Roger Federer's French Open title cut in half the points gap between him and No 1 Rafael Nadal in the ATP rankings.

Roger Federer never doubted he would one day end his French Open jinx even when many people were writing off his chances of ever winning the one Grand Slam title missing from his collection.

Undeterred by an on-court intruder, Federer beat surprise finalist Soderling 6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-4 to complete a career Grand Slam and win his 14th major title, matching Sampras' record.

Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-2 in an all-Russian final of the French Open on Saturday to take away her second Grand Slam title.

Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy won the French Open men's doubles title, defeating Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the final.

Dinara Safina hopes that a more ecomomical run to this year's French Open final will crown her drive to win a first Grand Slam title and silence her critics.

Roger Federer moved to within one match of finally winning the French Open when he came from behind to defeat giant Argentinian Juan Martin del Potro in Friday's semi-finals.

Close friends Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova set up an all-Russian final in the French Open on Thursday.

Roger Federer admits he's feeling the weight of history as a lifetime dream of finally lifting the French Open, and completing a career Grand Slam, inches tantalisingly closer.

Top seed Dinara Safina blasted her way into the French Open final for the second year in a row today by outgunning Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-3, 6-3.

Leander Paes and his partner Lukas Dlouhy stunned top seeded Canadian-Serbian pair of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic in straight sets to enter men's doubles final of the French Open here today.

Maria Sharapova shrugged off her devastating French Open hangover on Wednesday and admitted she's come a long way since the dark days of injury misery which sidelined her for 10 months.

Pint-sized Dominika Cibulkova became the first Slovakian to reach the French Open semi-finals on Tuesday after striking down Russian giant Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-2.

Chile's Fernando Gonzalez blew away British third seed Andy Murray in Paris on Tuesday to book a French Open semi-final date with Swedish giant-killer Robin Soderling, conqueror of Rafael Nadal.

Russian seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova says she won't be intimidated by American world number two Serena Williams when the two go head-to-head for a place in the French Open semi-finals on Wednesday.

Roger Federer is just three wins away from both a career Grand Slam and joining Pete Sampras as a 14-time major winner, but he's desperate to avoid sinking beneath a tidal wave of expectations.

Roger Federer avoided joining Rafael Nadal on the Roland Garros scrapheap when he battled back to defeat Germany's Tommy Haas 6-7 (4/7), 5-7, 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 to reach the French Open quarter-finals on Monday.

Serena Williams dispensed with any drama and won easily on Monday to reach the quarterfinals of the French Open. The No 2-seeded Williams extended her Grand Slam winning streak to 18 matches by beating Aleksandra Wozniak 6-1, 6-2 in the fourth round.

Leander Paes kept the Indian challenge alive by advancing to the men's doubles semifinals with Czech Lukas Dlouhy, but it was curtains for Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner Mark Knowles of Bahamas at the French Open in Paris on Monday.

The four-time defending champion lost to Robin Soderling of Sweden 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 7-6 (2) on Sunday in the fourth round, ending his record 31-match winning streak at Roland Garros.

Top seed Dinara Safina's stroll through the French Open continued today as she brushed aside France's Aravane Rezai 6-1, 6-0 in another centre-court mismatch to reach the last eight.

Big-hitting Chilean Fernando Gonzalez outgunned Romania's Victor Hanescu 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 on Sunday to reach the French Open quarter-finals for the third time.

Roger Federer needed four sets to reach the last 16 at the French Open on Saturday, but in the biggest upset of the tournament to date fourth seed Novak Djokovic crashed out.

Serena Williams accused Spanish opponent Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of cheating after winning a bad-tempered French Open third round clash on Saturday.

Andy Roddick is still alive in Paris, reaching the fourth round of the French Open for the first time in his career by beating Marc Gicquel of France 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday.