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Nadal, fresh from thrashing Roger Federer in straight sets for his fourth straight title at Roland Garros, was equally ruthless in seeing off veteran Swede Jonas Bjorkman 6-2 6-2 in just 65 minutes.

"I'm very happy to be here for the third time," said top seed Nadal, who will face Japan's Kei Nishikori in the last 16. "I'm here to try my best. Right now, I am playing well but it's very difficult to adapt from clay to grass."

Nadal could face Andy Roddick in the semi-finals and the defending champion earlier overcame a slow start to beat fellow American Robby Ginepri 6-7 (8/6) 6-1 6-1 on centre court.

Bidding for a record fifth title, Roddick lost the opening set on a tie-break but stormed back to win 12 of the last 14 games on his comeback from a shoulder injury which forced him to miss the French Open.

"I've been off for a while and Robby was very aggressive early on so it made life difficult," said the 25-year-old. "I found my feet in the second set and started to play very well from there. I feel very comfortable here, I love playing at this club and hopefully we can get another title."

Fellow four-time champion Lleyton Hewitt also advanced to the third round with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Belgium's Xavier Malisse, while second seed Novak Djokovic defeated Croatia's Roko Karanusic 6-2 7-6 (9/7).

Andy Murray discovered the identity of his third-round opponent when Latvia's Ernests Gulbis beat Andreas Seppi 6-3 6-7 6-3. The pair will meet on Thursday for a place in the last eight.

Late in the day, British number one Murray and Venezuelan partner Daniel Vallverdu lost 6-4 6-4 to Jonas Bjorkman and Kevin Ullyett in the second round of the doubles.

But elder brother Jamie and partner Max Mirnyi advanced to the quarter-finals with victory over Australian pair Chris Guccione and Lleyton Hewitt.