4 Jun 2017

Murray passes toughest challenge

7:42 am on 4 June 2017

Andy Murray eased into the French Open fourth round on Saturday with a 7-6(8) 7-5 6-0 victory over Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro.

Andy Murray playing at the Munich Claycourt Open in Germany.

Andy Murray. Photo: PHOTOSPORT

Murray stayed ahead of Del Potro before racing through the final set with exquisite returning, and third-seed Wawrinka beat Fognini 7-6(2) 6-0 6-2 as the Italian's game fell apart after a strong first set.

Croatian Marin Cilic, seeded seventh, beat Spain's Feliciano Lopez 6-1 6-3 6-3 and Spaniard Fernando Verdasco advanced after beating Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas 6-2 6-1 6-3.

Britain's Kyle Edmund was knocked out by South African Kevin Anderson and women's third seed Simona Halep had to dig deep to get past spirited young Russian Daria Kasatkina 6-0 7-5.

Halep will meet Carla Suarez Navarro in the next round after the Spaniard battled past Russia's Elena Vesnina 6-4 6-4.

Alize Cornet upset ninth seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2 6-1 to set up an all-French fourth-round clash with Caroline Garcia, who beat Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei 6-4 4-6 9-7.

Dane Caroline Wozniacki defeated American Catherine Bellis 6-2 2-6 6-3 and will face Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova, the women's eighth seed, in the round of 16.

Play was suspended for the day with Japanese eighth seed Kei Nishikori in trouble against South Korea's Chung Hyeon. After winning the first two sets 7-5 6-4, Nishikori lost the third 7-6(4) and was 3-0 down in the fourth.

American John Isner was a set down against Russia's Karen Khachanov, while Gael Monfils was leading compatriot Richard Gasquet 6-5 in the first set before play was halted.

Here are the highlights from day seven of the French Open tennis championships on Saturday (all times GMT):

-Reuters