PARIS — Third-seeded Roger Federer defeated Tobias Kamke of Germany 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 in the first round at the French Open yesterday in Paris to tie Jimmy Connors’ Open-era record of 233 Grand Slam match wins.
“They’re never easy, those first rounds, you know. Last thing you want is to go down a set or [get] in a tough situation, but I was able to stay ahead in the first set. Had bits of ups and downs on my serve,” Federer said. “But overall, I’m happy I’m through. Sometimes you have to come through when you’re not playing your very best.”
Novak Djokovic, the men’s top seed, coasted past Potito Starace of Italy 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-1.
Other seeded winners among the men included No. 7 Tomas Berdych, No. 10 John Isner, No. 11 Gilles Simon, No. 19 Milos Raonic, No. 20 Marcel Granollers, No. 22 Andreas Seppi, No. 24 Philipp Kohlschreiber and No. 25 Bernard Tomic.
Among the women, No. 1 Victoria Azarenka won 12 of the last 14 games to beat Alberta Brianti of Italy 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-2.
Other seeded winners were No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 7 Li Na, No. 8 Marion Bartoli, No. 15 Dominika Cibulkova, No. 18 Flavia Pennetta and No. 19 Jelena Jankovic.
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Roger Federer, Federer, Novak Djokovic, Tobias Kamke, Potito Starace, Victoria Azarenka, Tomas Berdych, Marcel Granollers, Dominika Cibulkova, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Andreas Seppi
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