Reuters
 
Paris, May 29: World number four Nikolay Davydenko stormed through to the second round of the French Open with a crushing 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 win over unheralded Italian Stefano Galvani in a rain-delayed contest on Monday.

Russia's Davydenko, a quarter-finalist here last year and a semi-finalist the year before, was never in trouble in a match that started three hours late because of miserable weather in the French capital.

Davydenko, 25, broke his opponent in the sixth game of the first set, which he later wrapped up with an ace after 32 minutes.

The 29-year-old Galvani, who is ranked 117th in the world and has never advanced beyond the second round at a grand slam tournament, collapsed in the second set, Davydenko winning six games in a row to take it in 27 minutes.

The third set was equally one-sided, Davydenko breaking the Italian in the fourth game and again in the sixth before serving for the match, sealing victory after 90 minutes with a service winner on the first match point.

Davydenko goes on to meet Frenchman Alexandre Sidorenko or Austria's Werner Eschauer.