No. 7 seed Mario "Baby Goran" Ancic navigated a tough opener Monday at the ATP stop in Lyon, defeating hot-handed American
James Blake 6-2, 7-6(5) to safely move into the second round.
Only two other main draw matches were played on the day with winners (3)
Gaston Gaudio (d. Clement in three) and Serb rising star
Novak Djokovic (d. Mello).
The final round of qualifying was also completed with four more onto the main dance floor in Frenchmen
Marc Gicquel,
Nicolas Mahut and
Gregory Carraz, and Swedish veteran Thomas Enqvist.
On tap for Tuesday are O.Rochus vs. (2) Puerta, Grosjean vs. Hanescu, Gael "Force" Monfils vs. Hernych, (1) Roddick vs. (WC) Ascione, Xavier "X-Man" Malisse vs. (WC) Llodra, (5) Robredo vs. N.Lapentti, (Q) Carraz vs. (Q) Enqvist, (6) Ferrer vs. (Q) Gicquel, and Sanguinetti vs. Feliciano "F-Lo" Lopez.
