Murray handed Chela test

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Argentina's Chela, a clay-court specialist, reached the quarter-finals at Roland Garros in 2004 but has not progressed past the second round since then.

Given third seed Murray has shown signs of improvement on clay in 2009, he will be favourite to progress to a second-round meeting with either Germany's Mischa Zverev or Potito Starace of Italy.

The first seeded player the British number one could meet is Feliciano Lopez, the 28th seed from Spain, in the third round.

Murray has won three of his previous four meetings against Chela, although none of those clashes were on clay.

Their last match-up was in Madrid - which was then a hard-court event - in 2007, with Murray a comfortable 6-1 6-3 victor.

Rafael Nadal, the reigning four-time champion, is again the player to beat this year and the top seed from Spain will open his campaign with a first-round match against a qualifier.

The winner of the tie between Russian pair Igor Kunitsyn and Teimuraz Gabashvili should play Nadal in round two.

Roger Federer, the second seed, beat Nadal in Madrid last week but has yet to claim the title at Roland Garros, losing to the Mallorcan on his last four visits.

The Swiss opens up against Spain's Alberto Martin, while fourth seed Novak Djokovic starts up against Nicolas Lapentti.