Djokovic, Nadal cruise in Paris, Wawrinka upset
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Newly-crowned Australian champion Stan Wawrinka was bundled out of the French Open after he lost to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 in the first round on Monday.
The third-seeded Swiss led 3-1 in the first set before losing it on the Spaniard's first set point by hitting long. He pulled level in the second set, but the 62 unforced errors he made on a heavy clay surface eventually cost him the match.
Defending champion Rafael Nadal and second seed Novak Djokovic advanced to the second round of the French Open with easy wins.
Top-ranked Nadal, who had been forced to wait until late afternoon by the rain, was in no mood to hang around and beat Ginepri of the United States 6-0, 6-3, 6-0 in 102 minutes.
Nadal felt disturbed by the rain delay which left him waiting at the locker room.
"Mentally it's a bit always these days tired -- I really thought I would not play today during the day, so it makes the mentality doesn't stay at 100% all the time," Nadal said.
Second seed Novak Djokovic also reached the second round after scoring a comfortable straight-set victory over Joao Sousa of Portugal.
The six-time Grand Slam winner, who has never won the title at Roland Garros, beat Sousa 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in just under two hours to set up a meeting with France's Jeremy Chardy.
"I played for most of the match quite solid," said Djokovic. " The end of the match was not so nice from my side - I dropped the serve twice - but they were very heavy conditions. The court is not that great at this moment."
In the women's draw, Maria Sharapova demolished fellow Russian Ksenia Pervak 6-1, 6-2.
"It's always nice to get out there on a day like this," Sharapova said. "It's good to play the first match."
Ninth seed Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia also moved on after she beat Virginie Razzano of France 7-5, 6-0.
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