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[b]Juan Monaco (ARG) v Fernando Verdasco (ESP) [/b]One of the better first round matches to get involved in takes place on Tuesday between two players familiar with one another's game. Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, who has reached the fourth round of the French Open the past four years, will be a little tense about his chances of reaching the same round this year due to a tough first round match-up against grinder Juan Monaco. Although Verdasco's record and ranking at the French Open is superior to the Argentine's, it is hard to ignore Monaco's 7-2 overall head-to-head series lead over the left-hander, even more significant is the fact that five of those wins were on clay, one of which took place at the 2006 French Open in four sets. These head-to-head stats coupled with the fact that...