French Open Men's Singles: Day 5 Results

The good run for the French in the men's singles division in the second round of the 2014 French Open in Roland Garros is making up for the loss of the top seeded women. Richard Gasquet has booked himself a seat in the third round despite just regaining his competitiveness after a back injury.

Richard Gasquet (12) def. Carlos Berlocq 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4

Gasquet's match was featured in front of his home crowd in the main court, Philippe Chatrier.

"Obviously playing here just carries you. It's the second time this year, and I have some experience. And with the crowd supporting you, it's great. It was packed today. It helped me find a second stamina,I have been playing for 10 years, I have gathered experience, and when you're injured for two months, it's huge already. It's awesome to be in the third round." said Gasquet

The French crowd was also delighted to witness another Frenchman featured on Suzanne Lenglen Court. Gael Monfils booked his own third round place against Italian Fabio Fognini after defeating his German opponent, Jan-Lennard Struff.

Gael Monfils (23) def. Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-1

Fabio Fognini (14) def. Thomaz Bellucci 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(2).

Novak Djokovic has already booked his place in the third round the previous day and will be going against Marin Cilic,of Croatia. Cilic has never beaten Djokovic in eight meeting but he will be looking forward to the first time which he will be hoping wll come this year. Meanwhle, former world number 1 Roger Federer is also awaiting his third round match against Russian veteran Dmitry Turunov who will prove to be the first real test for the new father of twin girls.

Defending champion and looking for his fifth straight Roland Garros title, Rafael Nadal dished out some lessons for emerging Austrian player Dominic Thiem. Nadal took out Thiem in straight sets on Philippe Chatrier but the 20 year old Austrian showed promise and did not just roll over for Nadal. Even the eight time French Open champion saw his potential.

"As far as his game is concerned, I think that our generation is now on the way out, like Murray, Djokovic, Ferrer, and Berdych and others, and Tsonga, as well, we have been here for a long while. A generation is walking away and others will replace us. It will not come overnight, but it will come," Nadal said.

"I think that this player has a huge potential and could be one of the ones who's going to replace us. His tennis style is really good. What he could work on is his footwork and how he moves on the court. That's all. But apart from that, I think his speed is really good, and also the way he changes directions, he serves well. I think he has a bright future ahead of him." He added.

Rafael Nadal (1) def. Dominic Thiem 6-2, 6-2, 6-3

Ivo Karlovic of Croatia managed his best Roland Garros showing after upsetting 11^th seed rigor Dimitrov and winning over Andreas Hairder-Maurer of Austria. This will be his first foray into the third round and possibly the second week of the French Open. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain who also made a big upset by taking out 3^rd seed Stan Wawrinka also went ahead to the third round.

Ivo Karlovic def. Andreas Hairder-Maurer 7-5, 6-3, 6-4

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez def. Adrian Mannarino, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0

Fernando Verdasco escaped an early exit scare as he found himself two sets down against his opponent fron Uruguay, Pablo Cuevas. The 24^th seed Spaniard had to fight his way back into the match and emerged victorious after a four hour battle. His trouble are not over yet as he is set to face home hero Richard Gasquet in the next round.

Fernando Verdasco def. Pablo Cuevas 4-6, 6-7(6), 7-5, 6-4, 6-3

Other results:

Philipp Kohlschreiber (28) def. Denis Istomin 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-2

Andreas Seppi (32) def. Juan Monaco 6-2, 6-4, 6-4

Leonardo Mayer def. Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

Donald Young def. Feliciano Lopez (26), 6-3, 7-6(1), 6-3

Jack Sock def. Steve Johnson 7-5, 6-4, 6-2.

Kevin Anderson (19) def. Axel Michon 6-2, 6-3, 6-2

Dusan Lajovic def. Jurgen Zopp 6-2, 6-4, 6-4

See complete brackets and results in the Official French Open Web site.