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Defending champion Michael Llodra(Above) and former champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(Below) both won their first-round matches at the Open 13 on Tuesday.
The sixth-seeded Tsonga, who won the indoor tournament in Marseille two years ago, had 10 aces as he topped fellow Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-1, 6-2.
Tsonga, who lost the Rotterdam final Sunday against Robin Soderling, next faces Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine.
The eighth-seeded Llodra had a tougher match, winning 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 against Julien Benneteau in another all-French match.
Llodra had 10 aces and seven double-faults and next plays Germany's Tobias Kamke, who routed Dutch player Thomas Schoorel 6-0, 6-2.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=6125474
