PARIS -- Lleyton Hewitt's French Open dreams evaporated when he lost a two-set lead to go down 4-6, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 to Spain's Tommy Robredo in the third round of the French Open on Saturday.

	Lleyton Hewitt let a 3-0 lead in the fifth set slip away.

"I just took the foot off the pedal a little bit,'' Hewitt said. "In the fifth I had a lot of chances, and I didn't play the big points well enough.''

Hewitt double faulted twice on break point in the final set.

"I felt like I was good enough to win today,'' said the Australian, who considers the French Open his most difficult Grand Slam event. "I think I'll look back and I won't be that disappointed. I'll get over it pretty soon. I'm sure I'll bounce back.''

Robredo reached the fourth round at Roland Garros for the second time.

"To beat the world No. 1 like this, it's the best you can imagine,'' he said.

Earlier, defending champion Albert Costa won his third consecutive five-set match. Costa staged another comeback in the third round to outlast Nicolas Lapentti 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

In the opening round, Costa won for the first time in his long career after losing the first two sets. He did it once more against Lapentti, who limped through much of the final set with apparent cramps.

Costa advanced in 4 hours, 39 minutes. His first two victories took 3:38 each.

No. 32 Arnaud Clement won an all-French showdown on center court, beating qualifier Nicolas Coutelot 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.

"It wasn't a great match, a tight match that the fans would have liked to have seen,'' Coutelot said.

On another humid day, with temperatures in the mid-80s, No. 12 Sjeng Schalken quit trailing No. 19 Fernando Gonzalez 7-6 (4), 6-3, 3-1. Schalken said he has been bothered by a virus.

"Every time I had to run to one side, my heartbeat was 200, and that's not good,'' he said.

No. 3 Juan Carlos Ferrero and No. 20 Felix Mantilla also won, giving Spain five men in the fourth round. Ferrero beat No. 25 Tim Henman 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2, and Mantilla defeated compatriot Fernando Vicente 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-3.

No. 3 Juan Carlos Ferrero and No. 20 Felix Mantilla also won, giving Spain five men in the fourth round. Ferrero beat No. 25 Tim Henman 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2, and Mantilla defeated compatriot Fernando Vicente 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-3.

Three-time champion Gustavo Kuerten led Gaston Gaudio 7-6 (1), 7-5, 3-3 when their match was suspended until Sunday because of darkness. The winner will play Robredo.