Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez led a trio of seeds through to the second round of the Sud de France Open in Montpellier with a straight-sets win over Russia’s Igor Kunitsyn.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC is expecting a battle when he takes on 2009 US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro in the pick of the third-round matches at the French Open today.

Roger Federer gave French wild card Maxime Teixeira a grand slam lesson in the second round of the French Open this morning.

Roger Federer negotiated a potentially-tricky first-round tie against Feliciano Lopez in fine style at the French Open this afternoon.