Top two ladies' seeds lose in Paris

PARIS (AP) The French Open will continue without the top two women&#39;s seeds. Top seed Lindsay Davenport and number-two Maria Sharapova combined to win just eleven games in their quarterfinal matches yesterday.<br> <br> Mary Pierce bounced Davenport from the tournament, rolling to a 6-3, 6-2 victory. Davenport had been the last American still alive at Roland Garros. The French Open remains the only grand slam event to elude Davenport.<br> <br> Sharapova also lost in straight sets, dropping a 6-4, 6-2 decision to tenth seed Justine Henin-Hardenne (EH&#39;-nehn ahr-DEHN&#39;). Henin-Hardenne has won her last 22 matches, all on clay.<br> <br> Number-seven Nadia Petrova is the highest women&#39;s seed to reach the semifinals. Petrova cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 win over Ana Ivanovic (ee-vah-NOH&#39;-vihch).<br> <br> Number-16 Elena Likhovtseva (lihk-HOHT&#39;-seh-vah) needed three sets to advance to the semifinals, topping Sesil Karatantcheva (SEH&#39;-sil kehr-uh-TAN&#39;-chuh-vuh) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.<br> <br> Petrova will play Henin-Hardenne in Thursday&#39;s semifinals. Pierce will face Likhovtseva.<br> <br> In men&#39;s quarterfinals, top seed Roger Federer (FED&#39;-ur-ur) bested Romania&#39;s Victor Hanescu in straight sets 6-2, 7-6, 6-3. Fourth-seeded Rafael Nadal (nah-DAHL&#39;) advanced with a 7-5, 6-2, 6-love win over David Ferrer.<br> <br> The last two men&#39;s quarterfinal matches are part of Wednesday&#39;s French Open schedule. Tommy Robredo goes against Nikolay Davydenko (dah-vih-DEHN&#39;-koh) after Guillermo Canas completes his match against Mariano Puerta.

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