HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-French Open day eight

Highlights of the eighth day at the French Open, the second Grand Slam tournament of the year, on Sunday (all times GMT): 1120 MARTIC POWERS INTO FIRST GRAND SLAM QUARTERS

Croatia's Petra Martic rallied from a set down to beat Estonian Kaia Kanepi 5-7 6-2 6-4 and seal progress to her maiden Grand Slam quarter-finals. Martic, who recorded her tour-leading 15th clay court win of the season, will next face Czech teenager Marketa Vondrousova.

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0945 PLAY BEGINS AT ROLAND GARROS Vondrousova eased past Latvia's 12th seed Anastasija Sevastova 6-2 6-0 to reach her maiden Grand Slam quarter-finals.

The left-hander struck 19 winners and broke her opponent's serve six times to clinch the victory in just under an hour. (Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru; editing by Sudipto Ganguly and Pritha Sarkar)