QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN 2012
Troicki, Seppi Win In Straight Sets
Doha, Qatar
by ATP Staff
|02.01.2012
Fifth-seeded Serbian Viktor Troicki started his 2012 ATP World Tour season on Monday by beating Czech Lukas Rosol 6-4, 7-6(4) in 79 minutes at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. Troicki, who reached the 2010 semi-finals, won 76 per cent of his service points and hit 16 aces.
"It was a tough match for both of us," said Troicki. "We both played very good, so I am happy I have won, the way I played and I hope to continue the rest of the tournament."
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Sixth-seeded Russian Alex Bogomolov Jr, the recipient of the ATP Most Improved Player of the Year award in 2011, beat World No. 69 Filippo Volandri of Italy 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 in just over two hours. He will next face Spaniard Albert Ramos.
Eighth-seeded Italian Andreas Seppi converted five of 12 break point opportunities to beat Lukasz Kubot of Poland 6-2, 6-3 in 70 minutes. In June last year, Seppi became the first Italian to win an ATP World Tour grass-court singles title at the AEGON International in Eastbourne (d. Tipsarevic).
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Other first-round winners included Ramos, a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Dmitry Tursunov of Russia, and Italian Flavio Cipolla, who humbled wild card Jabor Al Mutawa 6-0, 6-0 in 37 minutes.
Earlier in the day, Matthias Bachinger, Denis Gremelmayr, Roberto Bautista-Agut and Grega Zemlja qualified for the main draw at the ATP World Tour 250 hard-court tennis tournament.
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