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 MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP) - Defending champion Guillermo Coria tuned his clay-court game Monday, defeating Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 6-2, 7-5 in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters.
Coria served for the match at 5-4 but was broken a third time in the second set and needed four match points to finish off Mathieu.
Coria, seeded sixth, is preparing for next month's French Open, where he was runner-up last year to Argentine countryman Gaston Gaudio.
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