Stan Wawrinka and Grigor Dimitrov had 2 tough matches in Rotterdam: Stan won, Grigor didn’t.
Wawrinka
Stan played home favorite and world no. 248 Jesse Huta Galun to find himself battling in an unexpected 3rd set. Stan won the 1st set 6-3, to completely disappear in the beginning of the 2nd (0-4). Finally the Swiss lost the 2nd set to find his way in the decider.
Wawrinka won 6-3 3-6 6-3 scoring just 1 point more than Jesse. (match stasts)
Stan commented “It was a tough one. It’s never easy. You need to adapt to the conditions. It was an up and down match. I didn’t play my best game, but it’s good to win and get one more chance to play better tomorrow.”
Stan will play Garcia-Lopez in the 2nd round. Head to head is 6-3 for Stan.
Dimitrov
Another day of misery for Grigor Dimitrov that cannot follow his ambitions. Grigor was expected to have a good tournament in Rotterdam to finally crash out in straight sets against world no.37 Gilles Muller (3rd round).
Grigor played a horrible opener (lost 6-2) to recover in the 2nd set, but Muller hold tough to win the tiebreak and the match 6-2 7-6 (8). Match Stats.
Muller will play the winner between Wawrinka and Garcia-Lopez. Dimitrov will head to Acapulco where he will try to defend his title.
