French Open: Djokovic downs Sousa; Nadal roars past Haase into 3rd round

Nine-time winner Rafael Nadal and defending champion Novak Djokovic both won in straight sets to reach the third round at the French Open.

Nadal, the fourth seed from Spain, looked at his very best in outclassing Dutchman Robin Haase 6-1 6-4 6-3.

Serbia's Djokovic, the second seed, beat Portugal's Joao Sousa 6-1 6-4 6-3 in two hours and seven minutes.

Djokovic will go on to face Argentine Diego Schwartzman while Nadal will take on Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia.

Eight-time Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi watched Djokovic once again, having taken over as the 30-year-old's coach on a temporary basis.

Nadal finished his match with a tally of 33 winners and only 13 unforced errors.

The 31-year-old is bidding to become the first man to win 10 titles at a single Grand Slam event, having lifted the trophy from 2005-2008 and 2010-2014.

His only defeats at Roland Garros were against Robin Soderling in the fourth round in 2009 and Djokovic in the 2015 quarter-finals.

Nadal has been in formidable form on clay this year, winning his 10th titles at Monte Carlo and Barcelona as well as his 30th Masters title in Madrid.

There are three, maybe four, players that could possibly beat Nadal.

Stan Wawrinka is his biggest worry. He has the ability if he is on his game to play the most extraordinary tennis on this surface.

Of course you can't discount Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray and then Dominic Thiem who beat Nadal this year.

Everyone else are lambs to the slaughter when they go out to play Rafael Nadal.

Meanwhile, top-ranked Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga suffered his earliest Roland-Garros defeat in 12 years, bowing out to world No.91 Renzo Olivo.

Renzo Olivo is the apologetic villain after dumping top French hope Jo-Wilfried Tsonga out of Roland-Garros on Wednesday.

The 25-year-old – playing just his third major, his first on the red clay in Paris – returned to complete a 7-5, 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4 first-round boilover against the 12th seed after bad light suspended their match on Tuesday with Tsonga serving to stay alive at 4-5 in the fourth.

The Frenchman had never lost to a player ranked as low as Olivo – the world No.91 – at a Grand Slam and it was his earliest defeat at Roland-Garros since falling to Andy Roddick on debut in 2005.

Tsonga came within two points of defeat when the Argentine served for the match at 5-3 in the fourth on Tuesday, but rode the home-crowd support to break before "match interrompu" was called.