Anderson Perfect On Serve; Cilic Overcomes Basel Native
Fourth seed Kevin Anderson served exceptionally well Wednesday to beat Borna Coric 6-3, 6-2 in one hour at the Swiss Indoors Basel. Anderson, who is now 45-22 on the season, won all 30 of his first service points and hit 29 winners to set up a second-round match against Donald Young.
Seventh seed Marin Cilic, buoyed by the confidence of winning his 14th title at Moscow last week, struck 14 aces and lost just four of his first-service points to beat Basel native and wild card Marco Chiudinelli 6-3, 7-6(3). The pair also met in the 2010 first round. Cilic goes on to face Teymuraz Gabashvili, a 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 victor over Leonardo Mayer, in the second round.
Jack Sock will look to improve on a 1-4 FedEx ATP Head2Head record against his fellow American John Isner after he beat another compatriot, lucky loser Denis Kudla, 6-4, 6-2 in 55 minutes.
No. 8 seed David Goffin scored a one-hour and nine-minute 6-4, 6-3 win over Adrian Mannarino. In doubles, No. 3 Jamie Murray/John Peers were 7-6(1), 4-6, 11-9 winners over Treat Huey/Henri Kontinen.
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