
2019 French Open |
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Venue: Roland Garros, Paris Dates: 26 May-9 June |
Coverage: Live text and radio commentary on selected matches on the BBC Sport website and app. |
Eleven-time
French Open champion Rafael Nadal moved into the third round of the
2019 tournament with a 6-1 6-2 6-4 win over Germany's Yannick Maden.
Nadal,
32, who won the competition in 2017 and 2018, took just two hours and
nine minutes to beat Maden, ranked 114th in the world.The 29-year-old German was playing in the second round of a Grand Slam for the first time.
Nadal will now face either David Goffin or Miomir Kecmanovic in round three.
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Maden managed to break Nadal's serve twice in the third set, but struggled to hold on to his own serve as the second seed moved into the last 32.
This is the second German qualifier that Nadal has defeated at this year's French Open after his first-round win over Yannick Hanfmann on Monday.
Elsewhere, France's Corentin Moutet, the world's number 110, defeated Argentina's 19th seed Guido Pella 6-3 6-1 2-6 7-5.
Sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece fought back from a set down to beat Bolivia's Hugo Dellien 4-6 6-0 6-3 7-5.
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