Dominic Thiem battles back to progress into round four of French Open

Dominic Thiem has defeated Alexander Zverev in four sets to continue his impressive run at the French Open.

The number 13 seed, who had never previously reached the third-round stage at this event, is now through to the last 16, where he will meet Marcel Granollers.

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In a match lasting just short of three hours, the first set proved to be the toughest for Thiem as he was pushed all the way to a tie-break after both players held serve.

It was Zverev who eventually took the opener 7-6(4), albeit after squandering two set points, but the Austrian battled back well and took the second set 6-3 to level things up overall.

Thiem was again able to hold in a huge third set, breaking his opponent in the third and ninth games to take it 6-3 and place one foot in the fourth round at Roland Garros.

Another 6-3 success in the fourth set followed, meaning Thiem's hopes of success in Paris remain alive and well heading into the second week of the Grand Slam event.