Baghdatis through to fourth round

Tennis:  Marcos Baghdatis moved into the fourth round of the French Open on Saturday after a shoulder injury forced opponent…

Tennis: Marcos Baghdatis moved into the fourth round of the French Open on Saturday after a shoulder injury forced opponent Jan Hajek to withdraw midway through their clash on Suzanne Lenglen court.

Cypriot Baghdatis, the 16th seed, had won the first two sets by a 6-2 margin before his opponent was forced to quit prior to the start of the third.

Waiting for Baghdatis in the last 16 is Igor Andreev, following the unseeded Russian's 7-6 (7/4) 6-0 6-3 win over Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu.

Elsewhere, Jonas Bjorkman, the oldest man in this year's men's singles, proved age was no barrier as he surged past fellow unseeded player Oscar Hernandez in four sets.

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Doubles-specialist Bjorkman, aged 35 and ranked 39 in the world, is far from at home on clay, but his remarkable campaign continued as he secured a 6-7 (3/7) 6-3 6-0 6-1 win over the Spaniard on Court 7.

Bjorkman, twice a grand slam semi-finalist and competing here for the 14th straight year, is the first Swedish man to advance to the last 16 at Roland Garros since Thomas Enqvist in 2001.

Bjorkman will next meet 23rd-seed Carlos Moya, the 1998 winner, who ran through Juan Pablo Brzezicki 6-1 6-3 7-5 on Court One.