Murray, Ferrer take different paths to next round
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November 4, 2010, Thursday
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ANDY Murray began his Valencia Open defense with a 6-3, 7-6 (1) win over Spain's Feliciano Lopez on Tuesday in Spain.
The top-seeded Briton broke Lopez in the fourth game on his way to taking the first set. He then had to rally from a 4-1 deficit in the second after the Spaniard broke in the fourth game when Murray netted.
But Murray took advantage of one of Lopez's many unforced errors to break back and take it to the tiebreaker, where Lopez simply fell apart.
Fourth-seed David Ferrer kept alive his hopes of reaching the ATP World Tour Finals in London later this month as the fourth seed rallied for a 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-3 win over fellow Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
Garcia-Lopez mixed up sharp groundstrokes and savvy net play to take the first set before Ferrer began to dictate play by taking advantage of his opponent's 68 unforced errors.
Garcia-Lopez broke early to lead 2-0 in the second and third sets but both times succumbed to the eighth-ranked Ferrer, who hit half as many winners as his fellow Spaniard but was more consistent when it counted.
Earlier, Nicolas Almagro made an early exit after losing to fellow Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Gimeno-Traver will play second-seeded Robin Soderling, who made quick work of Albert Montanes in a 6-1, 6-4 win.
Sixth-seed Nikolay Davydenko made it five Spanish losers on the day with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Javier Marti.
Juan Ignacio Chela, Potito Starace and Pablo Andujar were other first-round winners.
The top-seeded Briton broke Lopez in the fourth game on his way to taking the first set. He then had to rally from a 4-1 deficit in the second after the Spaniard broke in the fourth game when Murray netted.
But Murray took advantage of one of Lopez's many unforced errors to break back and take it to the tiebreaker, where Lopez simply fell apart.
Fourth-seed David Ferrer kept alive his hopes of reaching the ATP World Tour Finals in London later this month as the fourth seed rallied for a 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-3 win over fellow Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
Garcia-Lopez mixed up sharp groundstrokes and savvy net play to take the first set before Ferrer began to dictate play by taking advantage of his opponent's 68 unforced errors.
Garcia-Lopez broke early to lead 2-0 in the second and third sets but both times succumbed to the eighth-ranked Ferrer, who hit half as many winners as his fellow Spaniard but was more consistent when it counted.
Earlier, Nicolas Almagro made an early exit after losing to fellow Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Gimeno-Traver will play second-seeded Robin Soderling, who made quick work of Albert Montanes in a 6-1, 6-4 win.
Sixth-seed Nikolay Davydenko made it five Spanish losers on the day with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Javier Marti.
Juan Ignacio Chela, Potito Starace and Pablo Andujar were other first-round winners.
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