French Open results on Thursday, the fifth day of the 2021 tournament at Roland Garros (x denotes seeding): Men 2nd rd Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 Ricardas Berankis (LTU) bt James Duckworth (AUS) 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-0 Marco Cecchinato (ITA) bt Alex De Minaur (AUS x21) 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) bt Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 Matteo Berrettini (ITA x9) bt Federico Coria (ARG) 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 Dominik Koepfer (GER) bt Taylor Fritz (USA x30) 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 Roger Federer (SUI x8) bt Marin Cilic (CRO) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 Cameron Norrie (GBR) bt Lloyd Harris (RSA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 Jannik Sinner (ITA x18) bt Gianluca Mager (ITA) 6-1, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 Mikael Ymer (SWE) bt Gael Monfils (FRA x14) 6-0, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 Diego Schwartzman (ARG x10) bt Aljaz Bedene (SLO) 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) bt Aslan Karatsev (RUS x24) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 6-1 Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) bt Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO x28) 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) bt Facundo Bagnis (ARG) 7-5, 7-6 (7/1), 6-4 Women 2nd rd Magda Linette (POL) bt Ashleigh Barty (AUS x1) 6-1, 2-2 - retired Ons Jabeur (TUN x25) bt Astra Sharma (AUS) 6-2, 6-4 Coco Gauff (USA x24) bt Wang Qiang (CHN) 6-3, 7-6 (7/1) Jennifer Brady (USA x13) bt Fiona Ferro (FRA) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 Sloane Stephens (USA) bt Karolina Pliskova (CZE x9) 7-5, 6-1 Karolina Muchova (CZE x18) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 6-3, 6-4 Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) bt Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS x32) 6-2, 6-3 Elina Svitolina (UKR x5) bt Ann Li (USA) 6-0, 6-4 Sofia Kenin (USA x4) bt Hailey Baptiste (USA) 7-5, 6-3 Jessica Pegula (USA x28) bt Tereza Martincova (CZE) 6-3, 6-3 Maria Sakkari (GRE x17) bt Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 6-2, 6-3 Elise Mertens (BEL x14) bt Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 Marta Kostyuk (UKR) bt Zheng Saisai (CHN) 6-3, 6-4 Varvara Gracheva (RUS) bt Camila Giorgi (ITA) 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 Anett Kontaveit (EST x30) bt Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 6-2, 6-0 Iga Swiatek (POL x8) bt Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 6-1, 6-1 afp