By Nick Powell
Rafael Nadal earned his 200th Grand Slam victory as he thumped Facundo Bagnis with an easy 6-3, 6-0, 6-3 win to reach the third round of the French Open and establish himself as a real contender for the tournament.
The Spaniard, bidding for a 10th title at Roland Garros, dropped the first two games against the world number 99 but then won 18 of the next 22 to ease through.
Meanwhile Novak Djockovic did enough to see off his Belgian opponent, Nadal's former conquerer, Steve Darcis 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to set up a meeting with Brit Aljaz Bedene who lost a two set lead but managed to come through against Spain's Carreno Busta, ranked 23 places higher at 43rd in the world, winning 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 4-6 5-7 6-2.
Rafael Nadal earned his 200th Grand Slam victory as he thumped Facundo Bagnis with an easy 6-3, 6-0, 6-3 win to reach the third round of the French Open and establish himself as a real contender for the tournament.
The Spaniard, bidding for a 10th title at Roland Garros, dropped the first two games against the world number 99 but then won 18 of the next 22 to ease through.
Meanwhile Novak Djockovic did enough to see off his Belgian opponent, Nadal's former conquerer, Steve Darcis 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to set up a meeting with Brit Aljaz Bedene who lost a two set lead but managed to come through against Spain's Carreno Busta, ranked 23 places higher at 43rd in the world, winning 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 4-6 5-7 6-2.
Serena Williams - the three-time winner and defending champion - outclassed Brazil's Teliana Pereira 6-2 6-1 with another clinical display to follow her first-round demolition of Magdalena Rybarikova in just 42 minutes.
The 34-year-old American will face the winner of the tie between France's Kristina Mladenovic and Timea Babos of Hungary for a place in the last 16.
Serena's sister, Venus, also reached the next round while there were wins for Timea Bacsinszky, Ana Ivanovic and Carla Suarez Navarro.
In the men's draw, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga fought back from two sets down to overcome Marcos Baghdatis, while Tomas Berdych defeated Malek Jaziri.
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