23 May,2011 07:39 AM IST | | Agencies
Australian veteran Lleyton Hewitt joined the French Open casualty list yesterday as the second Grand Slam of the season endured a low-profile, star-stripped start.
Hewitt, 30, one of the few marquee names on the day's agenda, was forced to withdraw with a left ankle injury.
Meanwhile, Spanish seventh seed David Ferrer, the highest-ranked man on duty, breezed past Finland's Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 to maintain his record of having never failed to get beyond the first round.
France's 17th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga also progressed with a comfortable 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 win over Czech Jan Hajek.
Stosur, Jankovic win
In the women'su00a0 matches last year's beaten finalist Samantha Stosur and former World No 1 Jelena Jankovic led the way into the second round.
Eighth seed Stosur defeated Czech Iveta Benesova 6-2, 6-3 to set up a clash with Romanian teenager Simona Halep.
Jankovic overcame Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko 6-3, 6-1 and will now faceu00a0 Russia's Vera Dushevina.
