Davydenko,Hewitt loose|Top Seeds sails through

Last year semi Finalist and 4th seeded Nikolay Davydenko lost in a nail-biting 5 setter to 28th seeded croatian Ivan lubjic to become the highest seeded player to lose.

A two-time semifinalist at this claycourt Grand Slam, Davydenko looked like he was poised to reach the next round before the 28th-seeded Croatian found his game.

“This feels like my biggest victory ever, beating Nikolay in five sets on clay after being two sets to love down,” Ljubicic said. “That’s definitely not easy. He was playing unbelievable in the first two sets but he slowed down in the third. I smelled blood and said to myself, ‘Let’s try to hang in here.’ From then on, I played very, very well.”

Davydenko admitted he lost her nerve.

“The first two sets he didn’t play, but then he started to fight a little bit,” the Russian said. “I started to become nervous and make so many mistakes. He saw I was losing ground fast.”

In Another nail=biting five setter Fifth-seeded David Ferrer advanced to the fourth round with a marathon 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Lleyton Hewitt.“Hopefully it will help me going into Wimbledon,” Hewitt said. “That’s the biggest positive I will take out of it. If a couple of points had have gone my way, I could easily be through.”

Federer gaining momentum

Roger Federer is gaining momentum in his bid to win that elusive French Open title.

The top-ranked Swiss beat Mario Ancic 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 Saturday to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros for the sixth time. It’s the only Grand Slam tournament he has yet to win.

Sharapova wins again

After stumbling through a pair of three-set victories, accumulating 27 double-faults along the way, Sharapova was sharper—for about a set, anyway. Her 7-6 (4), 6-0 victory over No. 32 Karin Knapp of Italy wasn’t without hiccups, including nine more double-faults, two of which allowed Knapp to break when Sharapova served for the first set at 5-4.

But Sharapova’s serve and other strokes grew sturdier. She hit a high-kicking service winner to get to set point in the tiebreaker, then smacked a cross-court backhand to end it, punctuating the winner with a shriek of “Yeah!” That presaged a strong finish.