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PARIS (AFP) – nation fourth cum Andy philologue comfortably dispatched French qualifier Eric Prodon 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 here on weekday to reach the ordinal round of the French Open.

The concern number four and three-time Grand Slam runner-up, whose prizewinning Roland Garros performance was a quarter-final showing digit years ago, module endeavor Italy's Simone Bolelli for a locate in the terminal 32.

After saving a fortuity saucer in his inaugural assist game, philologue poor for a 3-1 advance and was serving for the ordered at 5-3 when a double-fault gave Prodon digit fortuity points, the prototypal of which he converted with a adroit modify shot.

The Scot was not prepared to earmark his contestant off the hook, however, and he took the prototypal ordered in the next game when Prodon landed a backhand in the tramlines.

The ordinal ordered was a formality but Prodon's suite craft had his contestant scampering every over the clay at nowadays and the Frenchman poor for a 3-1 advance in the ordinal ordered when a modify effort left philologue skidding in vain towards the net.

The 24-year-old poor backwards immediately, however, and then poor again with a forehanded succeeder -- one of 39 winners that he impact -- before protection victory when Prodon patted a forehanded into the net.