No. 11 seed
Tommy Robredo made a strong start on the opening day at the Masters
Monte Carlo on Sunday, rolling past German
Rainer Schuettler 6-1, 6-4 to move into the second round.
Robredo will next meet either France's
Jeremy Chardy or Argentina's
Juan Monaco.
Swiss
Stanislas Wawrinka was another winner, heading toward a possible meeting with countryman
Roger Federer, defeating
Viktor Troicki of Serbia 6-2, 6-3. Wawrinka will have a second-round meeting with either Russian
Igor Andreev or
Martin Vassallo Arguello of Argentina.
Other winners Sunday were German
Philipp Kohlschreiber beating
Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 6-1, 6-3, and Italian
Simone Bolelli beating
Robin Soderling 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
The qualifying was also completed on Sunday, with
Oscar Hernandez,
Alberto Martin,
Andreas Beck,
Nicolas Lapentti,
Kristof Vliegen,
Fabio Fognini and
Flavio Cipolla all earning place in the main draw.
Rafael Nadal is going for his fifth title in Monte Carlo, defeating Federer in the last three finals.
Monday's highlights include [Q] Cipolla vs. [14] Cilic, [Q] Vliegen vs. [WC] Ljubicic, [Q] N.Lapentti vs. [15] Stepanek, and [Q] Beck vs. Kiefer.
