Taiwanese No. 1 Lu Yen-hsun advanced to the second round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel on Tuesday, but it was not such good news for Taiwanese players in the doubles.
World No. 61 Lu defeated world No. 48 Victor Estrella Burgos of the Dominican Republic 6-2, 7-5 in 1 hour, 22 minutes in Acapulco.
Lu failed to save either of the two break-point chances he faced, but he converted five of 11 to set up a second-round clash with top seed Kei Nishikori of Japan, who defeated Colombian qualifier Alejandro Gonzalez 6-3, 7-5.
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Also advancing to the second round on Tuesday were Spanish second seed David Ferrer, Bulgarian third seed Grigor Dimitrov, Croatian sixth seed Ivo Karlovic, Andreas Haider-Maurer of Austria, Steve Johnson of the US, Viktor Troicki of Serbia, qualifier Ryan Harrison of the US and Australian Bernard Tomic.
In the first round of the men’s doubles, Lu and Santiago Giraldo of Colombia lost 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) to fourth-seeded Colombian duo Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah.
In the women’s doubles, fourth seeds Chan Chin-wei and Laura Thorpe fell to a shock 6-1, 7-5 loss to Lauren Davis of the US and Monica Puig of Puerto Rico.
The Taiwanese-French duo failed to recover from a slow start as their opponents converted six of 10 break-point opportunities to complete the victory.
Taiwan’s Chuang Chia-jung and Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland were due to face top-seeded Czech duo Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in the first round yesterday.
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