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Paris - Defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne and Anastasia Myskina, the 2004 winner, moved effortlessly into the French Open fourth round on Saturday.
Henin-Hardenne, the fifth seed from Belgium, who was also the 2003 champion, eased past Italy's Tathiana Garbin 6-4, 6-0, while Myskina, the 10th seeded Russian, was equally impressive beating Serbian 19th seed Ana Ivanovic 6-2, 6-3.
Victory was particularly sweet for Henin-Hardenne.
It was Garbin who beat her in 2004 to condemn her to the unwanted position of being the first top seed to be beaten so early since seeding was introduced in 1925.
Myskina too would have been happy to make the fourth round.
She was beaten in the first round here in 2005 to become the first defending champion to fall at that stage in the history of the tournament.
Later Saturday, defending men's champion Rafael Nadal faces French 29th seed Paul-Henri Mathieu for a place in the quarterfinals while Australia's 14th seed Lleyton Hewitt meets Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty.
Kim Clijsters, the Belgian women's second seed, takes on Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues. - Sapa-AFP
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