American teen Donald Young was the youngest player remaining in the Pacific Life Open at 18 years and seven months old.

His opponent Monday, Rafa Nadal, is also young and both players are left-handed, but that's where the similarities end. Young was no match for Nadal who rolled to a 6-1, 6-3 victory.

"Growing up, I played with lefties all the time, but lately I have not been playing with lefties much," said Young. "It's different, different spin. They hit it the way you hit it. "It's like playing myself and I wouldn't want to play myself."

Nadal said he thought Young may have some nerves at the start of the match. "I didn't play my best tennis", said Rafa, who will face Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the fourth round, a rematch of the Australian Open semifinal.

"But I didn't play bad. I think the start (Young was) very nervous, you see the score, 4-0. "I think he is young. I know if I start the match well and have some distance on the score, it's difficult".

Young admitted stepping onto Stadium Court here for the first time and playing the No. 2 player in the world was daunting. "It's not the first time I've played in front of a lot of people, but the first time I played No. 2 in the world", he said.

"In the second set, I felt I played a little better. I felt I had a couple of chances, but got a little overanxious and missed a shot."

Monday's third-round matchup between French countrymen Paul-Henri Matthieu and Tsonga was a battle between the No. 2 and No. 3 players in France. Richard Gasquet is the country's top player, seeded eighth here.

Gasquet topped Juan Ignacio Chela earlier in the day, 6-2, 6-1 Tsonga, the Australian Open finalist, took the first set 7-6 (5) and after battling through 2-2, then 4-4, he took the second, 6-4, threw his arms up and jumped around court to celebrate.