Fifth seed David Ferrer reached the second round of the French Open courtesy of a 6-4 6-3 6-1 win over Igor Sijsling.
A break in the seventh game of the first set was enough to secure the first stanza, and Ferrer opened the second set with a break before securing that set 6-3.
Meanwhile, 11th seed Grigor Dimitrov, one of the young players expected to challenge the likes of champion Rafa Nadal in Paris, found the service of giant Croatian Ivo Karlovic too hot to handle. The 11th seed was beaten 6-4 7-5 7-6(4).
French Open men’s singles first round results
5-David Ferrer (Spain) beat Igor Sijsling (Netherlands) 6-4 6-3 6-1
Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) beat 11-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 6-4 7-5 7-6(4)
19-Kevin Anderson (South Africa) beat Stephane Robert (France) 7-5 6-3 6-4
28-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) beat Pere Riba (Spain) 7-5 6-4 6-1
32-Andreas Seppi (Italy) beat Santiago Giraldo (Colombia) 6-3 7-5 6-3
Juan Monaco (Argentina) beat Lucas Pouille (France) 6-3 6-1 6-4
Axel Michon (France) beat Bradley Klahn (U.S.) 6-1 6-7(4) 5-7 6-1 6-4
Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) beat Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) 3-6 6-2 6-1 6-4