Third seed Roger Federer cruised past French wild card Maxime Teixeira 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 on Wednesday for a place in the Roland Garros third round.
Just under 24 hours after John Isner took Rafael Nadal to five sets in his singles opener, Isner and his fellow American Sam Querrey lost to Italians Daniele Bracciali and Potito Starace 2-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(6) in just over two hours. The No. 15 seeds paid the price for not being able to convert 11 break point opportunities.
There are still two days until the draw for the French Open 2011 comes out, and by then, we will be much wiser. Some prefer to wait and see how the draw falls out before naming the favourites, but the fact of the matter is that while a player can have a tough draw, he should prevail if he's a worthy favourite.