MARSEILLE, France (AP) Defending champion Michael Llodra and former champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 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, served 10 aces as he beat fellow Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-1, 6-2.
Tsonga, who lost the Rotterdam final last 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.