With the victory, Paul will take on Australian Alexei Popyrin in the fourth round Sunday. Popyrin entered the event ranked No. 25 among the men, and should provide yet another tough challenge as Paul looks to advance to the quarterfinals at the French Open for the second time in his career.

Follow live reaction from the sixth day at Roland Garros as the third round of the singles got underway in Paris

Iga Swiatek bounces back from the brink to reach the quarterfinals. She beats Elena Rybakina 1-6, 6-3, 7-5. Meanwhile, Tommy Paul reached the quarter-final of men's singles while Elina Svitolina dumped out third seed Jasmine Paolini.

PARIS — Tommy Paul became the first American man in the French Open quarterfinals since Andre Agassi in 2003, beating 25th-seeded Alexei Popyrin of Australia 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 in less than two hours Sunday.

Tommy Paul survived a two-set deficit against Marton Fucsovics at the French Open and Matthew McConaughey took notice.