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.

This is hilarious! WTA players have no clear idea about who the Top 5 players in the rankings are, and to make things worse, not even world No.3 Agnieszka Radwanska knows who is ranked just below her! They are all pretty good with the Top 3, but the Top 5, hmmm, too difficult. Interestingly, they all think that Li Na is in the Top 5.

Elena Bovina guesses that Jelena Jankovic is No.5, and she's fallen out of the Top 20! Read more »

When Yaroslava Shvedova reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2010, she became the first Kazakh, male or female, to go that far at a Grand Slam, and now, two years later, after a devastating period with knee surgery and injuries, the 24-year-old is back in the quarterfinals in Paris by virtue of upsetting defending champion Li Na in the fourth round. So, today is a perfect occasion to feature Shvedova in our popular collection of photos of women's tennis stars when they were kids.

The above photo is Shvedova's first match photo, and guess, it was taken in Paris! Read more »

Serena Williams is out, Agnieszka Radwanska is out, Victoria Azarenka is out, last year's runner-up and 2010 champion Francesca Schiavone is out and now defending champion Li Na also waved goodbye, while Maria Sharapova kept herself in the game, but only after digging deep into the Roland Garros clay.

The seventh-seeded Li won the first set against world No. 142 Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan, but trailing 3-6 2-2 Shvedova won 10 straight games and sent the last year's titlist home 3-6 6-2 6-0 to reach the quarterfinals of Roland Garros. Two year's ago, Shvedova, then ranked No.36, was also a quarterfinalist in Paris, beating Sara Errani, Agnieszka Radwanska, Alisa Kleybanova and Jarmila Gajdosova on the way. Then Shvedova suffered a knee injury, had to undergo surgery, and more struggles in 2011 escorted her out of the Top 200 in singles. Now she's worked her way back and her next opponent will be either fourth seed Petra Kvitova or Varvara Lepchenko.

Li's exit leaves the French Open draw without former champions.

Second seed Maria Sharapova, after breezing through her first three matches, fought for three hours and 11 minutes before defeating Klara Zakopalova 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2 in a the fourth-round encounter that featured 30 games, 21 of which were breaks of serve. Therefore, it's pointless to even talk about who broke whom when. There were constant ups and downs. Interestingly, it was Zakopalova who finished the match with a better differential of winners to unforced errors, committing 48 unforced errors to Sharapova's 53, and 44 winners to Sharapova's 38.

Moreover, Sharapova served 12 double faults and Zakopalova 7. One of those double faults was on Sharapova's third set point (she wasted three opportunities to serve out the match), while Zakopalova ended the match with a double fault. Sharapova's quarterfinal opponent will be either seed No.23 Kaia Kanepi or Arantxa Rus. (photos: Tennis Buzz)

David Fearnhead, long-time reader of Women's Tennis Blog, professional journalist and author of novel Bailey of the Saints (out now!), did a Q&A with Kaia Kanepi about the Olympics. The interview's timing is perfect, as Kanepi is now under a watchful eye of the tennis world following her big victory over Caroline Wozniacki and over her own chokes in the third round of Roland Garros. Today she's facing Arantxa Rus.

Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi has had a great start to 2012, collecting trophies in Brisbane and Estoril. Then she ousted Wozniacki at the French. It’s hopefully the start of a special summer for the 26-year-old. This July Kanepi is set for her 3rd appearance at the Olympic Games. She has the game which could put her in contention for a medal… as long as she stays clear of injury. Here she speaks exclusively about her Olympic Dream.

Before Athens in 2004 I went running and fell, breaking my little finger on my left hand, it meant that I couldn’t really hit my backhand very well. I still had a great time there with all the other Estonian athletes. My favorite thing was the foodcourt, it was huge!

I had my appendix out one month before Beijing 2008. It was my first tournament back following that operation. I still made it through to the third round before going out to the home favorite Li Na. I didn’t get to go to the opening ceremony in Athens or Beijing because it lasts for such a long time and I had to play the next day. I hope I have the chance to go in London. I also want to go and see some of the track and field. Read more »

Just before world No.1 Victoria Azarenka could find no answer to Dominika Cibulkova’s pressure and left the Roland Garros tournament, the 2009 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova was also outplayed and said goodbye on the Court Philippe Chatrier after falling to Sara Errani 6-0 7-5.

As you know, Errani is no stranger to clay. This season she’s won three successive titles on the red surface (Acapulco, Barcelona and Budapest) and is now in the best form ever. After suffering a ruthless bagel in the first set, seed No.26 Kuznetsova raised hopes of a battle when she broke Errani’s serve and held her own to lead 5-3 in the second set, but then simply lost her way and the steady Errani won all the remaining games.

Seed No.21 Errani has now recorded back-to-back victories over two former Roland Garros champions, as in the third round she ousted the 2008 champion Ana Ivanovic. Li Na is now the only former champion left in the draw.

In her first French Open quarterfinal, Errani will face tenth seed Angelique Kerber, who beat Petra Martic 6-3 7-5. Errani is 0-28 lifetime against Top 10 players and Kerber won their last and only meeting easily, this year at Hobart 6-1 6-2. (photo: © Neal Trousdale)

Dominika Cibulkova was determined, precise and in control during most of the match against world No.1 Victoria Azarenka, to eventually oust the top seed 6-2 7-6(4).

In both sets Cibulkova outplayed Azarenka and in both sets the Slovakian got to lead 4-2, only that in the first set she quickly capitalized on the lead and broke Azarenka's serve once again in the tenth game to take the set, while in the second set Cibulkova let the lead slip away, from 4-2 to 4-5 and allowed Azarenka to come in the position to serve to level the match . However, the 15th-seeded Cibulkova saw nothing but the victory and continued to humble and frustrate Azarenka by breaking her for 6-6 and then finishing the job in the tiebreak on the second match point. The ratio of winners to unforced errors speaks for itself: Azarenka's was 19-25 (i.e. -6), Cibulkova's was 28-20 (i.e. +8).

The 2009 Roland Garros semifinalist proved that she's a mighty force at this year's claycourt Grand Slam. Her quarterfinal opponent will be either 2010 Roland Garros runner-up Samantha Stosur or young gun Sloane Stephens. (photo: © Neal Trousdale)

Kaia Kanepi survived one immense choking session and one regular-size choking session to beat Caroline Wozniacki in the third round of Roland Garros 6-1 6-7(3) 6-3 on the fifth match point.

Let's first mention the timing of the match points, it will explain quite a lot about the match. The first two Kanepi had when leading 6-1 5-2, the third one came like an hour later, at 5-1 in the third set, and Kanepi double faulted to continue the agony! At 5-3 in the third set she earned the fourth one, which Wozniacki saved with a nice winner, and in that same game Kanepi finally converted a match point, her fifth one. Kanepi was serving for the match five times during the encounter!

Here's how it all began. Kanepi raced to a 6-1 5-1 lead in the match. Wozniacki then won a perfect game on her serve, but I thought that would be just a short defense of pride as Kanepi was serving for the match in the following game. However, the outcome turned out to be quite
different. Leading 6-1 5-2 30-0, Kanepi missed a sure point on the net and her choking session began, which turned into a huge choking session.  Read more »