He will meet France's Josselin Ouana or Poland's Lukasz Kubot for a place in the last 32.

BBC: Injured Ernests Gulbis suffers early French Open exit

Elswhere, fifth seed Soderling was in action for only one hour 11 minutes in his 6-0 6-1 6-1 crushing of the hapless Taylor Dent and, in a match that lasted only eight minutes longer, Tsonga thrashed fellow Frenchman Josselin Ouanna 6-0 6-1 6-4 .

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