ALJAZ Bedene joins Nicolas Jarry as the only two unseeded players in the fourth round of the 2020 ATP Roland Garros fantasy tennis tournament, having defeated Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in five sets. The Slovenian took more than three and a half hours to finally put Tsonga away on his opponents’ home court, but saluted with a 7-6 1-6 6-2 6-7 6-4 victory to book a spot in the Round of 16 against the top ranked Frenchman in Gael Monfils.

Aside from Bedene, the results went largely as expected, with five of the other seven winners ranked higher than their respective opponents. The two ranked lower were 19th seed Chilean Cristian Garin, and 20th seed Italian Fabio Fognini. Both are very strong clay courters and took out 11th seed Belgian David Goffin and 14th seed Russian Andrey Rublev in straight sets.

At the top of the seeded players, world number one Rafael Nadal took out another competent clay courter in Casped Ruud. The Norwegian was no match for the Spanish star and 12-time Roland Garros winner, with Nadal getting better and better as the match went on. In the end, Nadal claimed a 6-3 6-2 6-0 win in just an hour and 40 minutes. He joined Monfils in the next round who disposed of 22nd seed Denis Shapovalov in straight sets, 6-3 7-5 6-3.

Argentinian talent Diego Schwartzman is in career-best form at a career-high number eight in the world, and he survived a mighty scare to shake off Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime in five sets. Having to come back from two sets to one down, Schwartzman won 5-7 7-6 4-6 6-0 6-4 in four hours and 14 minutes.

It was great news for the two Swiss players out on court, with top 10 talents Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka rounding out the final 16. Federer defeated Italian Gianluca Mager 7-5 6-3 6-7 6-2, while Wawrinka came from a set down to defeat home nation hero Richard Gasquet in four sets, 4-6 6-3 6-0 6-4.

In tomorrow’s action for this half of the draw, Nadal faces Fognini, Garin takes on Federer, Schwartzman meets Wawrinka and Bedene sizes up against Monfils.

ROUND OF 32 RESULTS:

[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) defeated [32] Casper Ruud (NOR) 6-3 6-2 6-0

[4] Roger Federer (SUI) defeated Gianluca Mager (ITA) 7-5 6-3 6-7 6-2

[8] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) defeated [26] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 5-7 7-6 4-6 6-0 6-4

[9] Gael Monfils (FRA) defeated [22] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 6-3 7-5 6-3

[10] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) defeated Richard Gasquet (FRA) 4-6 6-3 6-0 6-4

[19] Cristian Garin (CHI) defeated [11] David Goffin (BEL) 6-4 6-1 6-2

[20] Fabio Fognini (ITA) defeated [14] Andrey Rublev (RUS) 6-2 7-5 6-3

Aljaz Bedene (SLO) defeated [27] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 7-6 1-6 6-2 6-7 6-4