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Henin sets up Williams clash

Top seed Justine Henin set up a French Open quarter-final with Serena Williams by sealing a patchy 6-2 6-4 victory over Austria's Sybille Bammer.

The Belgian, looking to claim her third straight title at Roland Garros, triumphed in an hour and 24 minutes against the left-hander.

After a one-sided first set, Henin went 4-0 up in the second before Bammer threatened a comeback as she won four games on the trot, the fourth seeing her come back from 0-40 down on Henin's serve to take it. But there was to be no miracle recovery.

Henin broke Bammer in the ninth game and then held, after squandering two match points, to claim the victory and maintain her record of not dropping a set this championship.

Williams, the eighth seed, produced her best performance of the tournament so far in beating Dinara Safina 6-2 6-3 on Philippe Chatrier court in an hour and 16 minutes.

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