* Federer survives second-set loss to win
* Djokovic reaches fourth round easily
* Women’s third seed Radwanska goes out
By Clare Fallon
PARIS, June 1 (Reuters) – Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic
faced fired-up Frenchmen and partisan crowds at Roland Garros on
Friday, and took differing routes to negotiate safely past them
into the fourth round of the grand slam.
Third seed and former champion Federer looked less than
superhuman when he had to recover from a second-set loss to beat
Nicolas Mahut 6-3 4-6 6-2 7-5 on Philippe Chatrier Court.
Over on Suzanne Lenglen Court, as the sun was starting to
set, top seed Djokovic had an entertaining, though one-sided,
6-1 6-2 6-2 win over Nicolas Devilder, the lowest-ranked man
left in the draw at 286th.
The women’s draw lost third seed Agnieszka Radwanska and
former champion Ana Ivanovic, seeded 13th.
Radwanska looked uneasy in a 6-1 6-2 loss to 2009 French
champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, while Ivanovic blamed
herself for being “flat-footed” in a 1-6 7-5 6-3 defeat by
Italy’s Sara Errani.
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