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February 11, 2010, Thursday
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FOURTH-SEEDED Tommy Haas of Germany needed a tiebreaker to beat American wildcard Devin Britton 6-4, 7-6 (3) in the first round of the SAP Open in San Jose, California, on Tuesday.
"His serve was working really well for him; not only really hard but with good placement and I could not get a good read on it," Haas said. "Also serving and volleying on second serve and mixing it up, that really surprised me. I played good at the times I needed. The first match is always tough anyway because you never know how you're going to feel."
Eighth-seeded Jeremy Chardy's losing streak extended to six matches on tour when the Frenchman was eliminated by Bjorn Phau of Germany 6-3, 6-1.
German Philipp Kohlschreiber, the No. 6 seed rallied to beat American Rajeev Ram 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-3, while American Michael Russell, who played in his first professional tournament two years ago when he was 15, beat lucky loser Im Kyu-tae of South Korea 7-6 (8), 6-1.
Lithuanian teenager Ricardas Berankis, the former junior No. 1, beat American Robby Ginepri 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3 and Benjamin Becker of Germany topped Tim Smyczek of America 6-4, 6-2.
Clearance
Top-seeded Andy Roddick, who meets qualifier Ryler DeHeart in his first match, nearly had to pull out of the tournament because of a knee injury suffered in Shanghai earlier in the year.
"It was a little touch and go for a while about playing here," the seventh-ranked Roddick said. "But I got the clearance I needed after the Australian Open. The first match will be telling. If I get through that one I should be OK. I'm going to have to work my way into this tournament."
In Rotterdam, Netherlands, top-seeded Novak Djokovic made a winning return to the tour when he advanced through the ABN Amro first round because Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine retired with a leg injury.
Djokovic was leading 6-2, 4-1 at the time. The Serb was making his first appearance since losing in the Australian Open quarterfinals.
He'll next face Switzerland's Marco Chiudinelli, who knocked out 2008 Rotterdam champion Michael Llodra of France 6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6) in 2 hours, 37 minutes. Llodra fought back from 1-6 down in the final-set tiebreaker to level at 6-6 before Chiudinelli prevailed.
The 2007 winner Mikhail Youzhny beat Kazakh qualifier Andrey Golubev 1-6, 7-6 (0), 7-6 (5) in 2:19 without a single break. Seventh-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia, a two-time Rotterdam finalist, was ousted by Julien Benneteau of France 6-3, 6-3.
"His serve was working really well for him; not only really hard but with good placement and I could not get a good read on it," Haas said. "Also serving and volleying on second serve and mixing it up, that really surprised me. I played good at the times I needed. The first match is always tough anyway because you never know how you're going to feel."
Eighth-seeded Jeremy Chardy's losing streak extended to six matches on tour when the Frenchman was eliminated by Bjorn Phau of Germany 6-3, 6-1.
German Philipp Kohlschreiber, the No. 6 seed rallied to beat American Rajeev Ram 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-3, while American Michael Russell, who played in his first professional tournament two years ago when he was 15, beat lucky loser Im Kyu-tae of South Korea 7-6 (8), 6-1.
Lithuanian teenager Ricardas Berankis, the former junior No. 1, beat American Robby Ginepri 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3 and Benjamin Becker of Germany topped Tim Smyczek of America 6-4, 6-2.
Clearance
Top-seeded Andy Roddick, who meets qualifier Ryler DeHeart in his first match, nearly had to pull out of the tournament because of a knee injury suffered in Shanghai earlier in the year.
"It was a little touch and go for a while about playing here," the seventh-ranked Roddick said. "But I got the clearance I needed after the Australian Open. The first match will be telling. If I get through that one I should be OK. I'm going to have to work my way into this tournament."
In Rotterdam, Netherlands, top-seeded Novak Djokovic made a winning return to the tour when he advanced through the ABN Amro first round because Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine retired with a leg injury.
Djokovic was leading 6-2, 4-1 at the time. The Serb was making his first appearance since losing in the Australian Open quarterfinals.
He'll next face Switzerland's Marco Chiudinelli, who knocked out 2008 Rotterdam champion Michael Llodra of France 6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6) in 2 hours, 37 minutes. Llodra fought back from 1-6 down in the final-set tiebreaker to level at 6-6 before Chiudinelli prevailed.
The 2007 winner Mikhail Youzhny beat Kazakh qualifier Andrey Golubev 1-6, 7-6 (0), 7-6 (5) in 2:19 without a single break. Seventh-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia, a two-time Rotterdam finalist, was ousted by Julien Benneteau of France 6-3, 6-3.
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