Robin Soderling took just 71 super-charged minutes to sweep aside haplessAmerican Taylor Dent on Wednesday to reach the third round of the French Open.
The Swedish fifth seed, who famously handed Rafael Nadal a first career defeat here last year before finishing as runner-up, crushed Dent 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 and will next face 29th seed Albert Montanes from Spain.
"I didn't expect to win so easily in the second round of a Grand Slam. I can't remember playing such a short match," said the 25-year-old Swede, who lost just five games in his opening round. "But you have to keep your focus because a match can change very quickly".
Soderling's quickfire victory equalled the 71 minutes it took Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber to beat Australia's Bernard Tomic 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 last year. The shortest match remains the 1970 final when Jan Kodes defeated Zeljko Franulovic in 68 minutes.
