Tuesday 27 February 2018

Day One in UAE, Mexico and Brazil

6 of the worlds top ranked men are competing in Acapulco this week and four of the first round matches were completed on Day One.

Six of the women’s round one battles were also played with the two top twenty players in the draw due to appear tomorrow.

All the men’s results were decided in straight sets:

Jared Donaldson defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-2 3-2 (retired)

Kevin Anderson (5) defeated Radu Albot 6-4 6-3

David Ferrer defeated Andrey Rublev 6-4 6-3

Ryan Harrison defeated John Isner (8) 6-3 7-6(5)

Four of the women’s matches ended in the third set:

Monica Puig defeated qualifier Dayana Yastremska 2-6 6-4 5-0 (retired)

Irina-Camelia Begu (5) defeated Christina McHale 3-6 6-2 6-4

Veronica Cepede Royg defeated Belinda Bencic 4-6 7-6(1) 6-3

Wildcard Dasha Gavrilova (3) defeated Madison Brengle 4-6 6-3 6-3

Lesia Tsurenko (7) defeated Lauren Davis 6-4 6-1

Arina Rodionova defeated Kateryna Kozlova 6-2 1-0 (retired)

Dubai has Grigor Dimitrov as top seed and Marseille finalist Lucas Pouille second seed.

First round results from Day One in Dubai:

Robin Haase defeated qualifier Quentin Halys 7-5 2-6 6-4

Wildcard Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Mikhail Kukushkin 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3

Philipp Kohlschreiber (6) defeated qualifier Gleb Sakharov 6-4 6-2

Roberto Bautista Agut (3) defeated Florian Mayer 6-3 6-4

Benoit Paire defeated Yoshihito Nishioka 5-7 6-4 6-1

Wildcard Marcos Baghdatis defeated Viktor Troicki 7-5 6-2

São Paulo:

Top 4 seeds have first round byes

First round results from Day One:

Leonardo Mayer (5) defeated Gastao Elias 5-7 7-6(10) 7-6(5)

Carlos Berlocq defeated wildcard Thiago Seyboth Wild 3-6 6-3 6-2

Federico Delbonis (8) defeated Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4 6-4

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez defeated Gerald Melzer 6-4 3-6 6-3

Qualifier Joao Domíngues defeated fellow qualifier Renzo Olivo 2-6 7-6(6) 7-5

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