French Open tennis tournament will kick start today. The tournament presents India's ace tennis player Somdev Devvarman a chance to script history. He is the Indian flagbearer in men's singles in his maiden French Open. Only three Indians have made the third round of FrenchOpen, the last being Ramesh Krishnan in 1982. Somdev's qualification to the main draw has also ensuredthat India will not go unrepresented in the singles event ofthe clay court Grand Slam in the absence of Sania Mirza. The seasoned pros Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are always a strong contender in French Open. They have won the men's doubles title together twice- in 1999 and 2001.