Robredo survives delay to advance
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July 15, 2010, Thursday
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TOMMY Robredo of Spain made it through to the second round of the Swedish Open in Bastad after beating Poland's Michal Przysiezny in straight sets on Tuesday.
Fifth-seeded Robredo won 7-6 (3), 6-3 in 80 minutes at the claycourt tournament.
Rain had interrupted earlier matches and forced a delayed start to Robredo's tournament opener but it did not affect the two-time champion, who hit seven aces in his victory.
Robredo will face Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev in the next round, after he comfortably beat Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina 6-3, 6-2.
Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas, ranked 64th, also advanced by beating sixth-seeded Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) on center court.
Seventh seeded Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan was beaten in a 2? hour match by Croatia's Franco Skugor 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7). Skugor, who is ranked 309 places below Istomin, made it through singles qualifying to play in the first round.
France's Stephane Robert earned himself a second-round match against second-seeded Fernando Verdasco after defeating compatriot Jonathan Dasnieres De Veig 6-4, 6-1.
Also into the second round are Jarkko Nieminen of Finland, Andreas Seppi of Italy and Sweden's Ervin Eleskovic.
Bowed out
In Stuttgart, Germany, local hope Philipp Kohlschreiber bowed out of the first round of the Mercedes Cup on Tuesday, falling to German compatriot Florian Mayer in straight sets.
The 35th-ranked Kohlschreiber was seeded sixth at the Stuttgart tournament but Mayer, ranked 21 spots lower in the ATP rankings, beat him 6-4, 6-2. There was no such upset for fifth seeded Albert Montanes of Spain, who defeated Germany's Philipp Petzschner 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the second round.
Montanes' compatriot Daniel Gimeno-Traver eliminated the defending champion Jeremy Chardy of France, 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-3.
Also into the final 16 were Germans Bjoern Phau and Simon Greul, Spaniards Pablo Andujar and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, and Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela and Horacio Zeballos, along with Gilles Simon of France.
In Palermo, Italy, top-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy has secured a comfortable straight-sets win over Kathrin Woerle to advance to the second round of the Palermo Open.
The defending champion beat her German opponent 6-3, 6-1.
Second-seeded Aravane Rezai of France had to dig deep, though, for her 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 victory over Romania's Simona Halep.
Eighth-seeded Julia Goerges of Germany beat Italy's Martina Caregaro, 6-3, 6-2, while ninth-seeded Italian Alberta Brianti defeated Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 7-6 (0), 6-2.
Fifth-seeded Robredo won 7-6 (3), 6-3 in 80 minutes at the claycourt tournament.
Rain had interrupted earlier matches and forced a delayed start to Robredo's tournament opener but it did not affect the two-time champion, who hit seven aces in his victory.
Robredo will face Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev in the next round, after he comfortably beat Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina 6-3, 6-2.
Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas, ranked 64th, also advanced by beating sixth-seeded Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) on center court.
Seventh seeded Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan was beaten in a 2? hour match by Croatia's Franco Skugor 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7). Skugor, who is ranked 309 places below Istomin, made it through singles qualifying to play in the first round.
France's Stephane Robert earned himself a second-round match against second-seeded Fernando Verdasco after defeating compatriot Jonathan Dasnieres De Veig 6-4, 6-1.
Also into the second round are Jarkko Nieminen of Finland, Andreas Seppi of Italy and Sweden's Ervin Eleskovic.
Bowed out
In Stuttgart, Germany, local hope Philipp Kohlschreiber bowed out of the first round of the Mercedes Cup on Tuesday, falling to German compatriot Florian Mayer in straight sets.
The 35th-ranked Kohlschreiber was seeded sixth at the Stuttgart tournament but Mayer, ranked 21 spots lower in the ATP rankings, beat him 6-4, 6-2. There was no such upset for fifth seeded Albert Montanes of Spain, who defeated Germany's Philipp Petzschner 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the second round.
Montanes' compatriot Daniel Gimeno-Traver eliminated the defending champion Jeremy Chardy of France, 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-3.
Also into the final 16 were Germans Bjoern Phau and Simon Greul, Spaniards Pablo Andujar and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, and Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela and Horacio Zeballos, along with Gilles Simon of France.
In Palermo, Italy, top-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy has secured a comfortable straight-sets win over Kathrin Woerle to advance to the second round of the Palermo Open.
The defending champion beat her German opponent 6-3, 6-1.
Second-seeded Aravane Rezai of France had to dig deep, though, for her 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 victory over Romania's Simona Halep.
Eighth-seeded Julia Goerges of Germany beat Italy's Martina Caregaro, 6-3, 6-2, while ninth-seeded Italian Alberta Brianti defeated Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 7-6 (0), 6-2.
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