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*Monfils 3-6 6-4 3-6 5-5 Draper
Annabel Croft
Former British number one on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds
It's got tie-break written all over it.
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British men's number one Jack Draper beats home favourite Gael Monfils 6-3 4-6 6-3 7-5 to make French Open third round
Jacob Fearnley also through after Ugo Humbert retires injured
Fearnley will face fellow Briton Cameron Norrie, who beat Federico Gomez
Three British men in third round for first time since 1968
Katie Boulter loses 6-1 6-3 to Australian Open champion Madison Keys
Sonay Kartal beaten by Marie Bouzkova, who will face Coco Gauff next
Novak Djokovic sees off Corentin Moutet in three sets
Jannik Sinner beats Richard Gasquet in Frenchman's final match
Bobbie Jackson and Marissa Thomas
*Monfils 3-6 6-4 3-6 5-5 Draper
Annabel Croft
Former British number one on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds
It's got tie-break written all over it.
Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport senior tennis reporter at Roland Garros
We know all about the physical issues which Draper suffered with earlier in his career.
But the three consecutive five-setters he won at the Australian Open in January showed us he had turned into a different beast.
Draper bent over double for the best part of a minute as he faced those set points just then.
Last year, you'd have feared for him. Now you have confidence he can recover like he did.
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That quickly turns into advantage and is swiftly followed by an emphatic ace to hold.
Nerves of steel.
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Jack Draper defends the first comfortably but he's asked huge questions to save the second.
A couple of drop shots later he finds space in the corner for deuce.
*Monfils 3-6 6-4 3-6 5-4 Draper
Gael Monfils puts Jack Draper on the back foot and gets his reward with the world number five returning into the net. 0-15.
Like a boxer who has done 11 rounds in the twilight of a long career, Monfils is picking his moments when to expend energy and he chooses to step up to the net to pull further clear.
Monfils has two break points as he looks to take the set.
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Annabel Croft
Former British number one on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds
I think it is probably the best match of the tournament.
It's the shots, the entertainment, the different ways they are winning the points.
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Gigi Salmon
BBC Sport tennis commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds
The level of tennis we are witnessing from Jack Draper is outstanding.
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No.
A lengthy rally concludes with Gael Monfils putting a forehand long.
A huge moment for the Briton. It's back on serve.
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Gael Monfils lands two winners flush on the baseline - Jack Draper even takes a close look at one of them to make sure it was in.
A trio of loose shots allow Jack Draper back into the game and he has a chance to break.
Monfils has already saved 10 break points in this set alone! Can he save another?
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Annabel Croft
Former British number one on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds
I assumed that Jack Draper would win this match, he would be a higher level and take the legs out of Gael Monfils.
Monfils is energised, he is entertaining and it takes an enormous strength of character to cope with what is going on here. It is like a football crowd.
The tennis has been absolutely jaw-dropping. Some of the rallies we are witnessing have been very special, the level is so extraordinarily high.
Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport senior tennis reporter at Roland Garros
Jack Draper's attempts to get the Chatrier crowd going didn't pan out as he perhaps hoped.
After waving his arms in the air for some noise, the Parisians start whistling at him.
This is pure entertainment.
The crowd delay Draper's service game by starting a Mexican wave which does four of five laps of the 15,000 stadium.
When they eventually simmer down, the fans clap themselves - and Monfils s in with the applause.
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Jack Draper holds to love.
Gael Monfils seemed happy to concede that game in the hope of retaining some energy as he now prepares to serve for the set.
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After defending five break points and getting a huge shade of luck with the double net cord bounce, Gael Monfils wraps up the game.
Another 13 minute game in this fourth set.
The crowd are loving every second of this.
Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport senior tennis reporter at Roland Garros
Even Jack Draper almost cracks a smile.
That double net cord which went in Monfils' favour was beyond belief.
It felt like an age as it hung in the air, leaving more suspense than a murder mystery.
Nobody - and I mean nobody - knew which side it would drop.
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An exchange of drop shots after a long rally before it's fired into Jack Draper's racquet and ends up wide.
Back to deuce.
We're over 11 minutes in this game now.
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Daniela Hantuchova
Former world number five on BBC Radio 5 Live
I cannot imagine worse conditions to play in if I am Jack Draper right now.
I would have broken at least four or five racquets by now.
This is just crazy stuff.
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It's saved in the most remarkable of circumstances.
Gael Monfils' forehand clips the net cord, bounces for a second time on top of the net before eventually tipping on to Jack Draper's side of the court.
A stroke of luck for the home favourite.
But Mofils will have to defend a fifth break point as Draper nestles a winner bang on the baseline.
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Gael Monfils now with a chance to close out the game. He looks for the serve and volley but goes wide.
A fine cross-court hook from the baseline sees Jack Draper clip the line and earn a fourth break point.
Draper shows a rare bit of emotion from a positive perspective.
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Annabel Croft
Former British number one on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds
Gael Monfils stands like a statue and just laps up the appreciation of the crowd.
I'm sure the crowd are going to be exhausted at the end of this, they have put a lot of energy in.
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A ripping forehand winner down the line gets Gael Monfils back to the relative safety of deuce. He stands and stares and one of the stands on Philippe Chatrier.
Another winner for advantage and he turns to soak up praise from a different stand.
Monfils fires into the net and we go back to deuce.