Roger Federer on course and into 3rd round at Roland Garros

The third-seeded Federer made short work of Frenchman Maxime Teixeira with a 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 rout in 1 hour, 24 minutes. 

He completely dominated the 22- minute second set, winning 25 of the 33 total points played, and finished the match with seven service breaks while popping seven aces. 

"He fought hard, and afterwards he was trying to get the best score," Federer said of Teixeira. "The score was balanced for 1 1/2 sets, but even then he fought hard." 

The 22-year-old Teixeira entered the draw as a wild card this week. 

"I gave it all. I did what I could," Teixeira said. "To play against Roger is an incredible experience. I'll never forget it and it will be great memories." 

Federer titled here in 2009 to complete the career Grand Slam and was the runner-up to his great rival Rafael Nadal from 2006-08. 

Next up for the 16-time major champion Federer will be Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic, who was on the court for two fewer minutes than Federer in a 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 demolition of Spain's Pere Riba on Day 4.

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So judging by the score-line Roger is doing very well thus fur.  Sadly I have yet to see one of his matches due to poor coverage by TSN/ESPN.

I missed his first round match with Feliciano Lopez (where last time they played in Madrid it took Fed 3 tie-breakers to win) because I forgot to tape it.

And today they skipped coverage of his match altogether.  WTF?!.

The funny thing about the Lopez match was that there seemed to be a lot more attention focused on the post-match interview where Federer complained about the changed tennis balls.

Apparently they were changed again this year (and they're different from the ones used in all the other clay courts tournaments).

I can't say I disagree with Federer on the issue.  Seems to make more sense to use the same balls throughout.

But I also understand why they do it, simply to make it more challenging for the players.  It wouldn't be the French Open if things weren't done their way.

Not much to say about Fed's second round victory pretty straight forward (after a tough first round it was good to see).  His next match on Thursday could get very tricky.

Hopefully they will actually show it.