Soderling makes hay while sun shines in Paris

Paris: Robin Soderling sauntered into round two of the French Open on Sunday with the minimum of effort after a 6-0, 6-2, 6-3 victory over French wildcard Laurent Recouderc.

Soderling, the man who stunned the tennis world 12 months ago by inflicting Rafa Nadal`s only defeat at Roland Garros, stormed through the first nine games and a rare whitewash looked on the cards.But Recouderc, encouraged by a sun-baked crowd on Court Philippe Chatrier, finally broke his duck in game 10 and mockingly egged on the crowd with a punch in the air.But Soderling, the fifth seed, unleashed his brutal forehand time and again to ease through in just an hour and 34 minutes to book a place in round two against either American Taylor Dent or Ecuador`s Nicolas Lapentti. Bureau Report