Kei Nishikori of Japan plays a shot to Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil during their men's singles match at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, May 27, 2015. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
PARIS (Reuters) - Roger Federer avoided any more security scares to move safely into the third round of the French Open on Wednesday but danger lurks ahead for the Swiss, namely in the shape of Japanese firebrand Kei Nishikori.
The perils of Roland Garros were in evidence in the women's draw too as last year's runner-up Simona Halep, the third seed, bowed out 7-5 6-1 to Croatia's Mirjana Lucic-Baroni to become the biggest casualty so far.
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