PARIS (AFP) Robin Soderling, the 2009 runner-up, took just 71 minutes and surrendered a meagre two games as he swept aside hapless American Taylor Dent on Wednesday to reach the French Open last 32. The Swedish fifth seed, who famously handed Rafael Nadal a first career defeat here last year, beat Dent 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 and will next face Spains Albert Montanes. I didnt expect to win so easily in the second round of a Grand Slam. I cant 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. The 29-year-old Dent was humiliated on Court Suzanne Lenglen, never recovering from winning just seven points in the first set, which also saw his service broken three times. After winning a paltry two games in all, the American, playing in Paris for the first time since 2004, was finally put out of his misery after an hour and 11 minutes. That was 25 minutes less than it took world number two Venus Williams to make the last 32 with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Spains Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-2, 6-4. Williams, the runner-up here to sister Serena in 2002, next plays Slovakian 26th seed Dominika Cibulkova, who made the semi-finals in 2009 after putting out Maria Sharapova on the way. She played very well here last year, said Williams. But I will just try to execute my game plan and not worry a ton about what my opponent is doing. Like Soderling, mens eighth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was also in a hurry, taking just 89 minutes to clinch a 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 win over French compatriot and childhood friend Josselin Ouanna. Tsonga, the world number 10, will face either Spanish number 32 seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez or Dutchman Thiemo De Bakker in the next round. Also progressing to the third round were Croatian 11th seed Marin Cilic, who defeated Spains Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2, and Serbian Viktor Troicki, who saw off Australian wildcard Carsten Ball 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Two-time semi-finalist Nadia Petrova of Russia, the 19th seed, breezed past Hungarys 2005 Roland Garros junior champion Agnes Szavay 6-1, 6-2. The 27-year-old Petrova will next take on either French 15th seed Aravane Rezai, the champion in Madrid two weeks ago, or Germanys Angelique Kerber. Later Wednesday, defending champion Roger Federer takes on Colombias Alejandro Falla, the world number 70, who he has beaten twice in his career without dropping a set. Top seed Federer, chasing a 17th Grand Slam title, defeated Falla at the same stage of Roland Garros in 2006. British fourth seed Andy Murray, who escaped a five-set thriller to defeat Richard Gasquet in the first round, faces gritty clay-courter Juan Ignacio Chela, one year after defeating the Argentine in the first round here. Murray has won their last five meetings without dropping a set, including the second round in Madrid two weeks ago. Womens third seed Caroline Wozniacki tackles experienced Italian Tathiana Garbin, who famously put out Justine Henin in the second round in 2004, in her second round. Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, the fifth seed, takes on Germanys Andrea Petkovic. No mercy from Tsonga for old pal Ouanna Eighth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga booked his place in the French Open third round with an imperious 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 win over French compatriot and childhood friend Josselin Ouanna on Wednesday. Tsonga, the world number 10, will face either Spanish number 32 seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez or Dutchman Thiemo De Bakker in the next round. Ouanna, 24, and 25-year-old Tsonga came through Frances elite sport training programme INSEP at the same time, trained together at Roland Garros and were living within 200 metres of each other as recently as two years ago. Tsonga won their first ever professional meeting in Marseille earlier this year and he quickly assumed control of Wednesdays match on Court Suzanne Lenglen by taking the first set to love in 24 minutes. Ouanna did not trouble the scorers until midway through the second set but Tsonga was in menacing form and he captured the set on his second set point when Ouanna nudged a return into the tramlines. Tsonga, the runner-up at the 2008 Australian Open, achieved his best Roland Garros result last year when he went down to Argentinas Juan Martin del Potro in the last 16. He was put under greater pressure by Ouanna in the third set but managed to secure the break of serve he needed to reach the last 32.