The Grand Prix Hassan II tennis tournament launched its bottom half matches in the second round yesterday. And the number one seed, Igor Andreev faced a tremendously tough encounter with his French opponent, Nicolas Devilder. Although Andreev had five chances to break in the first set, he couldn't convert and they went to a tiebreaker. It was an enthralling tiebreak which eventually resulted in a 13-11 win for Devilder. The second set was pretty similar. Only they both traded breaks. A second set tiebreaker erupted. This tiebreak didn't last as long, but it was tight. Andreev won it though, 7-5. Andreev was serving tremendously well in the third set and he didn't allow Devilder a chance for a break. And one break was enough for Andreev to capture the match in3 hours and 16 minutes with the score at 67(11) 76(5) 64.
Marc Gicquel and Florent Serra were the other seeds that pulled through their matches quite easily. The victims were Germany's Mischa Zverev and Belgium's Olivier Rochus. Gicquel defeated Zverev, 64 75. And Serra defeated Rochus, 63 63.
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