the russian Andrew Rublevsecond favourite, confirmed the forecast and entered the second round of the Rotterdam tournament, after beating the Swiss Henri Laaksonenfor a double 6-4, in just seventy minutes.
This is the first confrontation between rublev (n.7 ATP) and Laaksonen (n.85), I decide with only two service breaks: in the seventh game of the first set and in the third of the second.
In another match of the day, victory of the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor (n.62) about the Russian aslan karatsev (n.14), by 2-6, 7-6 (2) and 7-6 (0).