Tsonga carefree.

Quick and well done. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga qualified for the knockout stage in Rome in two nt sets Serbian Viktor Troicki, 6-2, 6-3 in 1:20. He will face Thursday Santiago Giraldo, who defeated Michael Llodra. Defending champion Rafael Nadal walked cons Philipp Kohlschreiber.



 ROME MASTERS 1000 - 2nd round:
Rafael Nadal (ESP/N.3) beat Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 6-1, 6-3. Next opponent: Hanescu.


Here the 160th victory of Rafael Nadal on clay. All in 166 games since January 2005. An astronomical figure that continues to fuel the myth of the Spanish real six-time winner in Monte Carlo a week ago and a half, en route to his 17th Masters title in 1000, a record that still holds Andre Agassi. Roger Federer, with the same number of titles in this "quest", can not fight in the Italian capital, eliminated by Ernests Gulbis Tuesday from its entry into the race. If the world No.1 is not in the right tempo on clay, Nadal puts the victories like beads on its surface , the sixth in a row this season without conceding a set. Philipp Kohlschreiber has tried to make the weight, it came too late in the game to expect better than a defeat in straight sets and 1:10. Next turn, Victor Hanescu will take over the German in the third round to wobble titleholder and four-time winner of the Roman title. 5 years ago, Romanian, currently 39th world, was beaten 6-1, 6-1.


THE FRENCH:
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA/N.7) beat Viktor Troike (RES) 6-2, 6-3
Next opponent: Giraldo


Santiago Giraldo (COL) beat Michael Llodra (FRA) 6-3, 6-2
Next opponent: Tsonga


Filippo Volandri (ITA) beats Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-2, 6-0
Next opponent: Gulbis


OTHER RESULTS:
Fernando Verdasco (ESP/N.6) beats Simone Bolelli (ITA) 7-6 (13/11), 6-3
Robin Soderling (SUE/N.5) Paolo Lorenzi beats (ITA) 6-1, 7-5
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) beat Tomas Berdych (TCH/N.10) 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8/6)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) beat Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 6-2, 6-3