Paris: Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova have reached the third round at the French Open amidst cool, windy conditions for most of the fourth day at Roland Garros.
The good news for India, though, is that Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi have both won their first round doubles matches.
It was a third consecutive damp, chilly day at the French Open at Roland Garros on Wednesday.
Carlos Moya of Spain had a pretty easy win over Russian Mikhail Youzhny. Moya held every service game and won 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. He will now face Nikolay Davydenko.
Maria Sharapova is recovering from an ankle injury and her aces ensured she had lesser area to cover on the court.
Sharapova beat Iveta Benesova 6-4 6-1.
Amelie Mauresmo had an easy first set but quite a tough second set.
After taking the first set in 34 minutes, Mauresmo was broken three times in the second. But she kept her cool and beat Vera Dushevina 6-1, 7-6.
France's Richard Gasquet briefly raised home hopes before losing to third seed David Nalbandian 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0.
Top seed Roger Federer endured two rain delays to beat Alejandro Falla 6-1, 6-4, 6-3.
Racing against time and darkness, Venus Williams lost the first four games but rallied to beat Emma Laine of Finland 7-6, 6-2.
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