Champion Serena Williams swatted aside Elina Svitolina 6-1 6-1 on Wednesday to reach the last eight of the French Open, while Kiki Bertens made her first grand slam quarter-final with a straight-sets defeat of 15th seed Madison Keys.
World No.1 Williams rarely sparkled on a damp, dank centre court at Roland Garros, but always wielded enough firepower to see off the Ukrainian 18th seed in a match that was delayed by two days due to the fickle Parisian weather.
The American will play Yulia Putintzeva of Kazakhstan for a spot in the semis. Putintseva upset Spanish 12th seed Carla Suarez Navarro 7-5 7-5.
Dutchwoman Bertens outpaced American Keys 7-6 (7-4) 6-3.
World No.58 Bertens often had the extra shot against Keys, setting up a meeting with Swiss eighth seed Timea Bacsinszky for a place in the last four.
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