The first American to compete at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Master this week was Rajeev Ram in the doubles competition with South African Raven Klaasen. Their tournament lasted less than an hour after a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Henri Kontinen of Finland and John Peers of Australia. Ram and Klaasen never broke their opponents and won just eight of 44 points when returning serve. On Thursday Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, seeded fifth, will open play in the second round against Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah of Colombia. This matchup is 3-2 lifetime to the Bryans but they have lost the last two meetings.