Player of the day: Sportsmanship again took centre stage when Horacio Zeballos carried David Goffin's bags to the locker room after the 10th seed was forced to retire during the first set of their third-round clash following a freakish slip-up at the back of Court Suzanne Lenglen.
Quote of the day: "She's digging a very big hole for herself at the moment." - Samantha Stosur on Margaret Court and the firestorm that continues to hijack the Open.
Stat of the day: Rafael Nadal won his 100th best-of-five match on clay, moving to a phenomenal 98-2 record on the red dirt in thrashing Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-0 6-1 6-0.
Upset alert: Estoril finalist Pablo Carreno Busta continued his season to remember, eliminating 11th seed Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets.
How the Aussies fared: Stosur moved into the second week at Roland Garros for the sixth time with a 6-2 6-2 third-round win over American qualifier Bethanie Mattek-Sands, while Nick Kyrgios and Jordan Thompson continued their march in the doubles. Sam Groth, playing with Sweden's Robert Lindstedt, also advanced with a big win over the Bryan brothers. Daria Gavrilova was another doubles winner with Russian partner Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
How the seeds fared: Defending champion Novak Djokovic did it the hard way against Diego Schwartzman, Nadal's progression couldn't have been more contrasting and Dominic Thiem ended the emotion-charged run of sentimental favourite Steve Johnson. In a relatively routine day in the women's draw, Venus Williams, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Kristina Mladenovic, Stosur and titleholder Garbine Muguruza all advanced to the last 16.
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