Simon maintains its momentum and Robredo said goodbye

Frenchman Gilles Simon, the fourth favorite, and a finalist at the Masters Series Madrid, continued the momentum that took time and turned around to score against Argentine Juan Monaco (2-6, 6-4 and 6-1) to reach the second round of the tournament in Lyon, where he fired Tommy Robredo after falling in front of the French Julien Benneteau.

Simon, who in Madrid, except in the final with Britain's Andy Murray disputed all their matches in three sets, including two of them had to overcome points of the game, started the scoring against in the clash against the Argentine , Which reached an income of 6-2 and 3-1. The French reacted and since then won the match. Gilles Simon will face in the second round to Italian Andreas Seppi, who on Monday lie down at Gallo David Guez, the tennis stage. The surprise of the session played on the Spanish Tommy Robredo, the fifth favorite, who offered little resistance to French Julien Benneteau 6-2 with a double. The French tennis player, 56 of the world, took seventy minutes to overcome his commitment against the Spanish, far from its usual level.

Robredo, now down to eighteen since the ATP ranking, Bastad champion and runner-up in Warsaw, was unable to break into any occasion the kick Benneteau, who never saw his triumph in jeopardy.

Julien Benneteau will face in the quarter-finals the winner of the clash between Belgian Steve Dacir and head of the second series, also the French Richard Gasquet.

With the defeat of Robredo, Juan Carlos Ferrero is the only Spanish representation in Lyon. Will face French Paul Henri Mathieu, eighth favorite, who won their clash at the Argentine Guillermo Caas by 6-3 and 6-4.

For his part, surpassed by Belgian Christophe Rochus 6-2 and 6-4 to Gilles Muller of Luxembourg and measured the Swedish Robin Soderling, who eliminated French Thierry Ascione, who came from upstream, for 6-4 and 6-1.