French Open: Quarterfinals are set

The field has been narrowed to eight in both men's and women's draws.

Men
1) Roger Federer (SUI) -- 16 slams, 27 quarterfinals
2) Rafael Nadal (ESP) -- 6 slams, 14 quarterfinals
3) Novak Djokovic (SRB) -- 1 slam, 11 quarterfinals
5) Robin Soderling (SWE) -- 2 quarterfinals
11) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) -- 2 quarterfinals
15) Tomas Berdych (CZE) -- 1 quarterfinal
19) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) -- 1 quarterfinal
22) Jurgen Melzer (AUT) -- 0 quarterfinals

Only Federer and Soderling are returning quarterfinalists from 2009 but as can be seen above only Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic have been to more than 2 previous slam quarterfinals, so this a little bit of a surprising group, especially for a men's slam.

The matches to be played over Tuesday and Wednesday:
Federer vs. Soderling
Youzhny vs. Berdych
Nadal vs. Almagro
Djokovic vs. Melzer


Women
1) Serena Williams (USA) -- 12 slams, 29 quarterfinals
3) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) -- 1 quarterfinal
4) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) -- 6 quarterfinals
5) Elena Dementieva (RUS) -- 10 quarterfinals
7) Samantha Stosur (AUS) -- 1 quarterfinal
17) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) -- 2 quarterfinals
19) Nadia Petrova (RUS) -- 7 quarterfinals
Yarovslava Shvedova (KAZ) -- 0 quarterfinals

Like the men, just two 2009 quarterfinalists are still around, Williams and Stosur.  For a recent women's slam, this is actually quite a few high seeds.  And there is only one unseeded player, there was at least 2 in every slam quarterfinal last year.

The matches to be played also on Tuesday and Wednesday:
Williams vs. Stosur
Jankovic vs. Shvedova
Wozniacki vs. Schiavone
Dementieva vs. Petrova