Garcia-Lopez Breaks Through In Geneva
Garcia-Lopez Breaks Through In Geneva
Delbonis, Johnson also win in straight sets
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez finally broke through against Sam Querrey on Monday at the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open. The Spaniard, who had lost to Querrey in their four previous meetings, all on hard courts and dating back to 2008, beat the American 7-6(5), 6-4 to advance in Switzerland. The 32 year old will face Russian qualifier Evgeny Donskoy or American Rajeev Ram in the second round.
No. 6 seed Federico Delbonis avenged his 2012 loss to Janko Tipsarevic, who made his ATP World Tour season debut. Delbonis saved six of eight break points to advance 6-1, 7-6(6) over the Serb. Tipsarevic had been out with foot and knee injuries and was playing in his first tour-level match since last year’s US Open.
Steve Johnson needed one hour and 17 minutes to earn his first clay-court win of the season. Johnson, who had been 0-3 on clay this season, never faced a break point and bypassed Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 7-5. The American will face another Russian in Andrey Kuznetsov in the second round.
Spain’s Inigo Cervantes lost only five points on his first serve (27/32) to beat German qualifier Andreas Beck 6-1, 6-3 and advance to the second round. Cervantes will play compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta, who beat 19-year-old Chilean qualifier Christian Garin 6-2, 7-5. Carreno Busta won all six break points in the one-hour and 15-minute victory.