Eight players including Hungarian Katalin Marosi and Greta Arn play today for the remaining four quarter final places.

Grönefeld, Cornet, Sprem and Klepac are now among the best 8 players of the Gaz de France Grand Prix and by the end of the afternoon four other players will join them. On the center court the program starts with 7th seed Klara Zakopalova vs Mathilde Johansson followed by Katalin Marosi against 3rd seed Tsvetana Pironkova.

Mathilde Johansson

The Czech and the French player played only once before today's mach, last year in Indian Wells Zakopalova won in three sets.

Hungarian wild card player, Katalin Marosi's last WTA event was in october 2004 but she proved that she deserves the possibility to play on the Main Draw by defetaing her Russian oponent in the first round. If she wins against the Bulgarian player she returns to a WTA QF after the tournament in Bogota in 2003.

Grtea Arn after defeating 4th seed Iveta Benesova

They wil be folowed by another Hungarian, Greta Arn against Slovakian qualifier, Zuzana Kucova who ousted Timea Bacsinszky in the first round.

Last match on the center court is a doubles QF match between 3rd seed Cornet/Husarova vs Evtimova/Kochanova.

On court6 2002 tournament winner Martina Müller plays against left handed Czech Petra Kvitova who defeated 8th seed and last year's finalist Sorana Cirstea in the first round and they will be followed by another doubles QF match between the Obziler/Szatmari and the Klepac/Stewart duos.

11.31 Ideal weather for tennis. No bright sunshine, no strong wind and players have only half an hour now till start.

Did you know that only twice couldn't a Hungarian player get into the quarter finals? In 1997 and 2006.

12.11 Both Johanson and Zakopalova are on the center court now, beginning their match for the quarter final.

12.16 The Czech player started better, opened the first set with a break and now leads 2-0 just like Kvitova against Müller.

Petra Kvitova

12.27 Zakopalova domonates the set, leads now 5-0 while Kvitova still has her advantage (3-1).

12.34. Johansson is strugling, Zakopalova won the first set 6-0 in 22 minutes.

12.49 Kvitova is heading for her first WTA quarterfinal of the year, won the first set by 62, while Johansson won her first game of the match (4-1).

13.04 Zakopalova advances into her fourth QF of the year with an easy 60 61 victory and the program is modified a bit. As the first match of the center court was only 47 mins long, a doubles match will be played before the originally scheduled singles match. On court 6 Kvitova leads 4-1 in the second set.

Petra Kvitova after victory

13.19 Kvitova won 62 61 and got into the quarter final.

14.38 On center court Klepac and Stewart are serving for the match against Satmari and Obziler at 64 54.

14.41 Klepac and Stewart advanced into the semis vith a 64 64 victory over Szatmari and Obziler. The next match is Katalin Marosi against 3rd seed Tsvetana Pironkova for the quarter final.

15.08 Katalin Marosi has begun her match for the QF place against Pironkova who won the toss and chose to serve but lost it and the Hungarian wild card player leads 1-0.

Did you know that a total of 881 sets were played on the singles main draw before the start of this year's event?

15.14 Pironkova also broke Kati's serve...1-1

15.20 It's 3-1 now for Marosi who broke Pironkova's serve again.

Did you know that Pironkova would be the fifth Bulgarian quarter finalist in Budapest? 1996: Elena Pampoulova, 1997: Elena Pampoulova, 2001: Magdalena Maleeva, 2002: Lubomira Bacheva

15.32 Marosi holds her advantage...4-2.

15.36 Surprise is around the corner, another break and Marosi leads 5-2.

15.40 Marosi won the first set 62...

Did you know that Marosi's last victory over a TOP100 player was in November 2003 in Poitiers, when she defeated Zuzana Ondraskova (80.)?

15.50 Pironkova needed a short break but after coming back she won the first game of the second set.

Katalin Marosi

16.19 Marosi made a break in the middle of the second set and now leads 4-3.

Did you know that Tsvetana Pironkova has never been defeated by a player outside 700?

16.23 Marosi leads 5-3 in the second set, Pirinkova is serving for staying in the match.

16.26 At 5-4 Marosi is serving for the match.

16.30 Pironkova broke Marosi's serve...5-5

16.35 Pironkova lost her serve, now Marosi needs a brave game to finish the match.

16.45 Marosi had two match-balls but Pironkova saved it so tie break is coming.

16.52 Marosi needed only the first of her four match-balls to score the upset of the day and advance into the quarter final against the 3rd seed Bulgarian Pironkova. Her next opponent for the semi final will be Karolina Sprem.

17.00 The program continues with another Hungarian, Greta Arn against Slovakian qualifyer, Zuzana Kucova.

17.17 Break in the opening game, Greta leads 1-0.

Did you know that three times in the tournament history could two Hungarians get into the QF? 1996: Andrea Temesvári and Rita Kuti-Kis, 2003: Petra Mandula and Anikó Kapros, 2004 Petra Mandula and Anikó Kapros.

17.44 Another break on Greta's side and it's now 5-2 for the Hungarian Fed Cup team member.

17.51 Though Kucova came back from 3 set balls, Greta won the set 62 with an ace and she's half way through to the QF against Zakopalova.

18.04 Greta broke the Slovakian's serve and leads 2-1.

18.12 It's 4-1 now for Arn with another break.

18.17 Kucova lost concentration at the end of the set and Greta won the match 62 61 and prepares for tomorrow's match against 7th seed Zakopalova.