Wild card Mathieu chasing Leconte.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

PARIS _ A French wild card reached the fourth round of the men's draw Saturday for the first time since Henri Leconte in 1992. Paul-Henri Mathieu upset No. 14 Jiri Novak in straight sets. Later, fellow Frenchman Arnaud DiPasquale became the second wild card to earn a berth in the round of 16 after dispatching Paradorn Srichaphan.

Mathieu, 20, also is trying to become the first former French Open boys' champion to win the men's title since Mats Wilander in 1988. Chances are it won't happen this year. Up next for Mathieu is No. 4 Andre Agassi.

If DiPasquale's run ends in the next round against No. 2 Marat Safin, DiPasquale likely won't fret too much. The French Open is DiPasquale's second ATP Tour-level event this year. He had left knee surgery in September 2001 and his tournament activity consisted of three challengers and a first-round loss at Casablanca.

DiPasquale already has matched his career-best showing in a major.

Oh, it's you again

Two of Sunday's four fourth-round matches in the top half of the men's draw are 2001 French Open rematches. Lleyton Hewitt and Guillermo Canas, and Alex Corretja and Mariano Zabaleta went five sets before Hewitt and Corretja advanced a year ago.

The top seed in 2002, Hewitt met No. 15 Canas in a round of 16 match and came back from two sets down to win 3-6, 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.