In the French Open qualifying event, Somdev Devvarman beat Jiri Vanek in a fierce three-set battle and progress to the second round.The sixth seed Indian scored a 2-6 6-2 6-4 win over his Czech opponent in little over two hours in the first round of the clay court Grand Slam's qualifiers.Somdev will next take on Kiwi Daniel King-Turner, who defeated Australian Chris Guccione 6-3, 6-3 in his opening round encounter.