Defending champion Garbine Muguruza has been reduced to tears in her press conference after her exit from the French Open at the hands of local hope Kiki Mladenovic.
"I think she just played really well", Williams said.
A tearful Garbiñe Muguruza hit out at the crowd after her title defence was ended by France's Kristina Mladenovic.
A year after showing so much resolve while winning the French Open, Muguruza fell apart down the stretch.
Wozniacki has never been particularly at home on clay and had not made the quarter-finals at Roland Garros since 2010.
The pendulum swung back towards Mladenovic as she began the final set with a break and, despite her unwelcome penchant for a double fault - she racked up 16 over the course of the match - the 2016 women's doubles champion survived three break points to hold in the next. The 30th seed will take on Mladenovic for a place in the semi-finals.
"She had so many answers today", said Williams, who also lost to Bacsinszky in the fourth round a year ago.
"She was coming back really strongly and I think my energy went a bit down. she's a really tough opponent".
"You make me cry".
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For the second year in a row Williams has gone out to the Swiss in this stage of the tournament.
Williams, who turns 37 this month, earned all of those titles at Wimbledon or the U.S. Open.
Bacsinszky's best result at a major tournament was reaching the semifinals at Roland Garros in 2015.
Karolina Pliskova is learning to love the French Open after reaching the third round for the first time. Nadal skated by No. 17 Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.
No. 23 seed Samantha Stosur of Australia notched her eighth consecutive win with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over American qualifier Bethanie Mattek-Sands, moving into the second week of the French Open for the sixth time in her career.
Nishikori recovered to beat Hyeon Chung 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 0-6, 6-4; Monfils was leading 7-6 (5), 5-7, 4-3 against Richard Gasquet when his countryman retired after getting treatment on his right thigh.
Defending champion Garbine Muguruza crashed out of the French Open as she was beaten 6-1 3-6 6-3 in the fourth round by Kristina Mladenovic on Sunday.
Stosur will next meet 19-year-old Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia, who beat Lesya Tsurenko of Ukraine 6-1, 6-4. She struggled in her first round match against Jennifer Brady after she needed a medical timeout and after losing the first set she came back strong to win the match.
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