The Argentine tennis player Juan “Pico” Monaco, seeded fourth, eased into the second round of the Lyon Grand Prix, which offers 650,000 euros in awards, after brushing aside 6-3, 6-2, the Frenchman Josselin Ouanna.
The match took exactly an hour, when the world number 30, who is more than a hundred positions in the ATP ranking above his rival, bagged the victory.
Following, Pico will play against the winner between the Frenchman Michael Llodra and the Algerian Lamine Ouahab.
The St. Petersburg Open starts today, which is played on hard court, and where the Argentine Horacio Zeballos (8th seed) will participate.
The tournament gives the winner 250 points and $ 663,750 in prizes.
Also, the Argentine Juan Martin del Potro remains in fifth place of the world ranking, still comfortably led by Switzerland’s Roger Federer. Delpo adds up 6165 points in total, just a little less than Andy Murray, who has 6890. David Nalbandian dropped to the 27th position.
Top Ten: 1. Roger Federer (SUI) 10,305 2. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 9,095 3. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 7,950 4. Andy Murray (GBR) 6,890 5. Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) 6,165 6. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 4,700 7. Andy Roddick (USA) 4,670 8. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 3,930, 9. Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 3,330 10. Robin Soderling (SWE) 2900.
