Reem's Roland Garros round-up - Day Six

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  • Marching on: Local favourite Gael Monfils reached the third round on Thursday.

    Sport360°'s tennis expert Reem Abulleil is in Paris for the 2014 French Open and will be providing regular updates throughout the tournament on this 'Live at Roland Garros' page.

    So for all the latest breaking news, photos, social media activity, and everything else Roland Garros-related, this is the place to be… (timings below are Paris local time, two hours behind UAE time)

    22:13 Milos Raonic buckled under the pressure the first time he tried to serve for the match but he did it the second time to beat Frenchman Gilles Simon. The stadium went from rocking above our heads in the press room, to complete silence. Congrats to Raonic though, who became the first Canadian man to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros.

    **Tursunov asked to describe the type of injury he suffered against Federer: "It's an ouchy one."

    17:54 Maria Sharapova bulldozes Ormachea 6-0, 6-0 in 51 minutes to book a fourth round with an in-form Sam Stosur. Number of points won: Sharapova 54, Ormachea 17. #totalmismatch

    16:48 After beating Tursunov in four, Federer says he's expecting a tough match against Gulbis, who says he has a game plan but doesn't want to reveal his cards before the match.

    I got caught in the rain outside but it seems to have subsided now as covers are coming off some of the courts.

    13:45 Federer and Djokovic saving break points at the same time on Chatrier and Lenglen. Having those two play simultaneously is not making my life very easy at the moment! #journalistproblems

    13:24 Cilic breaks Djokovic for a 2-1 lead on Lenglen while Federer and Tursunov remain on serve, 5-4 for the Swiss.

    Meanwhile, Aga tells us it wasn't her day. Said the slow start hurt her, and that Ajla was serving big.

    12:57 2010 runner-up Sam Stosur takes out Dominika Cibulkova 6-4, 6-4 to make the fourth round. Could face Sharapova next.

    Meanwhile in the interview room, Tomljanovic says she was thinking about her match against Sloane Stephens in Australia when she was about to serve for the match. Wanted to make sure she didn't mess up again. "I'm definitely not going to do the same thing I did last time," said the young Croat.

    12:32 On her Roland Garros main draw debut, Tomljanovic is through to the fourth round after dispatching third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-4. The youth movement continues!

    12:13 If Radwanska loses, it will be the first time in the Open era the top three seeds in the women's draw lose before the fourth round.

    11:59 Ernests Gulbis playing really well. Up 6-3, 2-0 over Stepanek. Really looking forward to Gulbis-Federer in the fourth round. Likely to happen!

    11:46 21-year-old Ajla Tomljanovic took the opening set 6-4 from world No3 Agnieszka Radwanska on Chatrier. My friend Courtney did a Q&A with her. Check it out!

    11:35 An extremely tough third round between former US Open champion and French Open runner-up Sam Stosur and Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova taking place on Suzanne Lenglen at the moment. We've already seen three service breaks so far and it's Stosur who has managed to edge ahead 4-2 in the first set. If only Sam's ranking lived up to her actual talent and potential, this could be at least a quarter-final not a third round.

    11:00 Good morning from Paris! Great weather today, even though the sun is still holding out, but at least it's warm.

    Roger Federer and Dmitry Tursunov, who face off later in the day, shared a practice court this morning. Such a gentlemanly sport. I'd pick some clay and throw it in my opponent's face if I were practicing next to him the day of our match.

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