Wozniacki eases into French Open last 16

Paris - Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki downed France's Pauline Parmentier 6-0, 6-3 to reach the Roland Garros fourth round on Friday.

The second seed, a quarter-finalist in Paris last year, will face Russia's Daria Kasatkina for a place in the last eight.

Second seed Wozniacki had led 6-0, 5-0 before Parmentier saved a little pride with a late rally.

Results from day six of the French Open at Roland Garros on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Men

3rd rd

Marco Cecchinato (ITA) bt Pablo Carreo-Busta (ESP x10) 2-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3, 6-1

Novak Djokovic (SRB x20) bt Roberto Bautista (ESP x13) 6-4, 6-7 (6/8), 7-6 (7/4), 6-2

Fernando Verdasco (ESP x30) bt Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x4) 7-6 (7/4), 6-2, 6-4

Dominic Thiem (AUT x7) bt Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-2

Kei Nishikori (JPN x19) bt Gilles Simon (FRA) 6-3, 6-1, 6-3

Alexander Zverev (GER x2) bt Damir Dzumhur (BIH x26) 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 7-5

Women

3rd rd

Barbora Strycova (CZE x26) bt Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 6-2, 6-3

Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) bt Qiang Wang (CHN) 1-6, 7-5, 6-4

Madison Keys (USA x13) bt Naomi Osaka (JPN x21) 6-1, 7-6 (9/7)

Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU x31) bt Elina Svitolina (UKR x4) 6-3, 7-5

Daria Kasatkina (RUS x14) bt Maria Sakkari (GRE) 6-1, 1-6, 6-3

Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x2) bt Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 6-0, 6-3