Venus, Sharapova shown Paris exit

Second seed Venus Williams was unexpectedly sent packing from the French Open on Sunday when Russian 19th seed Nadia Petrova mastered the gusty conditions in a no-nonsense 6-4, 6-3 fourth-round win.

The American, a finalist in Paris in 2002, could not derail Petrova`s consistent claycourt game on a windswept Centre Court as the Russian reached the quarter-finals for the first time since 2005.

In Image: Russia`s Nadia Petrova (R) shakes hands with US Venus Williams

Text: Reuters

Images: AFP

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