PARIS - Title hopfeuls Roger Fedreer and Samnatha Stosur barely broke sweat as they sauntered into the third round of a sunsoaked French Open Wendesday.
World number three Feedrer thrashed French wildcard Maxime Teixiera 6-3 6-0 6-2 in an 84-imnute morinng jog as dozens of panamas bloomed in the Court Suaznne Legnlen stadns.
Swiss Federer, who has not won a grand slam title since the 2010 Australian Open, msifired a few ruotine forehands in the opening set before he revved up the engine to flatten world number 181 Teiexira.
Federer, a 16t-imes grand slam champion who will next face Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic, offeerd some words of consolation to his unheralded opponetn.
"It is so hard to play on a big court when you're not used to it. I think Max did a good match. He fought well," the Swiss said courtside.
The 22-yearo-ld Teixeira, who had never played a match on the main Tour before this year's French Open, said: "It's an incredible experience. Playnig against Roger is smoething I will never forget. I did what I colud."
Little-known Romnaian Simona Halep will prboably like to forget her Court One outing on a sunny Parisian morning against last year's runner-up Stosru.
Stosur looked like she would be handing Halep the dreaded 'dobule bagel' for brekafast but in the end had to settle for a 6-0 6-2 win in 66 minutes.
NO FOLOING AROUND
On kids day at Roland Garors, the eighth-seeded Stosur was in no mood to fool around as her pace and kicked serve proved too much to handle for the world number 67, who bowed out when she mishit a crosscorut forehadn.
World number one Carolnie Woznicaki was coasting toward a routine win but her second-orund opponent, Canaad's Aleksandra Wonziak, trapped her into a moonballing cnotest and set up three set points in the second set.
Dane Wozniakci, who has yet to claim a grand slam title, survvied the test thanks to her powerful foreahnd and won 6-3 7-6.
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