French Open
Venue: Roland Garros, Paris Date: 23 May-6 June
Coverage: Live video streamed from 1000 BST on BBC Sport website (UK only) and BBC red button; commentary on BBC 5 live sports extra; also live on Eurosport; text commentary on BBC Sport website Details of BBC coverage

Federer uses all his athleticism to see off the threat of the German qualifier

Defending champion Roger Federer beat Germany's Julian Reister 6-4 6-0 6-4 to reach the last 16 of the French Open.

The Swiss, targeting his second Roland Garros title, edged a tight opening set, blitzed the second, before wrapping up the victory in 93 minutes.

Federer, 28, will next face Stanislas Wawrinka who defeated Fabio Fognini.

Fernando Gonzalez, 12th seed, suffered a shock loss to Ukraine's Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr., while Novak Djokovic, seeded three, overcame Kei Nishikori.

Chilean Gonzalez, who beat Britain's Andy Murray in last year's French Open quarter-finals, was second best throughout his defeat to Dolgopolov Junior, playing in his first Grand Slam tournament.

The unseeded player came through 6-3 6-4 6-3 to set up a clash with 19th seed Nicolas Almagro of Spain who beat Belgium's Steve Darcis.

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It was another relatively comfortable day for Federer who wasted seven early break points before securing nine games in a row against an opponent who was playing just his fourth event on the main tour.

Reister, world number 165, struggled in the second set and despite providing sterner resistance in the next, Federer broke in game five before wrapping up the easy victory.

The world number one said: "I feel fine. I haven't faced the top guys yet but the players I have faced are dangerous, they have skills on this surface."

Number 31 seed Victor Hansecu of Romania won 6-3 6-4 6-2 against Yuri Schukin and will next play Djokovic who had few problems in a 6-1 6-4 6-4 win over Japan's Nishikori.

Last year's finalist Robin Soderling dropped his first set in his French Open campaign before beating Spain's Albert Montanes 6-4 7-5 2-6 6-3 to book a fourth-round clash against 10th seed Marin Cilic or Leonardo Mayer.

The eight-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga provided some rare joy for the home fans at this tournament as he became France's only representative in the third round after surviving an early scare.

Tsonga lost the opening set on a tie-break to Thiemo De Bakker from the Netherlands before coming through 6-7 (6-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-4.

Seventh seed Fernando Verdasco overcame a shocking third set to see off Frenchman Florent Serra 6-2 6-2 0-6 6-4, 14th seed Ivan Ljubicic came through an epic five-setter to beat Mardy Fish taking the fifth set 10-8.

Spaniard David Ferrer, ranked nine, progressed after Xavier Malisse was forced to retire at 6-2 6-2 2-0 down, with other victories for 22nd seed Jurgen Melzer, 2003 champion Juan Carlos Ferrero (16) and Philipp Kohlschreiber (30).

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