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With almost mistake-free tennis, the top-ranked Williams won nine consecutive games and advanced to the third round by beating Julia Goerges 6-1, 6-1.Four-time champion Nadal lost serve only once and beat Horacio Zeballos 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.A schedule backlog caused by rain forced Nadal and Williams to wait until the sixth day of the tournament for their second-round matches. They took the court on a sunny, cool morning and engaged in brisk workouts.Williams won in 55 minutes and said such a rout can help her in later matches.
I can learn a lot, like, 'OK, what am I doing today? How can I get them to all be like that?'" she said. "Those are the questions that I ask and I try to answer."Nadal won in 1 hour, 45 minutes. He has lost only 13 games through two rounds.

Williams, bidding for her first title at Roland Garros since 2002, played aggressively and still committed only four unforced errors to 20 for Goerges. Williams often moved two steps inside the baseline to smack returns, and she won 15 of 19 points on Goerges' weak second serves.Williams held every service game and sprinted forward several times to finish off points with swinging volleys.

The 12-time Grand Slam champion has won 41 consecutive second-round matches in major tournaments since losing in that round in her Grand Slam debut in 1998 to her sister Venus. Serena and Venus are seeded 1-2 in the tournament.
"We're having so much fun at this time of my career, and you know, we just feel good," Serena said. "We're doing the best we can, and we're enjoying every moment."
Nadal won with steady play from the baseline, committing only 12 unforced errors, and he also won 16 points at the net.

Seeded second, Nadal improved to 33-1 at Roland Garros, with his lone loss a fourth-round upset against Robin Soderling in 2009. He is 17-0 on clay this year.
No. 9 David Ferrer, led 6-2, 6-2, 2-0 when Xavier Malisse retired. No. 19 Nicolas Almagro, No. 22 Jurgen Melzer and No. 31 Victor Hansecu also advanced.

In women's play, Russian qualifier Anastasia Pivovarova, ranked 187th, upset No. 25-seeded Zheng Jie of China 6-4, 6-3. No. 13 Marion Bartoli also won. Unseeded American Jill Craybas lost to No. 29 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-1.

Andy Murray's second-round match took two days to complete and was interrupted again after resuming Thursday, but he was pleased to beat the darkness and Juan Ignacio Chela 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2.

"Rain delays — I've not really had many in my career," Murray said. "It was a good experience for me, one I could have dealt with maybe a little bit better."

His match was suspended Wednesday night at 3-all in the second set and, following a 4 1/2-hour delay before play began Thursday, Murray started slowly. He found himself down a break in the third set before rallying.

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