Rafael Nadal made it look easy, again. The Spaniard was in his element on Monday as he rolled through Robby Ginepri with a commanding 6-0, 6-3, 6-0 win in the first-round of the 2014 French Open.
Also on Monday, the world’s second ranked men’s player Novak Djokovic cruised through the opening match of the tournament with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 win over unseeded Joao Sousa.
On the women’s side, Maria Sharapova crushed Russia’s Ksenia Pervak 6-1, 6-2 following a rain delay.
On Tuesday, defending Wimbledon Champion Andy Murray will take the court against Kazakhstan’s Andrey Golubev at Roland Garros.
Murray has beaten Golubev handily in their past meetings in 2008 and 2010; however, the Kazakh appears unusually confident after recently beating Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka in the Davis Cup.
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