<p>Just as he did at Wimbledon two years ago when he triumphed from two sets down, fourth seed Murray weathered Gasquet's storm and surged back to win 4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 in just over four hours in the cauldron of Suzanne Lenglen Court. <br /><br />Gasquet missed his home Slam in 2008 through injury and last year because of a doping ban that was later rescinded, but the former world number seven arrived here with high hopes after winning the warm-up event in Nice last week. <br /><br />The 23-year-old was at his majestic best as he built a two-set lead with some stupendous shot-making but Murray, a quarterfinalist here last year, hung in and the match quickly turned in his favour as a tiring Gasquet ran out of steam.<br />Serena Williams, meanwhile, wore the first of seven dresses, but her first-round match proved no catwalk as the world number one stuttered past Swiss Stefanie Voegele 7-6, 6-2. <br /><br />The 2002 Paris champion stooped and clenched her fist as she saw off three break points en route to a 7-2 win in the first set tie-break after struggling to break her opponent's serve. <br /><br />World number 76 Voegele, egged on by the crowd on Court Philippe Chatrier, lost her composure in the second set as Serena ended the contest with a routine volley after an hour and 21 minutes. <br />Ea</p>.<p>sy for Federer<br />Top seed and defending champion Roger Federer began his campaign for a 17th Grand Slam title with a comfortable 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 win over Australia’s Peter Luczak.<br />Federer, who completed a career Grand Slam by winning his first Roland Garros crown here in 2009, will face Colombia’s Alejandro Falla for a place in the last 32.<br />The Swiss star was barely troubled by the 71st-ranked Luczak, who has never won a match at the French Open in four attempts.<br />After wrapping up the first set, Federer secured breaks in the fourth and sixth games of the second, as 30-year-old Luczak ran out of steam on another sweltering day in Paris where temperatures nudged 30 degrees.<br />Two more breaks followed in the fifth and seventh games of the third set with the match wrapped up after one hour and 48 minutes, courtesy of a razor-sharp Federer backhand.<br />Despite the win, Federer, playing in his 42nd successive Grand Slam event, refused to look forward to a fourth Roland Garros final against old rival Rafael Nadal.<br />“He’s in great form, but I’m just looking at my draw. The final hasn’t happened yet,” said Federer, who has yet to win a claycourt title this season.<br />Spain’s Feliciano Lopez, the 27th seed, was the day’s biggest early casualty, losing to German qualifier Julian Reister, the world 165, in straight sets.<br />Caroline Wozniacki, leading the chasing pack in pursuit of the Williams sisters, shrugged off ankle injury concerns to sweep into the women’s second round.<br />The 19-year-old Dane reeled off the first seven games of the match before clinching a 6-0, 6-3 win over Russian world 78 Alla Kudryavtseva, the 69-minute victory proving a crucial confidence-booster for the third seed.<br />Jelena Dokic, now a member of the women’s tour seniors club, slumped to a dispiriting first-round exit. The 27-year-old Australian went down to a 6-2, 6-2 defeat against Czech 24th seed Lucie Safarova.<br />Also safely through is Chinese number one Li Na, the 11th seed, who defeated last year’s junior champion Kristina Mladenovic of France 7-5, 6-3, while Russian fifth seed Elena Dementieva beat Petra Martic of Croatia 6-1, 6-1. <br />Agencies</p>
<p>Just as he did at Wimbledon two years ago when he triumphed from two sets down, fourth seed Murray weathered Gasquet's storm and surged back to win 4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 in just over four hours in the cauldron of Suzanne Lenglen Court. <br /><br />Gasquet missed his home Slam in 2008 through injury and last year because of a doping ban that was later rescinded, but the former world number seven arrived here with high hopes after winning the warm-up event in Nice last week. <br /><br />The 23-year-old was at his majestic best as he built a two-set lead with some stupendous shot-making but Murray, a quarterfinalist here last year, hung in and the match quickly turned in his favour as a tiring Gasquet ran out of steam.<br />Serena Williams, meanwhile, wore the first of seven dresses, but her first-round match proved no catwalk as the world number one stuttered past Swiss Stefanie Voegele 7-6, 6-2. <br /><br />The 2002 Paris champion stooped and clenched her fist as she saw off three break points en route to a 7-2 win in the first set tie-break after struggling to break her opponent's serve. <br /><br />World number 76 Voegele, egged on by the crowd on Court Philippe Chatrier, lost her composure in the second set as Serena ended the contest with a routine volley after an hour and 21 minutes. <br />Ea</p>.<p>sy for Federer<br />Top seed and defending champion Roger Federer began his campaign for a 17th Grand Slam title with a comfortable 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 win over Australia’s Peter Luczak.<br />Federer, who completed a career Grand Slam by winning his first Roland Garros crown here in 2009, will face Colombia’s Alejandro Falla for a place in the last 32.<br />The Swiss star was barely troubled by the 71st-ranked Luczak, who has never won a match at the French Open in four attempts.<br />After wrapping up the first set, Federer secured breaks in the fourth and sixth games of the second, as 30-year-old Luczak ran out of steam on another sweltering day in Paris where temperatures nudged 30 degrees.<br />Two more breaks followed in the fifth and seventh games of the third set with the match wrapped up after one hour and 48 minutes, courtesy of a razor-sharp Federer backhand.<br />Despite the win, Federer, playing in his 42nd successive Grand Slam event, refused to look forward to a fourth Roland Garros final against old rival Rafael Nadal.<br />“He’s in great form, but I’m just looking at my draw. The final hasn’t happened yet,” said Federer, who has yet to win a claycourt title this season.<br />Spain’s Feliciano Lopez, the 27th seed, was the day’s biggest early casualty, losing to German qualifier Julian Reister, the world 165, in straight sets.<br />Caroline Wozniacki, leading the chasing pack in pursuit of the Williams sisters, shrugged off ankle injury concerns to sweep into the women’s second round.<br />The 19-year-old Dane reeled off the first seven games of the match before clinching a 6-0, 6-3 win over Russian world 78 Alla Kudryavtseva, the 69-minute victory proving a crucial confidence-booster for the third seed.<br />Jelena Dokic, now a member of the women’s tour seniors club, slumped to a dispiriting first-round exit. The 27-year-old Australian went down to a 6-2, 6-2 defeat against Czech 24th seed Lucie Safarova.<br />Also safely through is Chinese number one Li Na, the 11th seed, who defeated last year’s junior champion Kristina Mladenovic of France 7-5, 6-3, while Russian fifth seed Elena Dementieva beat Petra Martic of Croatia 6-1, 6-1. <br />Agencies</p>
