French Open: Roger Federer vs Somdev in second round

Serena cruises

Earlier 15-times major winner Serena Williams showed ominous form with a 51-minute 6-0 6-1 drubbing of Georgias Anna Tatishvili. Serbian Ana Ivanovic,a third former French Open champion scheduled to brighten up the days 32-match schedule,had to work a little harder to reach the second round. The 2008 champion,got past Croatias Petra Martic 6-1 3-6 6-3.

Gilles Simon,one of six Frenchmen seeded as the host nation desperately craves a first male champion since Yannick Noah in 1983,gave fans anxiety attacks as he lost the opening two sets to old warrior Lleyton Hewitt before recovering to win 3-6 1-6 6-4 6-1 7-5. Simon led 5-0 in the fifth set but an attack of nerves almost let veteran Aussie Hewitt steal victory. David Ferrer,seeded fourth after the withdrawal of Britons Andy Murray,eased into the second round with a 6-4 6-3 6-4 defeat of another Australian,Marinko Matosevic.

Womens 11th seed Nadia Petrova of Russia became the days highest-ranked casualty,losing to Puerto Ricos Monica Puig 3-6 7-5 6-4 but the other seeds came through unscathed.