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Federer rolls in French opener

Mon 26th, May 2008

Paris, France (Sports Network) - Two-time runner-up Roger Federer was an easy first-round winner Monday at the 2008 French Open.

The top-seeded/world No. 1 Swiss superstar leveled American Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 on Day 2 on the red clay at Stade Roland Garros. Federer advanced in 1 hour, 35 minutes with the help of five service breaks. Querrey could manage only one break en route to the predictable defeat.

The 12-time Grand Slam event titlist Federer, who lost to Rafael Nadal in the last two finals here, is the reigning five-time Wimbledon and four-time U.S. Open champ.

In other opening-round play involving top-16 seeds, No. 11 Czech Tomas Berdych throttled helpless Aussie Robert Smeets 6-1, 6-0, 6-0 in a mere 67 minutes, and No. 12 Spaniard Tommy Robredo overcame former top-10 star Guillermo Coria 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4. Coria, playing in his first major since the 2006 U.S. Open, was the French Open runner-up to fellow Argentine Gaston Gaudio back in 2004.

Upsets came when Italian Simone Bolelli took out 17th-seeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 and American Wayne Odesnik surprised 29th-seeded Argentine Guillermo Canas 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (10-8). Baghdatis was the Aussie Open runner-up two years ago.

In other action involving seeds, No. 22 Fernando Verdasco struggled to outlast fellow Spaniard Santiago Ventura 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 6-1 and No. 24 Chilean Fernando Gonzalez easily grounded Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.

Additional wins came for Spaniards Pablo Andujar, Marcel Granollers, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Oscar Hernandez, Korean Hyung-Taik Lee, and Frenchman Nicolas Devilder.

Also on Monday, eighth-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet pulled out of the draw, citing a knee injury. Gasquet withdrew shortly before he was set to take on fellow Frenchman Florent Serra.

The champion here will collect more than $1.5 million.

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