TENNIS: Tournament top seed Justine Henin battled past Australia's Alicia Molik to reach the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open in Doha with a 6-2 7-6 victory yesterday.

She was joined there by seeds Martina Hingis, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Jelena Jankovic and Patty Schnyder.

Schnyder's reward for a 6-3 6-4 win over Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues was a date with Henin.

Third seed Hingis set up a showdown with sixth seed Daniela Hantuchova after beating doubles partner Maria Kirilenko 6-2 6-2.