Fans - and souvenir sellers - arrive at Roland Garros on Thursday at the start of day five of the French Open
Not everybody is enjoying themselves though - Maximo Gonzalez shows his frustration after losing a point against Italy's Andreas Seppi but recovers to take the first two sets
Spain's Tommy Robredo keeps a close eye on the ball as he completes a comfortable 6-4 6-4 6-3 win over compatriot Daniel Gimeno-Traver
Former women's world number one Jelena Jankovic is also an easy winner, brushing aside Magdalena Rybarikova to reach round three
Seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova is at her big-hitting best on Court Two as she crushes Galina Voskoboeva 6-0 6-2 in just 49 minutes
And highly-rated Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki is also into the third round, the 18-year-old 10th seed beating America's Jill Craybas
Britain's Jamie Murray has to take evasive action to avoid a shot by his partner Pavel Vizner as they tumble out of the men's doubles at the hands of Leos Friedl and David Skoch
Lucie Safarova resumes her match with third seed Venus Williams, holding a one-set lead over the American from Wednesday evening
Venus quickly levels the match but has to save a match point at 4-5 in the decider before eventually coming through a real battle 6-7 6-2 7-5
Roger Federer is the next big name to feel the heat in Paris, having to save four set points before taking the opening set 7-6 (10-8) against Argentina's Jose Acasuso
But Acasuso's powerful groundstrokes continue to give Federer problems and the world number 45 wins the second set 7-5 to level the match
Federer is soon in more trouble in the third set and, with his serve in tatters, trails 5-1 at one point before fighting back to snatch it on another tie-break
That is the beginning of the end for Acasuso and Federer regains his composure in the fourth set to complete a dramatic 7-6 (10-8) 5-7 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 victory
Juan Martin del Potro, who is scheduled to meet Federer in the last eight, makes short work of Viktor Troicki and wraps up a 6-3 7-5 6-0 win in just over two hours
And Serena Williams is also in ruthless mood, dropping only two games as she destroys veteran Spanish star Virginia Ruano Pascual
Thanks to some extremely vocal support from the French fans, home favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga edges past Juan Monaco of Argentina in a closely-fought match on Court Suzanne Lenglen
Another French contender, Gael Monfils, takes to the air as he sweeps past Romania's Victor Crivoi in straight sets to join Tsonga in round three
Jelena Dokic is inconsolable as she is forced to withdraw after leading fourth seed Elena Dementieva by a set and a break
Fourth seed Novak Djokovic begins his match against Sergiy Stakhovsky and can only get through two sets before play ends for the day
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