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Paris, France - Eight-time champion Rafael Nadal, last years runner-up David Ferrer and British star Andy Murray were a trio of easy second-round winners Thursday at the French Open. Watch live coverage now on TSN and TSN GO. The world No. 1 superstar Nadal whipped young rising Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 on Court Chatrier. The 20-year-old Thiem is the youngest player in the mens top 100. "His ball is so high he was able to hit strong he has completely everything to become a champion," Nadal said of Thiem. "I think today I played a solid match, I knew that if I didnt I would be in trouble." Nadal improved to 61-1 lifetime at Roland Garros, where he beat Ferrer in last years all-Spanish final for a fourth straight title in the French capital. The 27-year-old Nadal is trying to become the first man in tennis history to win five straight French Open championships. Hes captured 44 clay-court titles, placing him second in the Open Era behind only Argentine great Guillermo Vilas (46). The reigning French and U.S. Open titlists third-round opponent will be Argentine Leonardo Mayer. Meanwhile, a fifth-seeded Ferrer won for the eighth time in nine matches at the French with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 spanking of Italian Simone Bolelli and the seventh-seeded reigning Wimbledon champion Murray blew past Aussie Marinko Matosevic 6-3, 6-1, 6-3. Ferrer improved to 13-0 all-time against qualifiers at Grand Slams and reached the third round at Roland Garros for the 10th straight year. Ferrers third-round opponent will be Italian Andreas Seppi. "I am ready for the next round and was very happy with my performance, especially with my consistency," Ferrer said. Twelfth-seeded French favorite Richard Gasquet moved on with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, 6-4 decision against Argentine Carlos Berlocq. No. 19 seed Kevin Anderson of South Africa advanced by beating French wild card Axel Michon 6-2, 6-3, 6-2, while 26th seed Feliciano Lopez of Spain lost 6-3, 7-6 (7-1), 6-3 to American fellow left-hander Donald Young, 28th-seeded German Philipp Kohlschreiber erased Uzbekistans Denis Istomin 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2, and a 32nd-seeded Seppi dismissed Argentine Juan Monaco 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. "I have actually never won a match outside of the U.S. on red clay," Young said. "So to win two here at the French Open, it means a lot." A rare all-American French Open matchup saw Jack Sock pounce all over two-time NCAA singles champion Steve Johnson, 7-5, 6-4, 6-2. Also on Day 5, the aforementioned Mayer doused Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez topped Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0; Serb Dusan Lajovic drubbed Estonian Jurgen Zopp 6-2, 6-4, 6-4; and 6-foot-10 Croat Ivo Karlovic doused Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer 7-5, 6-3, 6-4. 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Adidas Kengät Suomi .Y. - Sven Andrighetto scored once and set up two more as the Hamilton Bulldogs hung on to defeat the host Adirondack Flames 5-3 on Tuesday in American Hockey League action.AMSTERDAM - Four-time defending champion Ajax saw its chances of a fifth straight title fade into the distance on Sunday as it lost 1-0 at Vitesse Arnhem to fall nine points behind Eredivisie leader PSV Eindhoven after 20 rounds.A listless Ajax created almost no clear-cut chances in Arnhem and the match looked to be heading for a 0-0 draw until Serbian substitute Uros Djurdjevic controlled a cross with his chest and fired a powerful shot past Jasper Cillessen in the 85th, two minutes after replacing Bertrand Traore.We were never in the match, Ajax coach Frank de Boer told national broadcaster NOS. If we had the ball, we gave it away as quickly as possible.De Boer said his team now needs to regroup. The defeat in Arnhem followed another poor performance in a goalless draw last weekend with arch rival Feyenoord.We dont need to look above us, we have to look at ourselves, De Boer said.PSV left it late Saturday night tto beat Willem II Tilburg 2-1, with Netherlands striker Memphis Depay scoring the winner in the 87th after earlier missing a penalty.dddddddddddd.Robert Braber gave Willem II the lead on the half hour against the run of play when he headed in a corner. PSV looked on its way to a shock home defeat to the 11th-placed Tilburg team until Juergen Locadia equalized in the 84th minute. Depay, who had blasted his penalty high over the bar in the 76th minute, made amends with his late winner.I stayed focused, Depay said. We believed we could create chances in five minutes. I scored the winner, but the whole team deserved it.Third-placed Feyenoord closed the gap on Ajax by beating ADO The Hague 2-1 on Sunday. Former ADO midfielder Lex Immers opened the scoring in the 10th minute and a Timothy Derijck own goal doubled the lead 10 minutes later. Mike van Duinen headed ADOs only goal two minutes after halftime. ' ' '