DOHA: Richard Gasquet made a convincing start to his bid to regain a place in the world's top ten with a new year first round victory in the Qatar Open on Monday.

The Switzerland-based former world number seven made some enterprising approaches to the net and hit plenty of characteristically flowing ground strokes during a 6-3, 7-5 win over Pablo Andujar, a top 50 Spaniard.

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