ATP TENNIS NEWS FROM SOFIA WHERE KOHLSCHREIBER WINS HIS FIRST MATCH AND MORE
ATP TENNIS NEWS FROM SOFIA WHERE KOHLSCHREIBER WINS HIS FIRST MATCH AND MOREepa05071330 Philipp Kohlschreiber of Legendari Japan Warriors in action against Marin Cilic of OBI UAE Royals during their match of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 16 December 2015. EPA/ALI HAIDER |
Fifth seed Phiipp Kohlschreiber made a strong start at the Inaugural Garanti Koza Sofia Open, beating Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday in the first round.
The German improved to a 2-1 FedEx ATP Head2Head lead over Stakhovsky as he converted six of his 12 break points and won 70 percent of points behind his first serve.
“The key today was my return of serve, breaking early in each set,” said Kohlschreiber. “The Centre Court is a little bit slow, so you can take advantage of the short ball. I think I played a very good match.”
Kohlschreiber goes on to face Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The No. 79-ranked Dzumhur rallied from the loss of the second set to beat Jiri Vesely 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Sixth seed Gilles Muller fired 16 aces and lost just seven points on serve as he defeated Malek Jaziri 6-3, 6-2 in 61 minutes. The Luxembourg native claimed his sixth win of the season, having already reached the semi-finals in Sydney (l. to Dimitrov).
“For sure it helped breaking early on, especially as I didn’t feel my serve in the first two or three games,” said Muller. “I wasn’t serving that well and I didn’t hit a lot of first serves into court. It’s always difficult playing indoors, having played outdoors for a few weeks and recovering from jet lag. I knew what to expect and it was a tough match.”
Romanian qualifier Marius Copil took advantage of his extra matches in the altitude of Sofia to defeat 19-year-old Korean Hyeon Chung 6-2, 6-3 in one hour. Meanwhile, The big Dutchman Thiemo de Bakker set a second-round clash with fourth seed Andreas Seppi after dismissing Matthew Ebden 6-4, 6-1.
( Courtesy of the ATP and Original Link – http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/kohlschreiber-muller-2016-sofia-tuesday )
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Topics: Atp World Tour, Garanti Koza Sofia Open, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Sergiy Stakhovsky, Sports, Tennis
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