Defending champion Thomas Muster breezed to a 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 victory Thursday over Gerard Solves in the second round of the French Open.
"Everything went quite well. I had no trouble," said Muster, apparently fully recovered from the sprained ankle he sustained last week. "I was quite comfortable the way it went."Solves, a 171st-ranked French player, also lost to the Austrian clay-court specialist last year in the first round.
Fifth-seeded Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia advanced, beating American David Wheaton 7-5, 6-2, 6-4.
On the women's side, No. 3 Conchita Martinez of Spain fell behind in the second set before defeating Slovakia's Radka Zrubakova 6-3, 7-5.
Seventh-seeded Kimiko Date of Japan moved ahead with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Tatyana Jecmenica of Yugoslavia. No. 14 Amanda Coetzer of South Africa beat Francesca Lubiani of Italy 6-4, 6-1.
In other matches, defending women's champion Steffi Graf was paired with Australia's Nicole Bradtke, ranked 54th.
No. 4 Michael Chang squared off with Richard Fromberg of Austria, No. 9 Marcelo Rios faced Australian Jason Stoltenberg, and No. 11 Arnaud Boetsch of France played Paul Haarhuis of the Netherlands.
On Wednesday, top-seeded Pete Sampras survived a second-round match with two-time winner Sergi Bruguera of Spain.
"Of what I've had at Roland Garros, to beat someone of Sergi's capabilities on clay - he's won here twice before - it's my best win," Sampras said after the 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 6-2 victory.
Sampras, who has never made it past the quarterfinals, next faces fellow American Todd Martin. The highest-ranked unseeded player in the draw, Martin defeated three-time champion Mats Wilander.
Third seed Andre Agassi was ousted by Chris Woodruff, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 6-2, skipped the news conference and was fined $2,000.
Monica Seles, co-seeded No. 1 with Graf, eked out a first-set tiebreaker to get past 29th-ranked Naoko Sawamatsu of Japan 7-6 (7-4), 6-2.