World number one Roger Federer will face Frenchman Julien Benneteau and the partisan Paris crowd on Monday as he looks to book his place in the quarter-finals of the French Open on Monday.
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The top-seeded Swiss, bidding for the only Grand Slam title missing from his collection, will be second on Centre Court after seventh seed Elena Dementieva and Vera Zvonareva, seeded 11th, play one of two all Russian fourth-round clashes.
The other one will be on Court Suzanne Lenglen where 13th seed Dinara Safina meets world number one Maria Sharapova, who still has to put up a convincing display at Roland Garros this year.
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Spaniard fifth seed David Ferrer will hope to continue his run towards a potential semi-final clash with Federer when he takes on Czech Radek Stepanek.
Robby Ginepri will try to follow in the footsteps of Andre Agassi, the last American to reach the last eight on the Paris clay in 2003, when he faces Chile's Fernando Gonzalez.
There will be at least one more unseeded women's player in the quarter-finals as world number 87 Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic takes on Estonia's Kaia Kanepi, 49th in the WTA rankings, and hope to join Spanish qualifier Carla Suarez Navarro in the last eight.
Monday's Schedule of play: Play starts 1430 IST
Centre Court
11-Vera Zvonareva (Russia) v 7-Elena Dementieva(Russia)
1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) v Julien Benneteau (France)
28-Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia) v Gael Monfils (France)
4-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) v 16-Victoria Azarenka(Belarus)
Court Suzanne Lenglen
24-Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) v Robby Ginepri (US)
1-Maria Sharapova (Russia) v 13-Dinara Safina (Russia)
21-Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) v 5-David Ferrer (Spain)
Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) v Kaia Kanepi (Estonia)
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