French Open: Day 6

Published June 2, 2012
Canada' Aleksandra Wozniak serves to Belarus Victoria during women's Singles 3rd Round tennis match. ? Photo by AFP
Canada' Aleksandra Wozniak serves to Belarus Victoria during women's Singles 3rd Round tennis match. ? Photo by AFP
Serbia's Novak Djokovic serves to France's Nicolas Devilder for their Men's Singles 3rd Round tennis match of the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by AFP
Serbia's Novak Djokovic serves to France's Nicolas Devilder for their Men's Singles 3rd Round tennis match of the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by AFP
France's Nicolas Devilder serves to Serbia's Novak Djokovic during their Men's Singles 3rd Round tennis match of the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by AFP
France's Nicolas Devilder serves to Serbia's Novak Djokovic during their Men's Singles 3rd Round tennis match of the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by AFP
Angelique Kerber of Germany returns the ball to Flavia Pennetta of Italy during the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by AFP
Angelique Kerber of Germany returns the ball to Flavia Pennetta of Italy during the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by AFP
Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka's shoes are pictured during a match with France's Gilles Simon during their Men's Singles 3rd Round tennis match of the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by AFP
Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka's shoes are pictured during a match with France's Gilles Simon during their Men's Singles 3rd Round tennis match of the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by AFP
France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga hits a return to Italy's Fabio Fognini during their Men's Singles 3rd Round tennis match of the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by AFP
France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga hits a return to Italy's Fabio Fognini during their Men's Singles 3rd Round tennis match of the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by AFP
Serbia's Novak Djokovic's movement is blurred by the use of a slow shutter speed on the camera as he returns in his third round match against Nicolas Devilder of France at the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by AP
Serbia's Novak Djokovic's movement is blurred by the use of a slow shutter speed on the camera as he returns in his third round match against Nicolas Devilder of France at the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by AP
Belarus' Victoria Azarenka returns the ball to Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak during their third round match in the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by AP
Belarus' Victoria Azarenka returns the ball to Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak during their third round match in the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by AP
Victoria Azerenka of Belarus prepares to serve in her third round match against Aleksandra Wozniack of Canada at the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by AP
Victoria Azerenka of Belarus prepares to serve in her third round match against Aleksandra Wozniack of Canada at the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by AP
Flavia Pennetta of Italy returns the ball to Angelique Kerber of Germany during the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by Reuters
Flavia Pennetta of Italy returns the ball to Angelique Kerber of Germany during the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by Reuters
Angelique Kerber of Germany returns the ball to Flavia Pennetta of Italy during the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by Reuters
Angelique Kerber of Germany returns the ball to Flavia Pennetta of Italy during the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by Reuters
Flavia Pennetta of Italy returns the ball to Angelique Kerber of Germany during the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by Reuters
Flavia Pennetta of Italy returns the ball to Angelique Kerber of Germany during the French Open tennis tournament. ? Photo by Reuters

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic faced fired-up Frenchmen and partisan crowds at Roland Garros on Friday, and took differing routes to negotiate safely past them into the fourth round of the grand slam.

Third seed and former champion Federer looked less than superhuman when he had to recover from a second-set loss to beat Nicolas Mahut 6-3 4-6 6-2 7-5 on Philippe Chatrier Court.

Over on Suzanne Lenglen Court, as the sun was starting to set, top seed Djokovic had an entertaining, though one-sided, 6-1 6-2 6-2 win over Nicolas Devilder, the lowest-ranked man left in the draw at 286th.

The women’s draw lost third seed Agnieszka Radwanska and former champion Ana Ivanovic, seeded 13th.

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