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Paris, May 29

Ana Ivanovic's French Open campaign picked up momentum when the former champion raced into the fourth round with a 6-0 6-3 demolition of Croatian Donna Vekic.

The seventh seed, who won the Roland Garros title in 2008, suffered a minor glitch in the second set when she lost eight points in a row as Vekic moved a break up at 2-1. But that was as close as the world No. 165 came to an upset as Ivanovic won five of the next six games. Ivanovic next faces Russian ninth seed Ekaterina Makarova. Makarova beat compatriot Elena Vesnina 6-2 6-4. Alize Cornet's 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory against Mirjana Lucic-Baroni puts the 29th seed into the fourth round for the first time in 11 attempts. Maria Sharapova beat Samantha Stosur 6-3 6-4 to reach the last 16.

Federer in Round 4

Roger Federer continued his smooth progress with a straightforward 6-4 6-3 6-2 defeat of Bosnian Damir Dzumhur to reach the fourth round.

Swiss Federer has won all nine sets he has played at Roland Garros this year as he attempts to win the title for a second time and extend his Grand Slam haul to 18. Dzumhur, 10 years younger than Federer, tested his idol on occasion, showing a nice line in drop shots, but he never really threatened to detain the second seed for too long.

In another match, Stan Wawrinka beat S Johnson 6-4 6-3 6-2. Gilles Simon beat Nicolas Mahut 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1.

Sania, Paes win

Sania and Martina Hingis defeated Stepahnie Foretz and Amandine Hesse 6-3 6-4. Leander Paes Daniel Nestor breezed into the third round with a (7-6 (7-3) 6-2) win over Andre Begemann and Julian Knowle. — Agencies