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French Open 2017: Men's round-up Day 1 - Grigor Dimitrov beats Stephane Robert
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Published 28/05/2017 at 18:06 GMT+1
Grigor Dimitrov, seeded 11th, recorded a straight sets, 6-2 6-3 6-4 victory over France's Stephane Robert plus all the other results from Day 1 of the men's draw at the French Open.
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Dimitrov, who many are still waiting to see realise his full potential, has historically struggled on clay but won his first match at Roland Garros in four years by beating Robert.
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The Bulgarian, whose best performance in Paris was when he reached the third round in 2013, said "It was a good test, I knew what to expect, I just had to fight."
Elsewhere Dominic Thiem comfortably defeatedBernard Tomic with the sixth seed winning 6-4, 6-0, 6-2.
19th seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas defeated Romania's Marius Copil in four sets, 7-6, 1-6, 4-6, 2-6 to qualify for the second round.
Mikhail Kukushkin secured a straight set victory over Tennys Sandgren, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1.
26th-ranked Gilles Muller was pushed hard by Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, and the experienced player from Luxembourg crashed out 7-6, 6-7, 6-2, 6-2.
Argentina's Horacia Zeballos defeated the unseeded Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.
Dan Evans became the first Brit to be knocked out as he lost to Tommy Robredo 5-7 6-4 6-3 6-1.
Daniil Medvedev and Benjamin Bonzi were in the fourth set of their match, with Bonzi on the cusp of victory when Medvedev retired from the game.
Spain's Pablo Carreno defeated Florian Meyer in straight sets, with the 20th seed winning 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.
Taro Daniel beat Jerzy Janowicz 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to progress.
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