Robin Soderling crushes Marcel Granollers to race into round three

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The twice French Open finalist, who has never gone beyond the last 16 at the All England Club, muscled his way to the first set in 36 minutes before steamrollering his opponent.

Sixth seed Robin Soderling conjured up another rapid-fire rout to book his place in the third round at Wimbledon with a 7-5 6-1 6-4 victory over Spain's Marcel Granollers on Thursday.                                           
The twice French Open finalist, who has never gone beyond the last 16 at the All England Club, muscled his way to the first set in 36 minutes before steamrollering his opponent.                       
 
The Swede, who is playing his first tournament since losing to Rafa Nadal in the Roland Garros final earlier this month, has not dropped a set in the opening two rounds and looks a sound bet to progress deep into the second week.                                            

Soderling now faces the 25th seed Thomaz Bellucci in the third round after the Brazilian dispatched Austrian Martin Fisher in four sets.