By Chris Oddo

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(June 1, 2012)—Six-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal will look to continue his dominance over the field when he takes on Argentine qualifier Eduardo Schwank tomorrow in Paris.

That's great for fans, but it might not be so great for Schwank.

Nadal has only lost nine games thus far--the least he has ever lost in the first two rounds at the French--and with world No. 192 Schwank next in line to try to tame the Spaniard, expect Nadal to run through this match like a freight train with a plane to catch.

Nadal, who hammered Denis Istomin soundly to the tune of losing only four games on Thursday, then left the court feeling agitated because he didn't serve as soundly as he felt he should have, is clearly on a mission to destroy everything that attempts to deny him a record seventh French Open title.

So far, it's been mission accomplished.

If the Nadal spectacle ends up being too short for your taste, don't worry because there is a full plate of men's matches that are sure to delight even the finickiest of fans on day 7.

Murray vs. Giraldo

Andy Murray, he of the geriatric back spasms, is set to take his adoring British fans on another roller coaster ride against Santiago Giraldo of Colombia. The 24-year-old, who had never won a match at Roland Garros in five previous appearances, upset Bernard Tomic in straight sets on Thursday to earn his space alongside Murray in the last 32.

In their only previous meeting, Murray shellacked Giraldo on the red clay in Barcelona, 6-1, 6-2. But if Murray's back gives him trouble again, anything can happen, and most likely will.

Ferrer vs. Youzhny

Sixth-seeded David Ferrer will take on surprise third-round contestant Mikhail Youzhny tomorrow. Probably even more surprising is the fact that Youzhny leads the career head-to-head with Ferrer 4-2. But Ferrer, always eager to punish even the mightiest of opponents on clay, did defeat Youzhny in their only clay-court battle, 6-3, 6-3 in 2008.

As good as those matches sounds, the most uproar tomorrow at Roland Garros will mostly center around a trio of French affairs.

Tipsarevic vs. Benneteau

Eighth-seeded Janko Tipsarevic will face Julien Benneteau in a most improbable match-up. Benneteau, who suffered a major injury setback at Monte Carlo when he sprained his ankle and fractured his elbow on the same tumble on the clay, was far from a lock to even participate in this year's French Open, let alone play some of the best tennis of the season when he arrived.

But lo and behold, here Benneteau is, a former quarterfinalist who'll have the crowd behind him all the way. He'll likely need all those heartfelt "allez's," as Tipsarevic has been a most difficult opponent of late. And the affable Serb would like nothing more than a first career appearance in the last 16 at Roland Garros to prove that he's truly arrived as an all-court player who can navigate the game's trickiest of stages.

Haas vs. Gasquet

Tommy Haas and Richard Gasquet will do battle tomorrow as well, in what promises to be one of the most electric matches of the first week, and the perfect guilty pleasure for all those one-handed backhand fetishists out there.

Haas, all the way from qualifying, appears to be rounding into form at the tender age of 34 once again, while the seventeenth-seeded Gasquet is also playing some strong tennis, having defeated Andy Murray in Rome recently, and having basically grinded youngster Grigor Dimitrov into the clay in an impressive round two display.

Mathieu vs. Granollers

Finally, Paul-Henri Mathieu a.k.a. Isner-slayer, will look to feed the French fury against Spaniard Marcel Granollers. It may not seem like a blockbuster on paper, but then again either did Mathieu-Isner, and we all know what happened there.

Also on tap:

Milos Raonic will attempt to become the first Canadian to reach the fourth round in French Open history when he meets clay-court guru Juan Monaco. The pair's first career meeting promises to be an interesting struggle of contrast, pitting the laser-guided munitions of the missile-serving Canadian against the steady, spinny strokes of the smooth-sliding Argentine. 

12th-seeded Nicolas Almagro, who has been cruising through the draw almost silently (especially given that he's a two-time quarterfinalist at the French and playing some of the best tennis of his career, as his 36-11 2012 record attests), will look to make some noise against Leonardo Mayer of Argentina.

Almagro took their only previous meeting, in 2011 on clay.