French qualifying loss for Klein

Britain’s Brydan Klein has been beaten in the first round of French Open qualifying at Roland Garros.

The world No 175 failed to take any of five break point opportunities as he fell 6-2 6-2 to Germany’s Max Marterer.

Klein was the only British man in the qualifying with four others – Andy Murray, Kyle Edmund, Dan Evans and Aljaz Bedene – going straight into the main draw.

Players must win three qualifying rounds to reach the first round proper, the draw for which is set to be made on Friday.

Meanwhile Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin set up a second-round clash with world No 9 Kei Nishikori by seeing off qualifier Roberto Marcora at the Geneva Open.

Kukushkin, ranked 88, overcame the Italian 6-2 6-2 in 63 minutes in the first round of the clay-court event.

Second seed Nishikori, who had a bye in the first round along with top seed Stan Wawrinka, will now face Kukushkin today.

Sixth seed Sam Querrey saw off German qualifier Daniel Altmaier 6-3 6-4 but seventh Paolo Lorenzi was beaten 7-5 7-6 by South Africa’s Kevin Anderson.

At the Lyon Open, Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin, the world No 81, booked a clash with top seed Milos Raonic by beating Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3 6-4.

Fifth-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon came through a tight match against Daniil Medvedev 7-5 6-7 6-2.