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The Cypriot 16th seed, beaten by Roger Federer in the 2006 Australian Open final, was leading 6-2 6-2 when Hajek conceded the match.

Baghdatis, who recently returned to Cyprus after living in Paris from the age of 13, had already beaten his previous best performance here by reaching the third round.

He will face either Paul-Henri Mathieu of France or Russia's Igor Andreev in the last 16.

Meanwhile, former champion Carlos Moya set up a clash of the 'golden oldies' on Saturday when he cruised into the fourth round by defeating Argentine qualifier Juan Pablo Brzezicki 6-1 6-3 7-5.

The 30-year-old Spaniard will play 35-year-old Jonas Bjorkman, the oldest player in the men's draw, for a place in the quarter-finals after Bjorkman had earlier beaten Spain's Oscar Hernandez in four sets.

Bjorkman had battled back from two sets down in the first two rounds and came from behind again after losing a first-set tiebreak to Hernandez.

Nearly 10 years after winning his sole grand slam title at Roland Garros, Moya, seeded 23, showed he is still a force on clay with a textbook display to end the hopes of Brzezicki.

Moya, who has more claycourt titles than any active player apart from good friend Rafael Nadal, sealed victory after one hour 50 minutes when Brzezicki miss-hit a forehand over the baseline.

REUTERS