Tennis

MONTE CARLO OPEN

First round: 8-Cedric Pioline (France) bt Magnus
Larsson (Sweden) 6-2 6-2, Sargis Sargsian (Armenia) bt
11-Younes El Aynaoui (Morocco) 7-6 (7-1) 4-2 - El
Aynaoui retired injured, Jiri Novak (Czech Republic) bt
Roger Federer (Switzerland) 6-1 2-6 7-5, Nicolas Escude
(France) bt Stephane Huet (France) 4-6 6-1 6-2, Slava
Dosedel (Czech Republic) bt 10-Greg Rusedski (Britain)
6-4 6-7 (3-7) 6-1, Fabrice Santoro (France) bt Orlin
Staboytchev (Bulgaria) 6-4 6-2, Wayne Ferreira (South
Africa) bt 14-Mark Philippoussis (Australia) 6-4 7-5,
Christian Ruud (Norway) bt Andreas Vinciguerra (Sweden)
4-6 7-5 6-1.