Austrian Sybille Bammer became the second player to move into the quarterfinals of the 2008 US Open with a 7-6 0-6 6-4 victory over No.12 seed Marion Bartoli of France.

Seed No.29 Bammer reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal winning the match that lasted three hours three minutes which equaled the longest women's match at the US Open on record.

The 28-year-old Bammer will face second seed Jelena Jankovic for a place in the semis. (photo: Getty Images)

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Second seed Jelena Jankovic became the first WTA player to advance into the US Open quarterfinals. The Serb defeated Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki 3-6 6-2 6-1 in the fourth round.

Jankovic surrendered the first set and it looked as if she would difficultly find her way out, but the world number two stormed through the second and third set.

In the next round Jankovic will face the winner of the match Marion Bartoli vs. Sybille Bammer. (photo via Sky Sports)

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Swiss teenager Timea Bacsinszky almost stunned sixth seed Dinara Safina in straight sets, but the Russian recovered in the last moment and continued her successful run on the Tour (since May, in-form Safina has reached six finals in seven tournaments).

World No.60 Bacsinszky, playing in the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time, won the first set, and in the second she was only two points away from victory when scrappy Safina woke up, fought back, and forced the match into a decider. As expected, Bacsinszky wasn’t much of a challenge in the third set after a great opportunity in the second slipped through her hands. Final score: 3-6 7-5 6-2.

Safina will next meet Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany. (photo: safina-dinara.com)

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Ashley Harkleroad, most famous for being the first tennis player to pose for Playboy, is not playing the US Open because of pregnancy.

The 23-year-old Harkleroad had an emergency surgery in March when she had to lose one of her ovaries. Harkleroad revealed that she was scared she couldn't have children, so news about her pregnancy are exceptionally good.

The world No.91 is in relationship with coach Chuck Adams. (via Forty Deuce)

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Seventh seed Venus Williams moved into the fourth round of the US Open with an imposing 6-2 6-1 victory over No.27 seed Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine.

Williams, the 2000 and 2001 champion, served three aces in the first game and never looked back. The victory came in just 56 minutes. Williams broke Bondarenko twice in both sets, while she herself faced no break points.

In the fourth round Williams will face ninth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland who advanced with a 6-0 6-3 victory over Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova.

Venus and Agnieszka have played only once so far, in 2006 in Luxembourg, when the Pole won 6-3 6-0. (photo: Getty Images)

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