French Open 2012: Rafael Nadal remains on course for record title after beating Denis Istomin The defending champion, bidding for his seventh Roland Garros crown, raced to a 6-2 6-2 6-0 victory in one hour 50 minutes on Suzanne Lenglen. The second seed has only lost one French Open match since his debut in 2005 and was always in control against the world number 43 from Uzbekistan. The Spaniard took full advantage on his opponent's second serve, breaking twice in each of the opening two sets before rattling through a third in which he did not lose a point on serve. Istomin's only chances came in set two, but he was unable to capitalise on either of the two break points he fashioned. Nadal has now only dropped nine games in the six sets he has played in the tournament so far following his 6-2 6-2 6-1 opening-round win over Italian Simone Bolelli. He will face the winner of the match between 32nd-seeded German Florian Mayer and Argentina's Eduardo Schwank in the next round.