Australian Samantha Stosur will face fourth seed Venus Williams after reaching the final eight at the Madrid Masters.
In the WTA eventn at the Madrid Masters, Stosur and China's Li Na stormed into the last eight.
Eighth seed Stosur stopped Swiss Patty Schnyder 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 while Li, the 13th seed, put out Alona Bondarenko of the Ukraine with a 6-3, 6-4 win.
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Stosur next faces a test against fourth seed Venus Williams, against whom she stands 0-3 from 2007 and 2008 meetings.
Li will play Israeli Shahar Peer, who defeated Spain's Arantxa Parra Santonja 7-5, 6-2.
Stosur remains a huge force on the spring clay after winning 14 of her last 15 matches on the surface, taking the title last month at Charleston and playing the final in Stuttgart against Justine Henin.
The 2009 Roland Garros semi-finalist will arrive in Paris as the highest-ranked Australian woman since Wendy Turnbull was classed fifth in February 1984.
Arvane Rezai of France needed seven match points to hold off Andrea Petkovic in a 6-4, 7-6 (10/8) victory while third seed Jelena Jankovic advanced over Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-2, 6-0.
