Caroline Wozniacki, with two slam finals now the most experienced player left, continued her fine year with a surprise 6-1 4-6 6-2 victory over 2009 victor Kuznetsova, one of the title favourites. "I experienced something in Germany where it was way more fired up, but I didn't criticise the crowd being unfair or anything, because it's also normal to see the crowd picking out their favourite".
No. 13 Kristina Mladenovic of France is playing No. 30 Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland at Court Philippe Chatrier, while No. 11 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark faces unseeded 19-year-old Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia at Court Suzanne Lenglen.
This is the first time that the 13th-seeded Mladenovic has reached the quarterfinals at her home Grand Slam.
"I think the rain helps me a lot, because I was really down in the fourth set and mentally I wasn't ready", admitted Nishikori. Bacsinszky, she said, "had so many answers today", among them an array of well-placed drop shots that tested her quickness on the red surface.
"I think it's such a nice head-to-head coming up for everybody".
When she returned, she was asked again whether the "forza" calls had been annoying, and replied: "No, I think she speaks like 25 languages, I heard". She then joked: "I made about 35 double faults today, but everything's OK". Karen Khachanov will play Andy Murray in the fourth round after the giant Russian beat American 21st seed John Isner 7-6 (7/1), 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/3). The 24-year-old Mladenovic reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros for the first time.
"It's a very painful defeat here in the French Open", said a tearful Muguruza.
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It reminded me of why she's a Grand Slam champion. I mean, I love playing here.
"I don't know if I have a different culture of sport".
- Isner bows out as the player with the most aces at Roland Garros so far. But with her 37th birthday to come later this month, and as she continues to live with Sjogren's syndrome, the auto-immune disease that causes chronic fatigue and muscle soreness, it is still about the bigger picture for Williams.
Second seed Karolina Pliskova, third seed Simona Halep and fifth seed Elina Svitolina will aim to reach the quarter-finals when they play their fourth-round matches on Monday. I don't know how to explain.
The last teenager to advance to the semifinals at Roland Garros was Ana Ivanovic 10 years ago.
Among four Chinese players who featured in women's doubles third round on Sunday, only Zheng Saisai remained in the draw as she and her Romanian partner Irina-Camelia Begu beat Duan Yingying and Peng Shuai of China 6-4, 6-2.
The Dane, previously engaged to Rory McIlroy, said: "I think if everything is calm and good in life, it makes it much easier to focus on the court".
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