Roger Federer
Roger Federer won 13 games in succession as the 16-time Grand Slam title-winner easily disposed of French wild card Maxime Teixeira 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 to reach the Roland Garros last 32 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.
Teixeira, playing in his first Grand Slam event and first tour-level tournament, looked every inch the world 181.
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.
Three breaks of serve followed in the second set in which the 22-year-old Frenchman won just eight points.
Federer had 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.
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