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Djokovic eventually triumphed 7-6 (7/2) 2-6 3-6 7-6 (7/4) 6-3 in a thrilling match, with Patience doubtless left rueing the opportunity he let slip in the seventh game of the final set.

Djokovic will face Fernando Verdasco in round four after the Spaniard defeated his 12th-seeded countryman David Ferrer 4-6 7-6 (7/2) 6-3 6-3.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal wasted little time in progressing with a straight-sets victory over fellow Spaniard Albert Montanes.

Second seed Nadal, winner at Roland Garros for the past two years, advanced with the minimum fuss courtesy of a 6-1 6-3 6-2 win in two hours and 21 minutes.

Next up for Nadal is a match-up with Lleyton Hewitt, who bounced back with a vengeance after a sluggish start to beat Jarkko Nieminen 1-6 6-3 7-5 6-2.

Marcos Baghdatis advanced to the fourth round after his opponent Jan Hajek withdrew with a shoulder injury. Baghdatis will play Igor Andreev in the last 16, following the unseeded Russian's 7-6 (7/4) 6-0 6-3 win over Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu on a sun-kissed Philippe Chatrier court.

Elsewhere, Jonas Bjorkman, the oldest man in this year's men's singles, proved age was no barrier as he surged past fellow unseeded player Oscar Hernandez in four sets.

Bjorkman, twice a grand-slam semi-finalist and competing here for the 14th straight year, is the first Swedish man to advance to the last 16 at Roland Garros since Thomas Enqvist in 2001.

He will next meet 23rd seed Carlos Moya, the 1998 champion who ran through Juan Pablo Brzezicki 6-1 6-3 7-5 on Court 1. Aside from Nadal, Moya is the only former champion left in the draw, and he eased past 134th-ranked Argentinian Brzezicki.