No. 19 seed Cilic eliminated in the first match in Paris

PARIS - Marin Cilic became the first player seeded to be eliminated, losing French open against Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of the Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4, Sunday in the first round.

The seeds of the 19th Cilic, who reached the fourth round at the Open of Australia, is a former top 10 player. But he had 67 errors not forced in the game and was broken five times.

Ramirez Hidalgo received only its fourth win in 15 Grand slam tournaments. Upon reaching the fourth round at the Open of France 2006, more than the Spanish lost the first round in each of its 13 other appearances to four major tennis tournaments.

"It's my greatest victory this season, what is certain," said the 33-year Ramirez Hidalgo. "I would not say that it is the beginning of a new career, because I am too old for this, but it is a kind of relief."

Seventh seed David Ferrer had no problems advancing to the second round by beating Jarkko Nieminen, of the Finland 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.

No. 14 Stanislas Wawrinka, no. 17 Jo - Wilfried Tsonga, France, no. 30 of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain and no. 31 Sergiy Stakhovsky in the Ukraine also advanced.

"I was expecting, as every year, the first game not step to be too easy," said Wawrinka, who beat Augustin Gensse France 4 - 6, 6 - 3, 6 - 4, 6-2. "I was a bit slow." I took some time before I entered the match. In the first round is never easy. ?

The France Open is the only Grand Slam tournament to start a Sunday and there were 32 games scheduled on eight courts.

Less than an hour before the start of the piece of theatre, two time champion Grand Slam that Lleyton Hewitt withdrew.

The Australian, who had been one of only five men in the draw with a Grand Slam singles title, has a surgery of the foot. He was replaced by Marc Gicquel, one of nine French men playing Sunday.

Gicquel lost to Albert Montanes 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 in Spain.

The four remaining champions of Grand Slam draw with the fate of the men are five times French Open champion Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro.

Djokovic, Federer and Del Potro are expected to play Monday, while Nadal is expected to play Tuesday.