03 June, 2017
He raced out to a 4-0 advantage in the fourth set and completely dominated the final two to advantage past the 41st ranked Schwartzman.
The nine-time Roland Garros champ rolled into the fourth round by issuing a double-bagel for the third time in his career in Paris.
"I think I played a solid match, hitting very well with the forehand", said Nadal. "I think only once or twice I didn't celebrate here and was not the best feeling".
He is moving well very well and he is aware it is important: 'If your mind is great, your shots go where they're supposed to. The 30-year-old has had an impressive resurgence this year, losing to Roger Federer in the Australian Open final and winning three clay-court tournaments in a row.
No. 6 Dominic Thiem def.
Nadal, who has already won 10 titles apiece on clay at Barcelona and in Monte Carlo, is seeking his 10th French Open title and 15th career Grand Slam. "So I think I did a lot of things well this afternoon". But I am also happy at home. After that, he could face big-serving No. 5 seed Milos Raonic in the quarterfinals.
In another second round men's doubles match, Paes and his American partner Scott Lipsky lost 6-7, 2-6 to Tommy Robredo and Simon Marrero crash out.
"I felt better than in the first round, that's exactly what I wanted", he said. Here are four possibilities.
For a man who won his first title here as a teenager in 2005, and is aiming to become the first player in the Open era-and only the second ever, man or woman-to win 10 titles at a single Major, it is an understandable question.
The 21-year-old Mertens was playing in only her second Grand Slam tournament.
Nadal played better than "very well". Nadal is 17-7 against Murray, while Djokovic leads Murray 25-11.
Next up for the Spaniard in the third round will be 63rd-ranked Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili, who edged Serbian Viktor Troicki 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (8-6) on Wednesday.
On Maxime Hamou being expelled from Roland Garros because he was all the time trying to kiss female journalist on TV live program, Nadal said: 'I can not talk much about that. No.
Eventually in the semis, there may be Novak Djokovic, the defending champion, who has also overcome many of his own demons to sail through to the third round.
Nearly as many cameras were trained on the United States tennis star as were trained on Djokovic throughout the latter's 6-1 6-4 6-3 dismantling of Portugal's Joao Sousa.
Johnson has played through grief following the recent death of his father and Thiem consoled him after their match.
