Sunday, May 19th, 2013
Robin Haase, Go Soeda advance to 2nd round with straight-set wins at Chennai Open
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHENNAI, India — Sixth-seeded Dutchman Robin Haase and eighth-seeded Go Soeda of Japan progressed to the second round of the Chennai Open with straight-set wins on Monday.
Haase overcame the challenge of local wild card Yuki Bhambri 7-5, 6-3 while last year’s semifinalist Soeda defeated unheralded Russian Evegeny Donskoy 6-1, 6-2.
In other matches, Frenchman Eduardo Roger-Vasselin defeated Russian Andrey Kuznetsov 6-3, 6-4 and Aljaze Bedene of Slovenia knocked out Portugal’s Joao Sousa 6-3, 6-2.
Meanwhile, the four qualifiers advancing to the main draw were Rubens Bemmelmans of Belgium, Cedrik-Marcel Steebe of Germany, Rajeev Ram of the United States and Prakash Amritraj of India.
12:35ET 31-12-12
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