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Federer moves into third round

Top seed Roger Federer beat Colombia's Alejandro Falla 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 to reach the French Open third round on Wednesday.

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PARIS: Top seed Roger Federer beat Colombia's Alejandro Falla 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 to reach the French Open third round on Wednesday.
 
The Swiss world number one now faces either Chilean 32nd seed Nicolas Massu or Max Mirnyi of Belarus for a place in the fourth round.
 
The Swiss top seed, looking to win the only Grand Slam title to elude him so far, kept his concentration amid three rain interruptions to set up a clash with Chilean 32nd seed Massu or big-serving Belarussian Mirnyi.   
 
Federer had struggled past Argentine qualifier Diego Hartfield in round one but against the left-handed Falla, the world number 139, he raced through the first set in 20 minutes.   
 
Falla, who won only three games in their only previous meeting at Wimbledon in 2004, fell a break down in the second set but had three chances to break back for 4-4.   
 
Federer dashed his hopes, taking the second set and then easing through the third for a comfortable victory.
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