"Today with YouTube you can find things," the 11-time French Open champion said.
The Spaniard might have visited YouTube again to get some insight on his second-round foe, another German qualifier named Yannick that he had never played -- this time Yannick Maden.
Truth be told, even with minimal background on his foe, there was never much chance of Nadal losing Wednesday.
He has suffered only two defeats ever at Roland Garros, and with the 6-1 6-2 6-4 victory on Court Suzanne Lenglen he improved to 14-0 and no sets conceded when facing rivals outside the top 100 on the Parisian clay.
Nadal will likely have tougher tests from now on, starting with 27th-seed David Goffin Friday.
A former top-10 player slowed by injury in the last year, the Belgian has intermittently tested Nadal on clay even if he has lost all three of their clay-court duels.
It will be a big day for another German who went through the qualifying in Oscar Otte. The lucky loser, ranked 144th, meets Roger Federer -- back at Roland Garros for the first time since 2015 -- later Wednesday.
Stefanos Tsitsipas, the Greek star who upset Federer before losing to Nadal at the Australian Open, reached his first third round at the French Open by defeating Hugo Dellien 4-6 6-0 6-3 7-5.
Last year's women's finalist Sloane Stephens progressed 6-1 7-6 (7-4) over Sara Sorribes Tormo.
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