The top six seeds made it through in France, but seeds were less successful in Ecuador and Bulgaria.
Matches decided on Day Four in Montpellier:
Karen Khachanov defeated Ricardas Berankis 6-2 7-6(11)
He will play David Goffin (1)
Damir Dzumhur (4) defeated Ruben Bemelmans 7-5 6-4
He will play Richard Gasquet (5)
Richard Gasquet (5) defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert 7-6(3) 5-7 6-3
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (3) defeated Nicolas Mahut in three tie breakers 7-6(3) 6-7(3) 7-6(4)
There were no service breaks in the match which lasted almost two and a half hours. Tsonga had four break points and Mahut three, but all seven were saved.
Two other stats which show how close the match was - Tsonga won 77% of points on his serve, and Mahut 75% on his, for the match.
Tsonga won 112 points and Mahut 108 for the match.
Jo-Wilfried will play Andrey Rublev (6) in the quarters.
Benoit Paire became the third Frenchman through to the quarters, defeating John Millman 6-4 7-6(4)
He will play Lucas Pouille (2)
Lucas Pouille (2) completed a quadrella of French players in the quarter finals by defeating qualifier Carlos Taberner 6-1 6-2 in just 49 minutes.
Pouille lost only one point out of 23 first serves from his racquet during the match, faced no break points, but converted four of six chances he gained.
Quito:
Qualifier Andrej Martin upset Pablo Carreno Busta (1) 6-4 6-2
He will play Corentin Moutet
Wildcard Corentin Moutet defeated big serving Ivo Karlovic (7) 7-5 6-7(3) 7-6(6)
Qualifier Roberto Carballes Baena defeated Paolo Lorenzi (4) 7-6(4) 7-5
He will play Nicolas Jarry (8)
Nicolas Jarry (8) defeated Stefano Travaglia 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3
Thiago Monteiro defeated lucky loser in qualifying Alessandro Giannessi 7-6(4) 4-6 7-5
He will play Gael Monfils (3)
Gael Monfils (3) defeated Casper Ruud 6-4 3-6 6-4
Gerald Melzer defeated Victor Estrella Burgos (6) 4-6 6-1 6-4
So endeth the run of Victor at this tournament- he doesn’t win four titles here in succession, but this record will be hard to equal.
Melzer will play Albert Ramos-Viñolas (2)
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (2) defeated wildcard Roberto Quiroz 6-3 3-6 6-3
Sofia:
Stan Wawrinka (1) defeated qualifier Martin Klizan 4-6 6-2 6-3
He will play Viktor Troicki
Viktor Troicki (6) defeated Denis Istomin 7-6(4) 1-6 7-6(5)
Maximlian Marterer defeated Joao Sousa (7) 7-5 7-6(6)
He will play qualifier Mirza Basic
Marius Copil defeated Blaz Kavcic 6-2 6-2
He will play Gilles Muller (3)
Gilles Muller (3) defeated Andreas Seppi 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(2)
Marcos Baghdatis defeated Adrian Mannarino (2) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-1
He will play qualifier Jozef Kovalik
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