Paris - Last year's runner-up Dominic Thiem reached the French Open last 16 for the fourth straight year on Saturday with a four-set win over Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas.
The Austrian fourth seed dropped the second set to world No 47 Cuevas, but did enough to win 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 and set up a fourth-round clash with French favourite Gael Monfils.
Results from the seventh day of the French Open on Saturday (x denotes seeding):
Men
Third round
Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Salvatore Caruso (ITA) 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) bt Borna Coric (CRO x13) 4-6, 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (7/1), 11-9
Fabio Fognini (ITA x9) bt Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP x18) 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
Alexander Zverev (GER x5) bt Dusan Lajovic (SRB x30) 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 1-6, 6-2
Dominic Thiem (AUT x4) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
Gael Monfils (FRA x14) bt Antoine Hoang (FRA) 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
Karen Khachanov (RUS x10) bt Martin Kližan (SVK) 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
Juan Martín Del Potro (ARG x8) bt Jordan Thompson (AUS) 6-4, 6-4, 6-0
Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE x6) bt Filip Krajinovic (SRB) 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (8/6)
Stan Wawrinka (SUI x24) bt Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (10/8)
Women
Third round
Katerina Siniaková (CZE) bt Naomi Osaka (JPN x1) 6-4, 6-2
Madison Keys (USA x14) bt Anna Blinkova (RUS) 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4
Simona Halep (ROM x3) bt Lesia Tsurenko (UKR x27) 6-2, 6-1
Iga Swiatek (POL) bt Mónica Puig (PUR) 0-6, 6-3, 6-3
French Open men's last 16 line-up (x denotes seeded player):
Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) v Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
Fabio Fognini (ITA x9) v Alexander Zverev (GER x5)
Dominic Thiem (AUT x4) v Gael Monfils (FRA x14)
Karen Khachanov (RUS x10) v Juan Martin del Potro (ARG x8)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE x6) v Stan Wawrinka (SUI x24)
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) v Roger Federer (SUI x3)
Kei Nishikori (JPN x7) v Benoit Paire (FRA)
Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG) v Rafael Nadal (ESP x2)
