Igor Andreev, the number six seed in Basel, came through a gritty match today with a win over Philipp Kohlschreiber. The encounter lasted 2 hours and 34 minutes, and Andreev fired 17 aces but won five fewer points than Kohlschreiber in his seventh straight victory over the German.
The final score was 76(6) 67(0) 75. Phew!
James Blake started his run in Basel with a bit of a rusty win over Nicolas Kiefer, and a score of 36 63 64. The American is still bidding to reach the year ending Masters Cup for the second straight time.
While in Lyon, Tommy Robredo falls to Julien Benneteau, on his opponents home soil. The score was a little easier than expected, but it was 62 62. Other winners of the day include last week's Madrid finalist Gilles Simon and Robin Soderling.
No big upsets have been made in St. Petersburg today with all the seeds winning their matches, such as top seed Andy Murray with an easy 63 63 win over Victor Troicki and Fernando Verdasco with a win over Latvian wildcard Karlis Lejnieks with a score of 61 63.
More news tomorrow!
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