PARIS - Even if Novak Djokovic is the tennis man of the moment, there's a long way to go before he will approach most of Roger Federer's many accomplishments.
Still, there is one area in which, as of Wednesday, the two are equal: Djokovic was credited with his 41st straight victory - matching the best streak of Federer's career - when second-round opponent Victor Hanescu quit at the French Open because of a left leg injury.
"I'm not thinking about when this streak - this amazing streak - will end. So I guess that's the right mental approach," said the second-seeded Djokovic, who was serving at 6-4, 6-1, 2-3, 30-love when Hanescu decided to stop.
It was a far quieter and less theatrical ending than what transpired a few hours later on Court 1. Sabine Lisicki was bothered by dizziness and muscle cramps and was carried off on a stretcher, sobbing, after wasting a match point and a 5-2 lead in the third set of a 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 loss to two-time Grand Slam finalist Vera Zvonareva. Lisicki was treated by a trainer - including a blood-pressure check - during changeovers.
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Also reaching the third round were No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki and past champions Francesca Schiavone and Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Men's winners included No. 3 Federer, No. 7 David Ferrer, and three Frenchmen - No. 9 Gael Monfils, No. 13 Richard Gasquet and No. 17 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Federer improved his career second-round mark at Grand Slam tournaments to 42-0 by beating wild card entry Maxime Teixeira 6-3, 6-0, 6-2. Teixeira is ranked 181st and never had played a tour-level match until winning in the first round Sunday.
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