DAY 5 MEN'S WRAP: Sinner; Zverev, Djokovic and Draper advance

World No 1 Jannik Sinner eased into the third round at Roland Garros on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 over Richard Gasquet in the final match of the Frenchman's career.

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Reigning US and Australian Open champion Sinner is on a 16-match winning run at Grand Slams and is attempting to become the first Italian man to win the French Open since 1976.

He will face 34th-ranked Czech Jiri Lehecka for a place in the last 16. Lehecka knocked out Spanish 26th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in four sets.

Sinner broke for a 3-1 lead and then fought off three break points to serve out for a one-set lead against Gasquet, playing in his 22nd and final French Open.

The 23-year-old top seed ran away with the second set against an opponent who turns 39 next month and made his Roland Garros debut in 2002, when Sinner was just months old.

Gasquet's 610 match wins are the most by a Frenchman in the Open era and huge cheers greeted him on Court Philippe Chatrier as he held serve to start the third set to end a seven-game skid.

He put up more resistance as he fought valiantly to prolong his final tournament appearance but Sinner eventually broke for a 5-4 advantage before sealing victory.

ZVEREV DOWNS DE JONG

Alexander Zverev bounced back from losing the first set to wrap up an ultimately comfortable victory over Dutchman Jesper de Jong.

The German, who lost last year's final to Carlos Alcaraz, found his form in the second set en route to a 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 win on Court Simonne Mathieu.

The three-time Grand Slam runner-up struck eight aces and hit 43 winners in total.

Zverev has reached at least the semifinals on each of his last four appearances at Roland Garros.

DJOKOVIC SAVES MATCH POINT

Novak Djokovic extended his perfect record against French players at Roland Garros with a 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7/1) win over Corentin Moutet to reach the third round.

The 24-time Grand Slam champion will play Canadian 27th seed Denis Shapovalov or Austrian qualifier Filip Misolic for a spot in the last 16.

DRAPER STOPS MONFILS IN LATE NIGHT STUNNER

Britain's fifth seed Jack Draper fought off inspired home favourite Gael Monfils to claim a 6-3 4-6 6-3 7-5 victory and reach the third round of the French Open on a raucous Court Philippe Chatrier on Thursday.

Riding a wave of partisan support, 38-year-old showman Monfils produced some dazzling tennis to win the second set and level the match and despite losing the third, looked on course to set up a decider as the crowd went wild.

The free-swinging Monfils broke Draper's serve in the fourth set as the clock moved past 11pm local time and saved five break points in an epic seventh game to move 5-2 ahead.

Battling fatigue and struggling to move between points, Monfils still had two set points on the Draper serve at 5-4 but his 23-year-old opponent stayed ice cool to fend them off.

Draper then moved 6-5 ahead with another service break and duly finished an absorbing contest at the first time of asking before warmly embracing Monfils at the net.

"It's my first time on this court and what a battle, what an experience against someone I admire as a tennis player but off the court they guy is incredibly nice, such a joker, he's a magician he does everything," Draper said on court.

"Playing Gael and against you guys (the crowd), no offence taken. This is why I play tennis."

Monfils marked his 18th main draw appearance at Roland Garros by battling back from two sets down to beat Hugo Dellien in the first round and initially he looked overpowered by the left-handed Draper who has became a major force in quick time.

But something about a Parisian evening under the lights inspires Monfils and he was soon producing the sort of shot-making that has made him such a crowd favourite down the years.

He reeled off four consecutive games on his way to levelling the match, feeding off the energy of his adoring fans as he stunned Draper with some unbelievable winners.

Draper doused the fire in a straightforward third set but the fourth was a 75-minute epic sprinkled with sensational rallies and Draper looked hugely relieved to have survived.

"My brain was fried out here. I'm not sure if I am going to go to sleep tonight because my brain is just all over the place with what he was doing out here," Draper said.

"That's why he has had such a successful career and is loved by all the fans. The players love to watch him play as well but not to play against him."

The match featured 104 winners and Draper can expect another firefight when he takes on rising Brazilian Joao Fonseca for a place in the last 16.

OHTER RESULTS

Andrey Rublev (RUS x17) bt Adam Walton (AUS) 7-6 (7/1), 6-1, 7-6 (7/5)

Arthur Fils (FRA x14) bt Jaume Munar (ESP) 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/4), 2-6, 0-6, 6-4

Alexander Bublik (KAZ) bt Alex de Minaur (AUS x9) 2-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2

Henrique Rocha (POR) bt Jakub Mensik (CZE x19) 2-6, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3

Joao Fonseca (BRA) bt Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/4), 6-4

Flavio Cobolli (ITA) bt Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-1

Tallon Griekspoor (NED) bt Gabriel Diallo (CAN) 7-5, 7-6 (7/3), 1-6, 6-3

Ethan Quinn (USA) bt Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) 6-4, 4-6, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/3), 7-5

Cameron Norrie (GBR) bt Federico Gomez (ARG) 7-6 (9/7), 6-2, 6-1

Jacob Fearnley (GBR) bt Ugo Humbert (FRA x22) 6-3, 4-4 - retired