Rafael Nadal has dropped just one game on his way to a straight-sets victory over Nikoloz Basilashvili in their French Open third-round match.
With the rain clouds rolling in, Nadal seemed keen to book his place in the round of 16 and needed just 90 minutes to steamroll his Georgian opponent 6-0 6-1 6-0.
"I don't know if it was perfection," Nadal, who turns 31 on Saturday, said.
"I went on court thinking it was going to be a tough match ... I believe I played the best match since a while."
World No.63 Basilashvili had no response to Nadal's onslaught on Court Philippe-Chatrier, with the nine-times winner at Rolland Garros hitting 27 winners to five and converting eight of 16 break-point opportunities.
It took Basilashvili until the 12th game of the match to register on the scoreboard.
It was Nadal's 100th best-of-five-sets match on clay. He has a 98-2 win-loss record.
No.4 seed Nadal will face compatriot Roberto Bautista Agut, the No.17 seed, in the fourth round after the No.17 seed overwhelmed Czech Jiri Vesely earlier on Friday.
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