For just the third time in the Open Era (since 1968) none of the Top 3 seeds will be in the final eight of a Grand Slam.

“Solutions don’t come from heaven,” Nadal said. “I mean, you can’t change everything in one day. And you know what? I had not forgotten how to play tennis for a week, but I played better today.”

Was the pressure too much for Wozniacki, the clear favorite once Clijsters lost, who is still searching for a first Slam title?

Will Novak Djokovic meet his match in Juan Martin Del Potro tomorrow at the French Open?

“I didn’t have much in my mind,” Zvonareva said of facing down a match point. “I was just trying to focus one point at a time and fight like I did since the very first point. I got a little lucky and was able to turn the match around.”

“I had stomach problems at the start of the year,” said a crying Ivanovic in her post-match conference, going over her various illnesses and ailments in 2011. “But I felt healthy before Indian Wells, then hurt my stomach again at the Fed Cup. It’s been stop and go, it is very frustrating. It’s inflammation of the wrist but I didn’t suffer it playing, I woke up with the problem. The bone has slipped and has caused friction. I’m very upset.”

Kim Clijsters is back from injury and seeded No. 2. It will be interesting to see if the Belgian can quickly up her game to the physical and mental rigors of the red clay. Clijsters will start against Belarus’ Anastasiya Yakimova, and is looking at a possible third-rounder against No. 25 seed Maria Kirilenko, and fourth round against No. 7 Maria Sharapova, facing a Russian “Maria” onslaught.

Former No. 1 Maria Sharapova took a giant step back toward hanging with the big dogs.

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are set on a Sunday final collision course.

Andy Roddick’s tough European clay season continued today in Rome.