Finnish veteran Jarkko Nieminen beat eighth-seeded Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany in straight sets on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Open Sud de France tennis tournament.
The 33-year-old Nieminen broke his opponent's serve three times to win 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 and next meets Japan's Tatsuma Ito or Steve Darcis of Belgium.
Kenny de Schepper, one of several Frenchmen to reach the second round, had 10 aces in a 6-4 3-6 6-3 win over Turkey's Marsel Ilhan and next faces top-seeded Gael Monfils, the defending champion.
Edouard Roger-Vasselin, Paul-Henri Mathieu and wildcard Lucas Pouille also advanced.
Roger-Vasselin served 14 aces as he beat Germany's Andreas Beck 3-6 6-3 6-4, Mathieu downed qualifier Taro Daniel of Japan 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-1, and Pouille defeated Russian Alexander Kudryavtsev 6-4 7-6 (7-4).
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