Djokovic romps past Ginepri, faces Melzer

PARIS - Third-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic reached the French Open quarterfinals on Monday with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over America's Robby Ginepri, reeling off 12 of the last 15 games.

Djokovic will now tackle Jurgen Melzer, who ended Russian qualifier Teimuraz Gabashvili's run with a 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 win to become the first Austrian to make the last eight since former champion Thomas Muster in 1998.

The 23-year-old Djokovic, a semifinalist in 2007 and 2008, had won all of his four previous meetings with world No 98 Ginepri, who had reached this stage after putting out 2003 champion Juan Carlos Ferrero in the third round.