Kyrgios lights up damp opening day at French Open


Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros - Nick Kyrgios of Australia v Marco Cecchinato of Italy - Paris, France - 22/05/16. Marco Cecchinato returns the ball. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

PARIS (Reuters) - Australian Nick Kyrgios did his best to enliven a damp and dismal Parisian day with some eye-catching play and colourful language as the French Open began without part of the usual furniture on Sunday.

The volatile 17th seed mainly let his racket do the talking during an impressive 7-6(6) 7-6(6) 6-4 defeat of Italian debutant Marco Cecchinato, although he did receive a code violation for his language in the first set.

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