Fifth seed Samantha Stosur lost in the second round of Wimbledon on Day 3, becoming the highest-seeded WTA loser of the tournament so far. But judging from the previous 44 years, the upset fever should not infect the Top 4 seeds soon. Women's Tennis Blog's contributor Omair went through the history of Wimbledon and realized that in the entire Open Era only once did all the Top 4 seeds lose before the semifinals.

I was looking for something particular, but I ended up finding facts revealing that since the beginning of the Open Era it has happened only once that all the Top 4 Wimbledon seeds fell before the semifinal stage of the tournament. Surprising! Isn't it? If you go to the ATP Tour, it has happened twice there.

WHICH YEAR WAS THE WEAKEST YEAR FOR THE TOP 4 SEEDS AT WIMBLEDON? 2008!

2008 – very recent past! Yes, the year Justine Henin retired for the first time, the year Ana Ivanovic won her first Grand Slam and the year Sharapova suffered from her shoulder injury.

Let's have a look at the results of the Top 4 seeds at Wimbledon 2008. The Top 4 seeds were: Ana Ivanovic (1), Jelena Jankovic (2), Maria Sharapova (3) and Svetlana Kuznetsova (4).

ANA IVANOVIC

Ivanovic got the top spot courtsey of her first (and to date only) Grand Slam, the French Open title, but she could not sustain the form that took her to the trophy. She won the routine first round at Wimbledon, but needed three sets to overcome Nathalie Dechy in the second round, where she saved match points in the second set before winning the match 6-7(2) 7-6(3) 10-8. The win over Dechy squeezed the energy out of Ivanovic and she went down meekly in her third-round encounter at the hands of Chinese wild card Zheng Jie. Ivanovic became the first top seed in nine years to fall before the quarterfinal stage of Wimbledon.

JELENA JANKOVIC

Jankovic was the second seed and a condenter for the No.1 ranking. She could have overtaken the No.1 spot, had she made the semifinals of Wimbledon 2008. Jankovic won her first two matches easily, but in the third round against Caroline Wozniacki, future No.1, she injured her knee. She went on to win the match in three sets, but went down in straight sets in the fourth round against Tamarine Tanasugarn. Read more »

Ana Ivanovic was one of the best dressed players at the French Open, and we have already seen Adidas Women's Lawn Adizero Dress that the former world No.1 will wear at Wimbledon, but now photos from her latest shoot with the sports apparel company are available on her official website and we can see not only Ivanovic working her Wimbledon kit but also the exclusive shots of her colorful US Open 2012 dress. Read more »

Every Grand Slam is a unique opportunity for tennis fashion to step up and shine in the best light, so here at Women's Tennis Blog I always compile a collage of WTA photos to show the variety of styles in one place. For this French Open I played with movie making a bit and made this slideshow video. I hope you like it! Of course, don't forget to click the YouTube "Like" button if you do!

I included a lot of brands in the video, so that you get as comprehensive picture as possible. You can see players wearing Nike, Adidas,  Lotto, Reebok, Anta, Lacoste, Asics, Under Armour, EleVen, Fila and Adidas by Stella McCartney.

As you'll notice in the video, my pick for the best look of the 2012 French Open is Serena Williams, even though her display of the three-shade green Nike dress lasted for just one match (a long and exciting one, though). Also perfect was Ana Ivanovic and all the others who sported the Adidas Adizero style in lime and core energy.

Who's on your best-dressed list?

It's awesome being regular with these fashion overviews, so now we can easily refer to the past and compare. Check out Roland Garros designs in the past two years.

• 2011: Spring tennis fashion Roland Garros edition
• 2010: Roland Garros fashion radar – WTA outfits

Also, compare the claycourt looks with the styles sported on the blue courts in the Australian sun at Melbourne 2012.

By virtue of her excellent form, Dubai, Miami and Brussels titles in 2012 and the fact that in the entire year so far she’s lost only to Victoria Azarenka (six times, though) and Petra Cetkovska, world No.3 Agnieszka Radwanska was tipped off as one of the favorites for the Roland Garros title and by displaying the craftiness of her game in the defeat of Venus Williams in the second round, the Pole only reaffirmed the tennis world’s predictions. However, in the third round against two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, Radwanska won only three games, looked nervous and passive and left Roland Garros without proving herself on big stage. Kuznetsova may currently be 25 spots lower in the rankings than Radwanska, but the experienced Russian had no trouble demolishing the third seed 6-1 6-2.

In the fourth round, the 2009 French Open champion Kuznetsova, seeded No.26 this year, will play Sara Errani, seed No.21. Errani advanced with a 1-6 7-5 6-3 victory over former titlist on the grand stage of Paris Ana Ivanovic, who was so optimistic about the current state of her tennis, especially after winning her first round against Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino 6-1 6-1 and her second round against Shahar Peer 6-2 6-2. Ivanovic blames her bad serve for the defeat. However, even though Ivanovic is a much more famous WTA name, the meeting with Errani was expected to be tricky, especially because the Italian won three straight claycourt titles this season: Acapulco, Barcelona and Budapest. (photo: Ralf Reinecke)

Longtime reader Brenda showed me the new Adidas dress that Ana Ivanovic is expected to wear at Wimbledon 2012.

The clothing item is called Adidas Women's Lawn Adizero Dress and comes in white with an infrared line cruising from back to front. The top of the dress is asymmetrical on both sides.

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