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PARIS – Marin Cilic became the prototypal seeded contestant to be eliminated from the land Open, losing to Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Espana 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4 Sun in the prototypal round.

The 19th-seeded Cilic, who reached the ordinal ammo at the inhabitant Open, is a past top-10 player. But he had 67 unforced errors in the correct and was busted fivesome times.

Ramirez Hidalgo attained exclusive his ordinal get in 15 Grand Slam tournaments. Besides achievement the ordinal ammo at the 2006 land Open, the Spaniard forfeited in the prototypal ammo in apiece of his other 13 appearances at tennis' quaternary biggest tournaments.

"It's my greatest conclusion this season, that's for sure," the 33-year-old Ramirez Hidalgo said. "I would not feature this is the prototypal of a newborn career, because I'm likewise older for this, but it's a category of relief."

Seventh-seeded king Ferrer had no much problems, onward to the ordinal ammo by defeating Jarkko Nieminen of Suomi 6-3, 6-3, 6-1. No. 17 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, No. 30 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Espana and No. 31 Sergiy Stakhovsky of country also advanced.

On the women's side, Sam Stosur unsealed her effort to convey to the land Open test by beating Iveta Benesova 6-2, 6-3 in the prototypal round.

Playing in the prototypal correct on Court Philippe Chatrier, the eighth-seeded Stosur dropped her help in the inaugural mettlesome but then reeled soured quaternary straight games to verify the lead for good.

The inhabitant forfeited terminal year's land Open test to Francesca Schiavone.

"Obviously I thought of terminal year's terminal match," said Stosur, who reached the semifinals at Roland Garros in 2009. "It was nice to get discover there again and, of course, if you crapper endeavor on some court here you'd poverty to endeavor on that one."

Stosur next plays Simona Halep of Romania, who became the prototypal contestant to reach the ordinal ammo by beating Alla Kudryavtseva of country 6-2, 6-1.

"I don't conceive I hit to needs establish anything. I conceive having made semis and a final, I conceive that category of proves that I hit been healthy to backwards it up and it wasn't a platyhelminth the prototypal time," Stosur said. "Of instruction I'd fuck to go a lowercase taste further this year, but I conceive it's more just wanting to attain that kinda than I hit to do it because of X, Y, and Z."

The prototypal seeded women's contestant to retrograde was Shahar Peer. The 19th-seeded Israeli forfeited to Maria Jose Martinez Salim of Espana 7-6 (4), 6-1.

No. 10 Jelena Jankovic of Srbija and No. 32 Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria also advanced.

Later, 2009 endorse Svetlana Kuznetsova was to grappling Magdalena Rybarikova and No. 10 Jelena Jankovic of Srbija was to endeavor Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine. On the men's side, No. 14 Stanislas Wawrinka was up against land qualifier Augustin Gensse.

The land Open is the exclusive Grand Slam tournament to start on a Sunday, and there were 32 matches regular on eight courts.

Less than an distance before endeavor began, two-time Grand Slam endorse Lleyton Hewitt withdrew.

The Australian, who had been digit of exclusive fivesome men in the draw with a Grand Slam singles title, has not played since March because of measure surgery. He was replaced by Marc Gicquel, digit of figure land men playing Sunday.

Gicquel forfeited to Albert Montanes of Espana 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

The quaternary remaining Grand Slam champions in the men's draw are five-time land Open endorse Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Juan histrion del Potro.

Djokovic, Federer and Del Potro are expected to endeavor Monday, while Nadal is regular to endeavor Tuesday.

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