Marin Cilic has navigated his way into the third round of the French Open by seeing off Andrea Arnaboldi in straight sets.

The ninth seed battled past a tough start to the contest, eventually coming through a tie-break to take the opener, before wrapping the match up in a straightforward manner thereafter.

With things going the way of serve throughout the first set, it was Cilic who prevailed 7-3 to edge out his world number 187 opponent.

Cilic took the second set 6-1, holding his serve throughout once again, before doing likewise in the third and final set to record an identical scoreline and advance through 7-6(3) 6-1 6-1.

The Croatian will now face either Jerzy Janowicz or Leonardo Mayer in the next round.