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva out of the French Open Saturday, beating the Russian 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 in the third round.
Dementieva followed No. 3 Venus Williams out of the tournament. The American lost in straight sets Friday.
Stosur, seeded 30th at this year's French Open, converted seven of her 15 break points against Dementieva, the 2004 runner-up at Roland Garros.
The Australian has never before reached the fourth round at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament. She reached the same stage at the 2006 Australian Open, but has never made the quarterfinals at a major.
Seventh-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova easily advanced to the fourth round, beating Melinda Czink of Hungary 6-1, 6-3.
Kuznetsova, the 2004 U.S. Open champion, reached the French Open final in 2006.
Also Saturday, Andy Roddick advanced to the fourth round of the French Open for the first time in his career, beating Marc Gicquel of France 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.
The sixth-seeded Roddick is only the second American to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros since Andre Agassi in 2003. Robby Ginepri made the same stage last year.
Roddick has reached at least the semifinals at the other three Grand Slam tournaments, winning the U.S. Open in 2003.
Later Saturday, three-time French Open finalist Roger Federer and No. 4 Novak Djokovic were scheduled to play, as were No. 2 Serena Williams and No. 5 Jelena Jankovic. No. 6 Andy Roddick was already on court.
On Friday, Rafael Nadal made two-time major champion Lleyton Hewitt his latest victim on clay.
Hewitt has done well against Nadal in the past, but the unseeded Australian is by no means a serious threat on the red clay that Nadal so dominates.
"It's totally different playing him on clay to hard court and grass," Hewitt said after losing to the top-seeded Spaniard 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 Friday in the third round. "He's obviously as good as he's ever been right at the moment now."
Djokovic and Andy Murray also advanced Friday at Roland Garros, with Djokovic reaching the third round and Murray moving into the fourth. Top-seeded Dinara Safina made the fourth round in the women's draw along with defending champion Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova, but Venus Williams was eliminated at this stage for the third straight year.
