Djokovic Advances In Rotterdam

Novak Djokovic was all business today with Sergiy Stakhovsky. The Ukrainian eventually retired with a left knee injury after losing the first set and trailing 1-4 in the second set.

The Serb will advance to play Marco Chiudinelli of Switzerland in the second round. Chiudinelli barely got past Frenchman Michael Llodra, who had a slow start, but the Swiss eventually prevailed 6-1 6-7(5) 7-6(6) after a 2 hour 36 minutes of battle. Djokovic won his last meeting with Chiudinelli this year in the second round of the Australian Open.

Tuesday’s Results
Singles First Round
1 Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 6-2 4-1 RET. (left knee)
6 Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) def. Q Andrey Golubev (KAZ) 1-6 7-6(0) 7-6(5)
Julien Benneteau (FRA) def. 7 Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 6-3 6-3
Q Marsel Ilhan (TUR) def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-1 6-4
Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) def. Michael Llodra (FRA) 6-1 6-7(5) 7-6(6)
WC Thiemo de Bakker (NED) def. LL Jan Hajek (CZE) 7-6(5) 6-3

Doubles First Round
1 D. Nestor (CAN)/N. Zimonjic (SRB) def. J. Tipsarevic (SRB)/V. Troicki (SRB) 7-6(1) 6-1
2 F. Cermak (CZE)/M. Mertinak (SVK) def. WC J. Huta Galung (NED)/I. Sijsling (NED) 6-3 6-2
4 C. Kas (GER)/D. Norman (BEL) def. I. Ljubicic (CRO)/J. Melzer (AUT) 6-1 7-6(2)
F. Lopez (ESP)/T. Robredo (ESP) def. M. Damm (CZE)/F. Polasek (SVK) 6-4 7-6(3)

Wednesday’s Order of Play

(Image: ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament)