Federer, del Potro advance with ease

PARIS: Roger Federer won 13 games in succession as the 16-time Grand Slam winner easily disposed of French wild card Maxime Teixeira 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 to reach the last 32 at Roland Garros on Wednesday.

Federer, the 2009 champion in Paris, will take on Serbian 29th seed Janko Tipsarevic, who beat Spain's Pere Riba, for a place in the last 16.

The Swiss great overcame an early break before breezing through in just 84 minutes leaving Teixeira, playing in his first Grand Slam event and first tour-level tournament, looking every inch the world number 181.

“He fought really hard and was trying his best,” said Federer. “It was a good match. I'm happy with the way I played. I feel like I am in the tournament now.”

Next up is Tipsarevic, the colourful Serb who stretched Federer to five sets in the 2008 Australian Open third round.

“He's a dangerous player, especially on the big courts against the big players,” said Federer. “I will have to be careful as he can vary his game from hard courts to clay courts.”

Federer never needed to reach top gear and was always in control from the time he broke to lead 5-3 in the first set.

Federer swept 13 games in a row before Teixeira stopped the rot at 1-4 in the third set and the underdog even saved a match point in the seventh game.

But the world number three wrapped up victory on a sweltering Court Suzanne Lenglen when Teixeira went wide with a backhand.

The former US Open champion, a 2009 semifinalist here, made the last 32 with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 win over Slovenia's Blaz Kavcic.

del Potro missed last year's Roland Garros and was almost forced out of this edition because of a hip injury.

Also going through to the last 32 on Wednesday were Spanish seventh seed David Ferrer, who defeated France's Julien Benneteau 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, and French ninth seed Gael Monfils with a 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 win over compatriot Guillaume Rufin.

Wozniacki progresses

World number one Caroline Wozniacki took her place in the French Open third round by edging Canadian qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak 6-3, 7-6(6) in an entertaining encounter.

After an early exchange of breaks of serve on Court Philippe Chatrier, Wozniacki broke for a 3-1 lead when a back-tracking Wozniak dug a forehand into the net from just inside the baseline.

A well-contested opening set featuring plenty of long rallies witnessed another break apiece before the Dane closed out the set, saving a break point at 5-3 up and then watching as a looping forehand from Wozniak landed long.

Wozniak, the world number 162, saved three breaks points in a closely fought second set and came close to bringing up a set point at 6-5 up, only for a backhand winner to be called narrowly out.

Wozniacki emitted a scream after netting a simple smash to put Wozniak 4-2 up in the tie-break and then drew jeers from the crowd by disputing a line call after a lob was called long, which handed her opponent three set points.

The interruption galvanised the top seed, however, and she battled back to 6-6, before claiming the match on her first match point with a running backhand that Wozniak could only volley into the net.

Men: Second round: 31-Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) bt Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3); 29-Janko Tipsarevic (Srb) bt Pere Riba (Esp) 6-1, 6-3, 6-0; 3-Roger Federer (Sui) bt Maxime Teixeira (Fra) 6-3, 6-0, 6-2; 7- David Ferrer (Esp) bt Julien Benneteau (Fra) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2; 9-Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Guillaume Rufin (Fra) 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3; 25-Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt Blaz Kavcic (Slo) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4; Steve Darcis (Bel) bt Philipp Petzschner (Ger) 7-5, 6-4, 6-4.

First round: 18-Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Michael Russell (USA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, 6-0; 32- Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Nicolas Mahut (Fra) 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-3; 16-Fernando Verdasco (Esp) bt Juan Monaco (Arg) 6-2, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

5-Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Ryan Harrison (USA) 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6; Jeremy Chardy (Fra) bt Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 6-2, 6-4, 6-4; 8-Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt Andreas Beck (Ger) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2; Arnaud Clement (Fra) bt Filippo Volandri (Ita) 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(9), 6-4; Pablo Andujar (Esp) bt Santiago Giraldo (Col) 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-3; Lukasz Kubot (Pol) bt 11-Nicolas Almagro (Esp) 3-6, 2-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(5), 6-4; 24-Sam Querrey (USA) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4; Xavier Malisse (Bel) bt Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.

Women: 1-Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Aleksandra Wozniak (Can) 6-3, 7-6(6); 28-Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Sara Errani (Ita) 6-1, 6-2; 17-Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Lucie Safarova (Cze) 2-6, 7-5, 6-2; Gisela Dulko (Arg) bt 32-Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) 6-4, 6-2; 8-Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Simona Halep (Rom) 6-0, 6-2; Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) bt Edina Gallovits (Rom) 6-1, 6-4; Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3; 14-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom) 6-1, 6-1; Nuria Llagostera Vives (Esp) bt Alize Cornet (Fra) 6-0, 6-2; 10-Jelena Jankovic (Srb) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus) 6-3, 6-2; Rebecca Marino (Can) bt Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Esp) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; 14-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt Mona Barthel  (Ger) 6-0, 7-6(5); 29-Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Polona Hercog (Slo) 7-5, 6-1.

First round: 4-Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Andrea Hlavackova (Cze) 6-3, 6-3. Doubles: First round: 7-Elena Vesnina (Rus) & Sania Mirza (Ind) bt Vera Dushevina & Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) 7-6(2), 6-2 .

Mixed doubles: First round: 7-Leander Paes (Ind) & Iveta Benesova (Cze) bt Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) & Aravane Rezai (Fra) 6-3, 6-1 .