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Montpellier, France (Sports Network) - Seventh seed Philipp Kohlschreiber
was an easy first-round winner Tuesday at the Open Sud de France tennis
tournament.
The German Kohlschreiber handled scrappy Belgian Olivier Rochus 6-1, 6-4 on
the indoor hardcourts at The Arena.
Another seeded victor was No. 8 Finn Jarkko Nieminen, who held off French
qualifier Maxime Teixeira 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 on Day 2.
Three unseeded Frenchmen moved on -- wild card Paul-Henri Mathieu, Nicolas
Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin -- as did American Michael Russell, who
topped France's Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 7-5. Russell will face another
Frenchman, third-seeded Gael Monfils, in the round of 16 here.
This week's top seeds are Czech Tomas Berdych and French stars Gilles Simon,
Monfils and Richard Gasquet, all of whom received opening-round byes.
Monfils titled here two years ago.
The winner of this $518,000 tournament will collect $95,000.
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