Twenty-year-old Jiri Vesely beat Lukas Rosol 6-4 6-2 in 74 minutes in the inaugural match of the AMRO World Tennis Tournament, a ATP 500 Tournament.
World Number 51 Vesely converted one of his three break points in the opening game of the match and this was enough to clinch the first set 6-4 without much trouble. The young Czech player fired seven aces and won 72 percent of his first service points during the first set.
The first four games of the second set went on serve. At 2-2 Rosol faced three break points at 0-40 but he clawed his way back to 40-40 to save three break points. Vesely converted his fourth break point chance at deuce to take the 3-2 lead before holding his serve in the next game for 4-2. Vesely earned two opportunities for the double break in the seventh game and converted his first chance to pull away to 5-2.
Vesely earned three match points at 40-0 as he was serving for the match. He needed to convert his first opportunity to close out the match 6-4 6-2 and reach the second round. Vesely fired 11 aces
Vesely will take on the winner of Tuesday’s first-round match between last week’s Sofia champion Roberto Bautista Agut or Joao Sousa.
Ivan Dodig beat Benoy Paire 6-3 7-6 (7-4). The Croatian player converted two of his four break points and saved all four break points he faced ge won 69 percent of his points on serve.
“I think it was a good match. I have played a couple of times against Paire and he always makes me work hard”, said Dodig.
Top seed in this year’s Rotterdam draw Richard Gasquet won the Montpellier title beating Paul Henri Mathieu 7-5 6-4 in the final. Another seeded player Bautista Agut defeated Viktor Troicki (who won the Sydney title and is also in action in Rotterdam this week) 6-3 6-4 in the Sofia ATP 250 final. Gasquet reached the quarter finals in Rotterdam in 2012. The other top seeds are Marin Cilic, Gilles Simon, David Goffin and Gael Monfils.
