By Julien Pretot
PARIS (Reuters) - Title hopefuls Roger Federer and Samantha Stosur barely broke sweat as they sauntered into the third round of a sunsoaked French Open Wednesday.
World number three Federer thrashed French wildcard Maxime Teixeira 6-3 6-0 6-2 in an 84-minute morning jog as dozens of panamas bloomed in the Court Suzanne Lenglen stands.
Federer, a 16-times grand slam champion who will next face Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic, offered some words of consolation to his unheralded opponent.
"It is so hard to play on a big court when you're not used to it. I think Max did a good match. He fought well," the Swiss said courtside.
The 22-year-old Teixeira, who had never played a match on the main Tour before this year's French Open, said: "It's an incredible experience. Playing against Roger is something I will never forget. I did what I could."
Little-known Romanian Simona Halep will probably like to forget her Court One outing on a sunny Parisian morning against last year's runner-up Stosur.
Stosur looked like she would be handing Halep the dreaded 'double bagel' for breakfast but in the end had to settle for a 6-0 6-2 win in 66 minutes.
NO FOOLING AROUND
On kids day at Roland Garros, the eighth-seeded Stosur was in no mood to fool around as her pace and kicked serve proved too much to handle for the world number 67, who bowed out when she mishit a crosscourt forehand.
World number one Caroline Wozniacki was coasting toward a routine win but her second-round opponent, Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak, trapped her into a moonballing contest and set up three set points in the second set.
The heat and a plucky opponent initially left 17th seed Julia Georges frazzled as she fell a set and 3-1 behind.
But the in-form German, who won the Stuttgart tournament and reached the last four in Madrid during the past few weeks, relied on her survival instincts to floor Czech Lucie Safarova 2-6 7-5 6-2.
Later Wednesday, Novak Djokovic will be looking for his 39th successive victory this year and aiming to prove to stuttering rival Rafael Nadal that he is ready to steal his crown when he meets Victor Hanescu in the second round
World number two Djokovic, who beaten Nadal four times this year including twice in claycourt finals, had no such problems in Monday's demolition of Thiemo De Bakker.
Defending champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy is last on Center Court against Russia's Vesna Dolonts.
(Editing by Pritha Sarkar)
