Top-seeded Gilles Simon beat Robert Kendrick 6-3, 7-6 (7) Monday in the first round of the Estoril Open. Simon was twice broken in the first set but recovered to break his opponent three times. The Frenchman started strongly in the second set, breaking Kendrick's serve in the opening game, but the American broke back in the sixth before Simon took the tiebreaker.
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