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It was a tough day at the office on the outer courts for Australia’s men on Day 2 of Australian Open 2010, with Matt Ebden, Nick Lindahl, Marinko Matosevic and Carsten Ball all making first-round exits.

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Ebden’s maiden Grand Slam singles appearance was stretched over two days, as he and Gael Monfils began their match on Monday night before it was called off after a few games due to rain.

The pair continued today, but it was the 12th-ranked Frenchman who came away with the win in straight sets, 6-4 6-4 6-4.

The loss was a learning experience for Ebden, who fought his way through qualifying just to make it to the main draw.

“Obviously he’s a great player,” said Ebden. “Maybe I showed I could at least match it with him. I guess it ended up being one break each set.

“I’ll take the experience and the confidence that I can match it with guys who are right up there and hopefully next time work on a few things, improve a few things and maybe knock them off next time.”

Out on Show Court 2, Flying Finn Jarkko Nieminen ended Lindahl’s tournament in a tick over two hours with a 6-2 7-5 6-4 win.

Lindahl could only manage to convert one of his eight break point opportunities, while Nieminen did what was required and nailed five of his 13 chances.

For 235th-ranked Lindahl, it was his second first-round exit after falling to Frenchman Richard Gasquet in 2008. Lindahl won his ticket to the open in December’s Australian Open Play-off, defeating round one winner Bernard Tomic in the final.

Matosevic fought Swiss opponent Marco Chiudinelli all the way, losing the first two sets in tiebreakers, before breaking back to win the third 6-4.

But unfortunately it wasn’t to be for the Australian as Chiudinelli, the world No.58, borrowed a bit of cool from countryman Roger Federer and won the fourth set to close out the match 7-6(7) 7-6(3) 4-6 6-3.

Earlier, tall Ball threw a racquet-shaped spanner in Fernando Verdasco’s works before the emotive Spaniard hit back.

Verdasco, who lost that marathon semi-final here last year to Rafael Nadal, struggled at times with the Australian’s powerful serve, but eventually found his range and Ball’s measure to win the match 6-7(4) 7-6(1) 7-5 6-2.