Luca Van Assche saved nine of the 10 break points he faced in the second round in Paris on Wednesday to beat 15th-seeded Sauve Thien 7-6 (4), 6-4, avenging a 6-3, 6-1 defeat in Vienna in October. In the round of 16, the 22-year-old Frenchman will face Lorenzo Musetti, the winner of top seed Alexander Zverev.
