PARIS -- Andre Agassi put another Spaniard away when he crushed Tommy Robredo 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 in the French Open third round on Saturday.

Second-seeded Marat Safin, animated as usual and talking to himself after nearly every point he lost, beat David Nalbandian 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; and two-time semifinalist Juan Carlos Ferrero, showing no problems from a sore ankle, routed Guillermo Coria 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.

Sebastien Grosjean made it three Frenchmen in the round of 16 for the first time since 1991 -- joining Arnaud Di Pasquale and Paul-Henri Mathieu -- by beating American Vince Spadea 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-4. Mathieu will play Agassi in the fourth round.

Spaniards are generally regarded as fearsome foes, especially on clay, but former world No. 1 Agassi does not seem impressed.

This season, the fourth-seeded American has beaten six of them in succession: Fernando Vicente, Francisco Clavet, Juan Balcells, Albert Costa, David Sanchez and now Robredo.

	“	After that point in particular, he realized it was going to be tough physically. You have to state your point that this is what you're doing and you're going to do it all day." ”
		— Andre Agassi

The last two wins, both in Paris, were among the easiest for the 1999 Roland Garros champion. David Sanchez pulled out injured in the previous round trailing at 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. And Robredo only lasted 94 minutes on center court against the three-time French Open finalist, potentially the best player on clay behind defending champion Gustavo Kuerten.

"Today was a big match for me as Robredo was the toughest test yet, and he does a lot of things really well out there," Agassi said. "I knew I had to play well and really execute my game."

Agassi's domination was especially striking when he broke 25th-seeded Robredo in the fourth game of the second set with three splendid points. A powerless Robredo went to sit on the boarding lining the path to the locker room in despair.

"When he plays like this, it is really difficult to do anything," said Robredo, a former French Open junior finalist and a semifinalist in Hamburg this year.

Agassi broke him after an especially long and spectacular rally, and there was no way back for Robredo.

"After that point in particular, he realized it was going to be tough physically," Agassi said. "You have to state your point that this is what you're doing and you're going to do it all day."

Agassi will face French hopeful Paul-Henri Mathieu in the last 16 after Mathieu had an impressive straight sets victory against Czech Jiri Novak.