For its part, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez qualified for the second round after beating Michael Berrer 6-4, 7-6 (4).
The Spanish tennis player Guillermo Garcia-Lopez has qualified for the second round of the Bangkok tournament, scoring for the ATP circuit and distributed $ 551,000 in prizes, to break in straight sets to German Michael Berrer.
Albacete overcame Germany 6-4, 7-6 (4) in a crash that solved in just over an hour and a half and that he compounded in the closing stages as he was forced to go to sudden death in the second round.
The La Roda started the game with authority and endorsed on the accuracy of the rest signed the only break of the first leg in the fifth game (3-2). That advantage was enough to take the set.
The script was repeated in the second break in the fifth game (3-2) and García-López served to take the match with 5-4 in the mail, when Berrer enjoyed his first three balls of the same break that allowed the match and force a tie-break in which the manchego imposed his authority.
Now, Garcia-Lopez will face Frenchman Florent Serra, who rallied to Russia to be imposed by Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-4.
On the other hand, the Spanish Rafael Nadal, world number one, opens against Ruben Bemelmans, who beat Denmark's Frederik Nielsen 6-2, 6-3. The Belgian, from the previous one, is ranked 195 of ATP ranking and will meet for the first time in his career to Nadal.
In another of the games and the Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, who returns to the circuit after nearly eight-month absence with a sprained wrist, he lost to Belgian Olivier Rochus 7-6 (7), 6-4 in a game in which he accused lack of pace.
Del Potro, encouraged despite defeat back with: "The wrist is perfect"
"The most important aspect of this debut is that my wrist is perfecta.Volver to feel the support of the fans and play a central track me is a big moment for me. He lost, but I had a good feeling that I will in the coming weeks. I have to work hard to get back on Top-10, "he said.