Title favourite Guillermo Coria reached the quarterfinals of the French Open on Sunday without breaking a sweat while British comeback king Tim Henman had to battle down to the wire to make the last eight for the first time. In the women’s draw Serena and Venus Williams moved effortlessly closer to a possible semifinal showdown.

Former champion Andre Agassi suffered one of the most crushing defeats of his legendary career on Monday when he crashed out of the French Open at the hands of French qualifier Jerome Haehnel, ranked a lowly 271 in the world. But defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne enjoyed a 6-4, 6-4 win over France’s Sandrine Testud.

Zimbabwe and Kenya open their doors to Australia and Sri Lanka on Monday determined again to prove that both England and New Zealand were wrong to boycott planned World Cup matches in their troubled countries.