Federer survives a scare

Second seed Roger Federer produced a thrilling riposte to Gilles Simon's gallant attempt to knock him out of the French Open on Sunday, coming from behind to beat the Frenchman 6-1 4-6 2-6 6-2 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals.
Federer's proud record of consecutive 36 grand slam quarterfinal appearances stretching back to 2004 looked in jeopardy when Simon turned the match on its head with some superb tennis after being initially outclassed.
But Federer refused to panic and hit back in style for his 900th tour win in front of a raucous late-evening crowd on Philippe Chatrier Court
The 2009 champion will now face another Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for a place in the semifinals.
French sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who has yet to drop a set at Roland Garros this tear,  easily dispatched Serbian Viktor Troicki 6-3 6-3 6-3 in one hour 45 minutes.
Claycourt warrior Tommy Robredo came back from the brink yet again to beat fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro and reach the quarter-finals, The 31-year-old Robredo looked down and out when he trailed by two sets and 4-1 on Suzanne Lenglen court but produced a stunning fightback to outlast the 11th seed 6-7(5) 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 after a three-hour-49-minute baseline battle.
It was the third match in a row that Robredo had performed a Houdini act from a two-set deficit, the first player to achieve that feat in a grand slam since Frenchman Henri Cochet at Wimbledon in 1927, and was overcome with emotion at the end.
Serena Williams bludgeoned her way to another lopsided win at the French Open on Sunday as she continued her quest for a second French Open title, 11 years after her first.
The top seeded American needed just 70 minutes to dispose of the world's top doubles player, Roberta Vinci of Italy, 6-1, 6-3 and in four matches at Roland Garros this year, she has dropped just 10 games.
The win puts her into a quarterfinal match-up against unseeded Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia who won the title in Paris in 2009 after defeating Williams in a quarterfinal thriller.
Kuznetsova, who outlasted eighth seed Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, said she would relish going up again against Williams, even given her current form.
In the men's draw David Ferrer, the quiet man of tennis, reached the quarterfinals for the fourth time.
Ferrer, the Spanish fourth seed and a semifinalist in 2012, breezed past South Africa's Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-1, 6-1.
The 31-year-old has made the last eight without dropping a set and goes on to an all-Spanish quarterfinal against either Tommy Robredo or Nicolas Almagro.