French Open: Federer, Djokovic Through To Fourth Round

Roger Federer struggled but survived to make the fourth round of the French Open.
The 17-time grand slam champion found the going tough against Russian 31st seed Dmitry Tursunov and needed more than three hours to grind out a 7-5 6-7 (7/9) 6-2 6-4 victory.
Second-seed Novak Djokovic also beat Marin Cilic for the ninth straight time yesterday to reach the fourth round, labouring to a 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4 win. The Serb has never lost to the Croat since they first played each other six years ago.
But he dropped serve early to trail 3-1, made sloppy unforced errors in the tiebreaker, and was broken back in the fourth set after leading 4-2. He won when Cilic double faulted.
Federer admitted after facing Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the second round he had not felt relaxed but put that down to an unknown opponent.
That was not the case with Tursunov, who Federer had beaten in all four of their previous meetings, although they did have a tight tussle in Indian Wells in March.
Federer made the perfect start to the third set with a break in the opening game, and it became clear all was not well with Tursunov when he headed off court for lengthy treatment from the trainer after the third game. Agency Report