Tomas Berdych fired eight aces to beat Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 6-3, 6-4 in the hard-court tournament at the City of Arts and Sciences. The Czech also saved all four breakpoints chances.
Albert Montanes defeated qualifier Roberto Bautista-Agut 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 in an all-Spanish match, and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain beat Simon Greul of Germany 7-5, 6-2.
Story continues below ↓advertisement | your ad hereThe tournament was played on clay in the previous 14 editions.
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