Face of a champion: Rafael Nadal reacts as he returns the ball to Richard Gasquet.
PARIS: Novak Djokovic, birthday boy Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer all reached the French Open third round on Thursday as the race for the women’s title was thrown wide open after world number one Ashleigh Barty limped out.
Top seed Djokovic continued his bid for a second Roland Garros and 19th Grand Slam title with a straight-sets win over Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas.
The 34-year-old, who is looking to become the first man in more than 50 years to claim all four Slams multiple times, won 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
“I stayed concentrated. I thought the third set was very difficult for me because he lifted the level of his game,” said the world number one after his 350th Grand Slam match in which he fired 32 winners.
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