Djokovic continues to coast; Wawrinka advances
PARIS — High-ranked Novak Djokovic has superior into the fourth spherical of the French Open with out dropping a set.
Djokovic by no means misplaced management in a 6-Three, 6-Three, 6-2 win over 147th-ranked Italian qualifier Salvatore Caruso on Saturday.
He’ll subsequent play both 13th-seeded Borna Coric or Jan-Lennard Struff.
Elsewhere, Stan Wawrinka improved to Four-Zero in opposition to Grigor Dimitrov in Grand Slam conferences — beating him as soon as at every main — and moved into the fourth spherical at Roland Garros for the eighth time.
Wawrinka, the champion right here in 2015 and runner-up in 2017, edged two-time main semifinalist Dimitrov 7-6 (5), 7-6 (Four), 7-6 (eight) in a match suspended after two units due to fading mild a day earlier.
Dimitrov definitely had his probabilities to make it even tighter: He held one set level within the opener, then 5 within the final tiebreaker, which he led 6-2.
The 24th-seeded Wawrinka, who owns three Grand Slam titles in all, and Dimitrov are the 43rd pair of gamers to have met in any respect 4 majors.
Alexander Zverev nearly blew a 2-Zero set lead in opposition to Dusan Lajovic, however prevailed 6-Four, 6-2, Four-6, 1-6, 6-2 to advance to the second week. The No. 5 seed has received seven five-set matches in majors going again to the beginning of final season, probably the most of any participant in that point.
Different seeded gamers to advance included No. 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas and No. 9 Fabio Fognini, who survived a first-set tiebreak en path to a 7-6 (5), 6-Four, Four-6, 6-1 victory in opposition to No. 18 Roberto Bautista Agut.
The Related Press contributed to this report.