Roger Federer of Switzerland serves the ball to Spaniard Marcel Granollers during their men's singles second-round match at the French Open in Paris on Wednesday. Federer won 6-2, 7-6 (7/1), 6-3. Photo: AFP

Roger Federer advanced to the third round of the French Open on Wednesday as Maria Sharapova brushed aside fellow Russian Vitalia Diatchenko to also reach the last 32.

Swiss second seed ­Federer beat Marcel Granollers of Spain 6-2, 7-6 (7/1), 6-3 in front of a packed crowd on Court ­Suzanne Lenglen that included Angus Young, the guitarist of veteran Australian rock band AC/DC.

Federer got the job done in one hour 47 minutes, although he was broken twice and his opponent made life tough in the second set in particular.

The 2009 champion eventually came through a tiebreaker before running away with the third set and will now meet Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia, who knocked out experienced Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis for a spot in the last 16.

Sharapova, who was also champion at Roland Garros in 2012 and runner-up in 2013, defeated Diatchenko 6-3, 6-1 in the first match on Court Philippe Chatrier to set up a clash with former finalist ­Samantha Stosur in the third round.

The second seed exchanged breaks with her Fed Cup teammate early on but went on to win the opener 6-3, Diatchenko double-faulting on set point.

Sharapova then broke right at the start of the second set to lead 2-0, and although ­Diatchenko saved a first match point to pull it back to 5-1, she could not stop her more illustrious compatriot closing out the match in the following game.

Stosur of Australia, the runner-­up in 2010 who is ­seeded 26th this year, breezed past French wild card Amandine Hesse 6-0, 6-1 on Court Suzanne Lenglen.

Stosur and Sharapova also met in the last 16 a year ago, with the Russian prevailing in three sets.

Women's third seed Simona ­Halep, last year's runner-up, was knocked out in the second round by Croatian Mirjana ­Lucic-Baroni, 7-5, 6-1.

The Romanian crumbled ­after losing the first set, managing a mere five winners in the match against the world No.70.

Lucic-Baroni next plays French 29th seed Alize Cornet.

In other action, Federer's compatriot Stan Wawrinka, seeded eight, ousted Serbia's Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 and faces Steve Johnson of the US next.

Kei Nishikori, the fifth seed, eased past Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil 7-5, 6-4, 6-4.

Next up for Nishikori is ­Germany's Benjamin Becker, who eliminated Spain's 32nd seed Fernando Verdasco, emerging from a marathon fifth set to progress 6-4, 0-6, 1-6, 7-5, 10-8.

French 12th seed Gilles ­Simon gave the locals something to shout about by defeating Martin Klizan of Slovakia 7-5, 6-2, 6-3.