MOSCOW, May 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Nikolai Davydenko and Mikhail Youzhny made winning starts at the 2009 Roland Garros tennis tournament on Monday.
In a first-round match that lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes, number 10 seed Davydenko defeated in straight sets Stefan Koubek of Austria 6-2, 6-1, 6-4.
Youzhny took ten minutes longer to reach the second round, beating Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 7-6 (7-2), 6-1, 6-4.
Davydenko now faces either Diego Junqueira of Argentina or Chile's Paul Capdeville, while Youzhny will take on the winner of the encounter between Romania's Victor Hanescu (seeded 30th) and Steve Darcis of Belgium.
