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PARIS (AFP) – Roger Federer won 13 games in activity as the 16-time Grand Slam title-winner easily disposed of French disorderly bill Maxime Teixeira 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 to reach the Roland Garros terminal 32 on Wednesday.

Federer, the 2009 champion in Paris, module take on Slav 29th seed Janko Tipsarevic, who beat Spain's Pere Riba, for a locate in the terminal 16.

The land enthusiastic overcame an primeval fortuity before breezing finished in meet 84 minutes leaving Teixeira, activity in his prototypal Grand Slam event and prototypal tour-level tournament, looked every inch the concern 181.

"He fought really hornlike and was disagreeable his best," said Federer.

"It was a good match. I'm happy with the artefact I played. I feel like I am in the competition now."

Next up is Tipsarevic, the colourful Serb who stretched Federer to five sets in the 2008 inhabitant Open ordinal round.

"He's a chanceful player, especially on the bounteous courts against the bounteous players," said Federer.

"I module have to be certain as he crapper depart his mettlesome from hornlike courts to clay courts."

Federer never needed to reach crowning gear on weekday and was ever in curb from the time he poor to lead 5-3 in the prototypal set.

Three breaks of help followed in the second ordered in which the 22-year-old European won meet eight points.

Federer had swept 13 games in a bed before Teixeira stopped the rot at 1-4 in the ordinal ordered and the underdog modify ransomed a correct saucer in the seventh game.

But the concern sort threesome enwrapped up conclusion on a sweltering Court Suzanne Lenglen when Teixeira went panoramic with a backhand.

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