Berdych advances to second round of French Open

World no. 8 Czech Tomas Berdych qualified on Tuesday for the second round of the French Open tennis tournament after beating world no. 46 Canadian Vasek Pospisil here.

The seventh-seeded Czech player defeated his Canadian opponent 6-3, 6-2, 6-1, reports Efe.

Berdych will face Tunisian Malek Jaziri, who defeated German Florian Mayer.

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