Defending champion Rafael Nadal handed out a bruising lesson to highly-rated Austrian Dominic Thiem on Thursday as a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 victory took the Spaniard into the French Open third round.
Meanwhile, Seventh seeded Andy Murray reached the French Open third round on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 over Australia’s Marinko Matosevic.
Wimbledon champion Murray, who made the semi-finals at Roland Garros in 2011, faces Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber for a place in the last 16.
Eight-time winner Nadal, bidding to be the first man to clinch five Roland Garros titles in a row, had been expected to face a severe test from the 20-year-old world number 57.
But Thiem, who trains for big matches by running through forests carrying tree trunks to build stamina, ran out of steam on Philippe Chatrier court despite showing occasional glimpses of potential.
Nadal took his career record in Paris to 61 wins against a single loss and goes on to face Leonardo Mayer of Argentina.
Nadal’s compatriot David Ferrer, the fifth seed and last year’s runner-up, cruised past Italy’s Simone Bolelli 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 and next faces Italy’s Andreas Seppi.
Donald Young, the former world junior number one, made the third round for the first time by beating Spanish 26th seed Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 7-6 (7/1), 6-3.
Looking to make the most of the shock defeats of top seeds Serena Williams and Li Na in the women’s draw, Serb sixth seed Jelena Jankovic, three times a semi-finalist, eased past Japan’s Kurumi Nara 7-5, 6-0.
Sloane Stephens, the 15th seed, saw off Slovenia’s Polona Hercog 6-1, 6-3.
Russian 27th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, the champion in 2009, beat Italy’s Camila Giorgi 7-6 (7/5), 6-3.
In a match held over from Wednesday, Argentina’s Paula Ormaechea came back from 6-2, 5-3 down to beat Romania’s Monica Niculescu 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 and will face title favourite Maria Sharapova for a place in the last 16.
France’s Kristina Mladenovic, who shocked Chinese second seed Li in the first round, made the third round for the first time with a 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 6-3 win over Alison Riske of the United States.