Ana Ivanovic is Saturday's first winner, thrashing Romanian qualifier Ioana Raluca Olaru 6-2 6-0 Maria Sharapova joins Ivanovic in the last 16 with a rather less convinving win, 6-1 6-4 against Alla Kudryavtseva Sharapova will play Patty Schynder next after the Swiss veteran beat little-known Italian Karin Knapp 6-1 4-6 7-5 Svetlana Kuznetsova takes a long, hard look at a line call during her 6-2 6-3 win over Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova Czech 20-year-old Lucie Safarova means business as she takes on fifth seed Amelie Mauresmo Mauresmo has a 3-0 lead in each set but is unable to hold on, bowing out 6-3 7-6 (7-3) Safarova celebrates her second win over Mauresmo after knocking the Frenchwoman out of the Aussie Open Marcos Baghdatis keeps his best ever run at Roland Garros going when Jan Hajek pulls out at 6-2 6-2 Former champion Carlos Moya shows off his tattoo as he cruises past Argentine qualifier Juan Pablo Brzezicki Jonas Bjorkman, 35, beats Oscar Hernandez and is through to the fourth round 11 years after he last got there Novak Djokovic is looking to become the third Serb into the fourth round but he is in trouble against Olivier Patience The French crowd go wild as wildcard Patience moves into a shock two sets to one lead But sixth seed Djokovic eventualy prevails 7-6 (7-2) 2-6 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 in over four hours Rafael Nadal, 21 on Saturday, shows no sympathy for fellow Spaniard Albert Montanes, dropping just six games Nadal will now face Lleyton Hewitt after the Aussie's hard-fought win over Jaskko Nieminen
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