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Patna : World No 50 Marton Fucsovics, 27, Hungary, World No 62 Martin Klizan, 30, Slovakia, and World No 77 Jeremy Chardy, 32, France, on July 22, 209, entered the 2nd round of Hamburg Europen Open, an ATP 500 point clay court tournament at Humburg, Germany.
Fucsovics brushed aside World No 72 Philipp Kohlschreiber, 35, Germany, 6-3, 6-0 in 65 minutes in the first round at Rothenbaum, Humberg. Fucsovics won 4 break points in the match to none by Kohlschreiber. Both the players served 3 Aces each during the match. The Hungarian won 36 service points to 20 by the German.
Klizan crushed Daniel Altmaier, Germany, 6-2, 6-2 in the first round. Klizan won 5 break points to just 1 by Daniel. Klizan won 6 games in a row to 2 by Daniel. He won 32 service points to 18 by Daniel.
Chardy beat World No 28 and 5th seed Benoit Paire, 30, France, in a three-set thriller 6-7, 7-5, 6-3 in 2hr 34 minutes in the first round. Paire though fired 10 Aces in the match to 4 by Chardy. Chardy won 4 break points to 1 by Paire.
World No 78 Andrey Rublev, 21, PaireRussia, also entered the 2nd round defeating 8th seed and World No 37 Cristian Garin, 23, Chile, 6-4, 7-6 in 1 hr39 minutes in the first round. Rublev won 5 break points to 4 by Garin.