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Rafael Nadal handed out a brutal French Open lesson to highly-rated Austrian Dominic Thiem on Thursday, winning 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the third round.
Nadal took his career record in Paris to 61 wins against a single loss and goes on to face Leonardo Mayer of Argentina in the next round.
Fifth-seeded compatriot David Ferrer and 7th seeded Wimbledon champion Andy Murray also cruised through.
Ferrer beat Italy's Simone Bolelli 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 and next faces another Italian in Andreas Seppi.
Murray brushed aside Marko Matosevic 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 and next faces experienced German Philipp Kohlschreiber.
South Africa's Kevin Anderson brushed aside Axel Michon, the world number 206 from France, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 and next plays Ivo Karlovic.
In ladies play, there were were comfortable wins for Simona Halep, Petra Kvitova and Jelena Jankovic.
Fourth-seeded Halep of Romania beat British qualifier Heather Watson 6-2, 6-4 and Czech fifth seed Kvitova saw off New Zealand's
Marina Erakovic 6-4, 6-4.
Serbian sixth seed Jelena Jankovic eased past Japan's Kurumi Nara 7-5, 6-0.
