Seventh seeds Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers continued their strong clay-court season by reaching the quarter-finals on Saturday at Roland Garros. Joining them in the last eight are 16th seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, and a host of first-time Grand Slam quarter-finalists. Dodig/Granollers saw off 11th seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. Dodig prevailed at this event in 2015 (w/Melo) and Granollers was runner-up in 2014 (w/M. Lopez). This is their fourth quarter-final on clay this year, having finished runners-up at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Rome, and recorded quarter-final showings at Masters 1000 events in Monte-Carlo and Madrid. They will play Ryan Harrison and Michael Venus or Indian duo Purav Raja...
Watch highlights as 2015 Champion Stan Wawrinka outlasts Fabio Fognini on Saturday to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros 2017. Photo: Getty Images
Third seed Stan Wawrinka withstood an early surge from 28th seed Fabio Fognini in their third-round match on Saturday at Roland Garros, saving three set points before cruising to a 7-6(2), 6-0, 6-2 victory. The 2015 champion improves his FedEx ATP Head2Head record against Fognini to 5-1, including a win at this very round in Roland Garros in 2010. Wawrinka is through to the second week at this event for the seventh time. He also saved three set points in his opening round over qualifier Josef Kovalik. After starting his clay-court season with a tame 2-3 record, Wawrinka is on a six-match win streak on the red dirt. He successfully defended his title on home soil last week in Geneva...
World No. 1 Andy Murray overcame an offensive assault from Juan Martin del Potro to book his spot in the Round of 16 at Roland Garros on Saturday. Murray secured his place in the second week with a 7-6(8), 7-5, 6-0 victory, prevailing after a tense two hours and 53 minutes. He spoiled del Potro's 100th Grand Slam match, firing 44 winners and converting six of 17 break chances. Last year's runner-up Murray is into the fourth round for the eighth time in 10 appearances on the Parisian clay. The Scot avoided a third consecutive four-set affair to open the tournament, but was still made to work against the former World No. 4 del Potro. "It was definitely [my best...