Third-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain and seventh-seeded Vince Spadea of the US also won, but other seeded players fared poorly, with first-round exits for No. 5 Tommy Robredo of Spain and No. 8 Mario Ancic of Croatia.
Ferrero, the 2003 French Open champion, topped Sargis Sargsian of Armenia 6-3, 7-6 (4), and Spadea beat countryman Robby Ginepri 6-4, 6-3.
On the losing side, Robredo fell to big-serving Robin Soderling of Sweden 6-1, 6-4, while Ancic retired with a right shoulder injury while trailing 6-3, 3-1 to Max Mirnyi of Belarus.
Also, David Ferrer of Spain beat Raemon Sluiter of the Netherlands 6-3, 6-4; Mikhail Youzhny of Russia topped Luis Horna of Peru 6-4, 7-6 (1); and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic outlasted Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.
Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean and Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil have pulled out of the upcoming Paris Masters Series tournament due to injuries, the French Tennis Federation said Tuesday.
Grosjean is suffering from a season-ending thigh injury, and Kuerten is recovering from a recent hip operation.
France's Michael Llodra will replace his compatriot and Igor Andreev of Russia will take Kuerten's place for the Oct. 30 to Nov. 7 tournament at Paris' Bercy stadium, the federation said.
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