French Open Day 8 Women's Review

Justine Henin won a one-set shootout against Maria Sharapova while Venus Williams was snet packing by Nadia Petrova

Henin recovered from the loss of her first set at Roland Garros for five years to extend her winning run there to 24 matches courtesy of a 6-2 3-6 6-3 victory.

Four-time champion Henin looked in real danger of her first defeat in the tournament since 2004 when 12th seed Sharapova had three points for a double break in the deciding set after the contest resumed this afternoon at one set all.

But the Belgian 22nd seed hit back to win five of the next six games and survive an enthralling encounter lasting two hours and seven minutes, spread over two days on Philippe Chatrier Court.

An inspired Nadia Petrova claimed the biggest scalp of this year's tournament after beating Venus Williams for the first time in her career.

Petrova had lost all four of her previous meetings with the world number two but showed tremendous skill and resolve to seal a 6-4 6-3 fourth-round victory on Philippe Chatrier Court.

The 19th seed, who struck an impressive 28 winners and saved six break points today, will play fellow Russian Elena Dementieva for a place in what would be her third Roland Garros semi-final.

Fifth seed Dementieva swept aside the only remaining qualifier left in the draw, Chanelle Scheepers, 6-1 6-3, while third seed Caroline Wozniacki survived a fightback from Flavia Pennetta (14) to win 7-6 (7/5) 6-7 (4/7) 6-2 on Suzanne Lenglen Court.

The last eight sees the Pole play Francesca Schiavone (17), who beat defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova's conqueror, Maria Kirilenko (30), 6-4 6-4.