The start of second round play Wednesday at the 2013 French Open saw tournament favorites dominate once again. The top-seeded players on the men’s and women’s draws on the day -- No. 2 Roger Federer and No. 1 Serena Williams, respectively -- both made quick work of overmatched opponents.
French Open results 2013: Roger Federer, Serena Williams advance with ease
Federer and the younger Williams sister both dispatched their opponents in straight sets on Wednesday to advance to Round 3 at the 2013 French Open.
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Federer took out Somdev Devvarman of India in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1. Devvarman only saw three break-point chances in the match, and failed to capitalize on any of them. On the other side of the court, Federer saw 14 break-point chances and converted seven. Federer advances to the third round, where he will face France’s Julien Benneteau, a five-set winner over Tobias Kamke.
Williams’ performance against 19-year-old Caroline Garcia of France was equally dominant. Williams was simply too strong, scoring on 82 percent of her serves for a 6-2, 6-1 victory. Garcia, could only convert on 47 percent of her serve attempts, and managed just two aces to six for Williams. Williams advances to face No. 26 Sorana Cirstea of Romania on Friday.
More results from Round 1 and Round 2, Wednesday
Men’s Draw
No. 2 Roger Federer def. Somdev Devvarman - 6-2, 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 David Ferrer def. Albert Montanes - 6-2, 6-1, 6-3
No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. Jarkko Nieminen - 7-6 (14), 6-4, 6-3
No. 8 Janko Tipsarevic def. Nicolas Mahut - 6-2, 7-6 (11), 6-1 (1st round)
No. 10 Marin Cilic def. Nick Kyrgios - 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
No. 11 Nicolas Almagro def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin - 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
No. 14 Milos Raonic def. Michael Llodra - 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (10), 6-2
No. 15 Gilles Simon def. Pablo Cuevas - 6-7 (9), 6-1, 6-1, 6-1
No. 18 Sam Querrey def. Jan Hajek - 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
No. 20 Andreas Seppi def. Blaz Kavcic - 6-0, 7-6 (10), 6-7 (9), 4-6, 6-3
No. 23 Kevin Anderson def. Evgeny Donskoy - 6-7 (18), 6-1, 7-5, 6-2
No. 24 Benoit Paire def. Marcos Baghdatis - 3-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4, 6-4 (Match resumed from 1st round)
No. 25 Jeremy Chardy def. Roberto Bautista Agut - 6-1, 7-5, 6-4
No. 30 Julien Benneteau def. Tobias Kamke - 7-6 (20), 7-5, 5-7, 0-6, 6-4
No. 32 Tommy Robredo def. Igor Sijsling - 6-7 (9), 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
Women’s Draw
No. 1 Serena Williams def. Caroline Garcia - 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 Victoria Azarenka def. Elena Vesnina - 6-1, 6-4 (1st round)
No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska def. Mallory Burdette - 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 Sara Errani def. Yulia Putintseva - 6-1, 6-1
No. 7 Petra Kvitova def. Aravane Rezai - 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 (1st round)
No. 8 Angelique Kerber def. Jana Cepelova - 6-2, 6-2
Bojana Jovanovski def. No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki - 7-6 (9), 6-3
No. 12 Maria Kirilenko def. Nina Bratchikova - 6-0, 6-1 (1st round)
No. 14 Ana Ivanovic def. Mathilde Johansson - 6-2, 6-2
No. 15 Roberta Vinci def. Galina Voskoboeva - 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Petra Cetkovska def. No. 19 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova - 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
No. 20 Carla Suarez Navarro def. Shelby Rogers - 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Kaia Kanepi def. No. 23 Klara Zakopalova - 7-6 (10), 6-2 (1st round)
Jamie Hampton def. No. 25 Lucie Safarova - 7-6 (12), 3-6, 9-7 (1st round)
No. 26 Sorana Cirstea def. Johanna Larsson - 6-1, 6-4
No. 29 Varvara Lepchenko def. Elina Svitolina - 7-6 (12), 6-1
No. 32 Sabine Liscki def. Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor - 6-4, 6-0
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