Quarter-final result:

K CLIJSTERS Bel v M HINGIS Swi

7-6 6-1

Game-by-game updates

Second set:

"I predicted Justine Henin-Hardenne would win the title at the beginning of these two weeks but I'm changing to Kim Clijsters after that performance."
BBC analyst John Lloyd

Clijsters 6-1 Hingis
Clijsters continues to pound the Hingis serve and quickly finds herself with two match points. Hingis saves the first with some cleverly aggressive play. But Clijsters forces the error on the second to book a semi-final place.

Clijsters 5-1 Hingis
Hingis tries to mix up her returns, putting more power on her returns and employing the dropshot - but Clijsters keeps her focus to hold and leave former world number one Hingis serving to stay in the championship.

Clijsters 4-1 Hingis
Hingis cannot find a first serve and her second is proving vulnerable with Clijsters zapping back winning returns. Some more powerful winners from the Belgian leave Hingis bouncing her racquet on the clay in frustration as Clijsters goes a double-break up.

Clijsters 3-1 Hingis
Clijsters holds to love, clinching the game with a lob from the baseline that eludes the net-encroaching Hingis.

Clijsters 2-1 Hingis
Hingis holds to ensure that she keeps in sight of her opponent in the second set.

Clijsters 2-0 Hingis
Second seed Clijsters holds to consolidate her break, sealing the game with a bruising backhand down the line.

Clijsters 1-0 Hingis
Just as in the first set, Clijsters bursts out of the block, breaking Hingis to 15.

First set:

"This has been by far and away the best we've seen of Kim Clijsters in these championships."
BBC commentator Chris Bailey

Clijsters 7-6 (7-5) Hingis
The tiebreak goes with serve until Hingis hits long at 2-3. Clijsters double-faults at 5-3 but then wins the next point on Hingis' serve. The Belgian goes long with a forehand on her first set point but powers a backhand down the line on the next point to clinch the first set after 54 minutes.

Clijsters 6-6 Hingis
Hingis again has to save a set point on her serve but she comes through to force the tiebreak.

Clijsters 6-5 Hingis
Clijsters is timing the ball well now, leaving little margin for error and several times her shots scrape the lines and clip the net.

Clijsters 5-5 Hingis
Clijsters does not manage to earn herself any chances to break but Hingis still has to work hard to hold.

Clijsters 5-4 Hingis
Clijsters falters serving for the set and Hingis takes full advantage to break to love and put matters back on serve.

Clijsters 5-3 Hingis
Two consecutive double faults nearly cost Hingis dearly as she finds herself set point down. But the Swiss player battles back to hold and hang on in the first set.

Clijsters 5-2 Hingis
Clijsters has yet to rediscover her first serve but her ground strokes are back and she wins the game with a series of crushing winners.

Clijsters 4-2 Hingis
Clijster manages to put the previous game out of her head as she races to a 0-40 lead with some powerful ground strokes. Hingis saves the first break point but Clijsters will not be denied, securing the game with a cross-court forehand winner.

Clijsters 3-2 Hingis
Clijsters again stutters on her serve - she commits a handful of unforced errors and her serve has gone off the boil. Hingis piles on the pressure and after saving two break points, the Belgian second seed hits a backhand long to concede her early advantage - it's back on serve.

Clijsters 3-1 Hingis
Hingis manages to get a game on the board and receives a smattering of applause from the Parisian crowd, who seem to be firmly on Clijsters' side.

Clijsters 3-0 Hingis
After being floored by her opponent's whirlwind opening to the match, Hingis manages to pick up her game and earns herself a break point. But Clijsters saves it and goes on to hold.

Clijsters 2-0 Hingis
The Belgian player continues to put the pressure on Hingis, winning the first two points. Hingis claws her way back to 30-30 but serves a double fault at 30-40 to hand Clijsters an early break.