Federer, Djokovic, Sharapova cruise into fourth round of French Open

World No.2 Novak Djokovic and Swiss veteran Roger Veteran have struggled hard in their respective round three matches to enter the fourth round of the French Open on Friday.

The Serb dropped a set against Croat Marin Cilic for only the third time in nine meetings, but came away with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (7-2) 6-4 win.

According to the BBC, Federer completed a record-breaking win at Roland Garros, reaching the fourth round for the 12th time in his career by beating Russian Dmitry Tursunov 7-5, 6-7 (9-7), 6-2, 6-4 and bettered the record set by Guillermo Vilas, who reached the last 16 on 11 occasions.

Federer will next face Latvia's Ernests Gulbis, who defeated Czech Radek Stepanek in three sets, while Djokovic will play 13th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga after he swept past Pole Jerzy Janowicz in three sets.

Meanwhile, the report mentioned that in the women's draw, Maria Sharapova eased through with a 6-0, 6-0 win over world number 75 Paula Ormaechea and will now play 19th seed Australian Sam Stosur, who caused a minor upset with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Dominika Cibulkova.

Sixth seed Tomas Berdych, who beat Argentine Roberto Bautista Agut in four sets on Friday, faces John Isner of the United States for a place in the quarter-finals, the report added.