Besides, former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt of Australia battled into the fourth round on Friday, setting up an encounter with the third seed Novak Djokovic.
The 15th seed Hewitt needed two hours and nine minutes to see off French 21st seed Gael Monfils 6-3, 7-6(9), 6-4 to advance into the last 16 at his consecutive 12th appearance at the All England Club.
Hewitt, 29, won the Wimbledon title in 2002. He is going to face Serbian ace Djokovic as the world number three grabbed an easy 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 win over Spanish Albert Montanes on Friday.
Fifth seed Andy Roddick stormed into the fourth round of Wimbledon by beating German Philipp Kohlschreiber here on Friday.
The American served 28 aces to win 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3.
In women's play, five-time champion Venus Williams secured a place in the fourth round with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Russia's Alisa Kleybanova at Wimbledon on Friday. She will next meet with Australia's Jarmila Groth, and could eventually meet top-ranked sister Serena in the final.
Belgians Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters won in straight sets to set up a fourth-round showdown Monday.
Clijsters, seeded eighth, beat No. 27 Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 6-3. Henin, seeded 17th, defeated No. 12 Nadia Petrova 6-1, 6-4.
Clijsters and Henin will play each other for the 25th time, but the first time in a Grand Slam since 2006.
No. 4 Jelena Jankovic beat No. 28 Alona Bondarenko 6-0, 6-3. No. 11 Marion Bartoli, the 2007 runner-up, defeated Greta Arn 6-3, 6-4.
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