Federer reaches French Open fourth round, Pliskova out
Roger Federer became the oldest man to reach the French Open fourth round in 47 years on Friday by winning his record 400th Grand Slam match in straight sets against Norwegian Casper Ruud.
It is the 14th time the 20-time Grand Slam champion has reached the second week in Paris.Women’s second seed Karolina Pliskova exited the French Open in a blaze of unforced errors on Court Philippe Chatrier as she was comfortably dismissed 6-3, 6-3 by Croatia’s Petra Martic.
The 31st-seeded Martic will face Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi for a place in her first-ever Grand Slam quarter-final. Pliskova’s defeat means Naomi Osaka will retain the world number one spot after Roland Garros.
The Indo-French team of Leander Paes and Benoit Paire advanced to the second round.However, Divij Sharan and his Brazilian partner Marcelo Demoliner made an early exit.







