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.Ferrer then cantered to victory in the third to move into the next round.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 giantCroatian 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
Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) beat 11-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 6-4 7-5 7-6(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
