PARIS (AP)—Unseeded Robby Ginepri is the only U.S. man in the French Open’s fourth round after upsetting 2003 champion Juan Carlos Ferrero.
The 98th-ranked Ginepri, of Kennesaw, Ga., beat the 16th-seeded Ferrero of Spain 7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-4 Saturday in a match that lasted more than three hours.
Ginepri was 1-7 in 2010 before the French Open.
This is Ginepri’s second trip to the fourth round at Roland Garros. He also made it that far in 2008, but lost in the first round in six other appearances at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament.
His best showing at a major tournament was reaching the 2005 U.S. Open semifinals.
The other U.S. man who reached the third round this year in Paris, Andy Roddick, lost Saturday.