Henin, Federer cruise through
Henin, Federer cruise through 
From correspondents in Miami, USA
Former Australian Captain April 01, 2008
WORLD No. 1 players Roger Federer and Justine Henin advanced at the $8.23 million WTA Tour Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Henin in straight sets and Federer thanks to an injury retirement.
The Swiss superstar was leading Robin Soderling 6-4 3-0 when the Swedish player retired with a right wrist injury, advancing Federer into a fourth-round match.
Federer,
upset by American Mardy Fish at the Indian Wells semi-finals, will face the winner of Israel’s Dudi Sela and Argentina’s Jose Acasuso match.
Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was eliminated by fellow Frenchman Julien Benneteau 6-3 6-3 in another third-round match.
Benneteau, ranked 72nd, awaits the winner of a night match between US sixth seed Andy Roddick and Czech qualifier Ivo Minar.
Belgium’s Henin, who won titles at Sydney and Belgium in four starts this year, beat Russia’s Elena Vesnina 6-2 6-2 in her fourth-round match.
This is Henin’s first event after a Dubai quarter-final loss to Italy’s Francesca Schiavone.
Russian third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 2006 winner here and a finalist last week at Indian Wells, defeated Israeli 16th seed Shahar Peer 7-6 (7-4) 6-3, to book a quarter-final date with US sixth seed Venus Williams who beat Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-3.
Also reaching the final eight was Russian Dinara Safina, who ended the run of US tennis mum Lindsay Davenport 6-3 6-4.
In other matches on the men’s side, Russian fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko reached the round of 16 by defeating Italy’s Simone Bolelli 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 6-1 and will next face Croatian wild card Mario Ancic or Argentina’s Juan Monaco.
Agence France-Presse