Monday, July 26, 2010

Dolgopolov, Chela reach 2nd round at Croatia Open

UMAG, Croatia (AP) -Sixth-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine overcame Paolo Lorenzi of Italy 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (3) in a back-and-forth match Monday to reach the second round of the Croatia Open.

Lorenzi served for the match at 6-5 in the third set and had a 3-1 lead in the tiebreaker, but didn't win a point after that.

The 42nd-ranked Dolgopolov served for the match at 5-4 in the second, but Lorenzi broke back before taking the tiebreaker.

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Dolgopolov will next meet Croatian wild card Franco Skugor, who routed two-time Umag finalist Filippo Volandri of Italy 6-2, 6-1 in 56 minutes.

It was only the third career ATP-level singles victory for the 22-years-old Skugor, who reached the quarterfinals at the Swedish Open two weeks ago.

Eighth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentine also advanced after breaking Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain four times in a 6-4, 6-1 win.

Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko and second-seeded Jurgen Melzer, the French Open semifinalist, have a bye in the first round.

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