Xavier Malisse News

A year ago, Brian Baker was the former French Open junior finalist who made it into the main tournament at Roland Garros nearly a decade later thanks to a wild card from the U.S. Tennis Association.

Tournament seed Nicolas Almagro is through to the second round after opponent Tobias Kamke retired with injury.

Dimitrov has been in outstanding form this week with wins over Xavier Malisse, No.

Sixteenth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber, Alexandr Dolgopolov and Grigor Dimitrov all won in straight sets in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Sunday.

Israel's hopes of remaining in the Davis Cup World Group were handed a boost on Wednesday when the national team was drawn to visit Belgium in the playoffs in September.