Top seed and world number one Lindsay Davenport is on Court Four wacking balls left, right and centre as she bids to get back in the zone before resuming her rain-affected semi-final tussle with the number three seed Amelie Mauresmo.
It was a day where the seeds fell at Birmingham, number six seed Mona Berthel of Germany losing to Czech Republic's Andrea Hlavackova and USA's number seven seed Christina McHale losing 6-1, 1-6, 7-5 to Elena Vesnina of Russia.
Eleventh seed Gonzalez of Chile and number three seed Nadal of Spain were in their 2nd straight tie-breaking set, with Nadal leading 7-6 (7-4), 6-6 (3-2) when play was suspended.
Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova, the 10th seed, was thrashed by Danish teen Caroline Wozniacki, Polish eighth seed Agnieszka Radwanska went down to Italian Francesca Schiavone, and Swiss number 13 seed Patty Schnyder was beaten by Austrian Sybille Bammer.
Their early exits followed that of Thomas Enqvist, the number three seed, on Tuesday.
Number one seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov joined Johansson in the third round with a 6-3 7-5 victory over Frenchman Cyril Saulnier.
There were also victories for Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic, Spain's number four seed David Ferrer and Canada's Milos Raonic.
There was a closer battle as number 10 seed Chanda Rubin recorded her first ever win over Mary Pierce.
Gonzaga is a number one seed because for over a decade they have become part of the new elite.
With the pairs concluded, Jackson's attention now turns to the singles in which he is the number 12 seed.
These may be challenging financial times, but VCs are busy and the number of seed companies is amazingly high.
American Michael Russell upset fourth-seeded Raemon Sluiter 7-6 6-2 and number seven seed Arnaud Clement beat Oliver Gross 6-0 6-2.
Slovak number seven seed Daniela Hantuchova was defeated in a three-set marathon with Spaniard Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-4 6-7(7-3) 7-6 (7-5).
In the last match of the day, Serbian number two seed Novak Djokovic easily saw off Italy's Fabio Fognini 6-3 6-1.
Tsonga will face Thiemo De Bakker of the Netherlands next after he knocked out number 32 seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in four sets.
"I think Dinara should be the number one seed, " said the American.
In the second he made it to 5-5, showing occasional glimpses of his old form before the Swiss number two seed broke him.
At the same time, the number of seed deals have exploded.
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Also on Wednesday, Caroline Wozniacki's terrible 2013 continued when the number one seed was beaten in straight sets by China's Zheng Jie at the Brussels Open.
Galimberti took the place of French number six seed Fabrice Santoro, who pulled out of the tournament because of tiredness after winning the Australian Open doubles title.
The other semi-final will see Fernando Verdasco of Spain, the number six seed, take on Marin Cilic after the Croat qualifier overcame Latvia's Ernests Gulbis 6-4 6-4.
Youzhny shocked the number five seed by breaking his serve in the first game of the match but Soderling clicked into gear and was not overly troubled again.
Williams secured an early break in the first game of the first set before Bartoli pegged her back but the number three seed closed out the opener 6-3.
Number two seed Serena, who accused Martinez-Sanchez of cheating when they met at the French Open this year, was relieved after a slight wobble in the second set.
Defending Olympic champion Nicolas Massu of Chile was dumped out by number seven seed David Nalbandian, while Russian fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko went down 7-5 6-3 to Paul-Henri Mathieu.
As it sits now, and there are many different scenarios that can play out, the Seahawks have the potential to host their own home game as a number two seed.
The number four seed was becoming agitated, repeatedly gesticulating to his support team in the stands, but he retained sufficient composure to avert the danger and transfer the pressure back on to Ferrer's shoulders.
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