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): 1600 NADAL BREEZES INTO LAST 16

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1330 FEDERER MARCHES INTO PARIS QUARTERS Third seed Roger Federer, bidding to add to his French Open title triumph in 2009, cruised into the quarter-finals with a 6-2 6-3 6-3 victory over Argentine Leonardo Mayer.

1200 KONTA BLAZES PAST VEKIC British number one Johanna Konta produced a sparkling display, studded with 33 winners, to claim a 6-2 6-4 victory over Croatian Donna Vekic.

Konta has reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final since her final four appearance at Wimbledon two years ago. "To be able to win a match likes this against a really tough opponent is great," she said.

"I felt I played well throughout the match. I feel great. To win in front of a crowd like this gives you goosebumps." 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.

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 Pritha Sarkar and Ed Osmond)