Spain's Garcia-Lopez advances at French Open

Spanish tennis player Guillermo Garcia-Lopez knocked out Luxembourgish Gilles Muller and reached the second round of the French Open here on Sunday.

Although the Spaniard suffered pain in his left leg, Garcia-Lopez defeated his Luxembourgish rival 7-6 (4), 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-2 in three hours and 27 minutes, reports Efe.

Garcia-Lopez is to play the second round against the winner of the match between Argentine Marco Trungelliti and Frenchman Quentin Halys.

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